Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Parsnip Seeds – Warrior F1
Parsnip Seeds – Warrior F1 Parsnip ‘Warrior F1′ proved to be a fantastic performer during its time at the trial grounds and is a British bred variety. It grows flavoursome, chunky, gradually tapering roots that measure up to a whopping 28cm (11”) in length. However, if you prefer even larger roots, just leave them to
Parsnip Seeds – F1 Panorama
We all love a homegrown parsnip, and we have to say they don?t come much better than the Panorama Parsnip. This fantastic F1 vigour produces uniform roots, so it?s perfect for the plate and the show bench! Harvest October-March. Height 50-60cm (16-20); spread 50-60cm (16-20).
Parsnip Seeds – Tender and True
Excellent for exhibition and for culinary purposes. Long, smooth-skinned roots with considerable resistance to canker. An essential part of your Sunday roast! Specially recommended. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Heritage Seed Variety, 1929 packet details – An admirable Parsnip which increases in popularity every year. Not quite so large as our Student, but more
Parsnip Seeds – White Gem
Specially bred by Suttons, Parsnip White Gem is highly recommended for use on all soils. Shorter roots than Tender and True, with fine, white smooth skin. An essential part of your Sunday roast! Considerable resistance to canker.
Radish Seeds – French Breakfast 3
Solid, sweet, cylindrical crimson and white roots. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Purslane Seeds
Developed by James Wong – Foolproof to grow. Unusual refreshing flavour. Continual harvesting during growing season. Succulent creeper with leaves that taste of mangetout and bramley apples. Once a hugely popular salad vegetable in Tudor England, the ancient herb purslane is still a foodie staple all over the Mediterranean, from France to Greece, where it
Onion (Salad) Seeds – White Lisbon
An ever popular spring onion, very quick growing, with silvery skin and mild flavour. Sow in succession March-early May, and in August or early September to overwinter. No thinning required. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Radish Seeds – Mooli
Developed by James Wong – Quick and unbelievably easy to grow. Crisp, peppery roots can store for winter use. Treat them mean and keep them keen! The dim sum favourite that’s as foolproof as a garden radish to grow. Tastes like: Turnip & radish. The mooli, the exotic oriental sister of the normal radish, is
Onion (Salad) Seeds – Red & White Mix
Fast maturing spring onions with excellent flavour to liven up summer salads. Contains 50% White Lisbon and 50% Apache
Lettuce Seeds – Tom Thumb
Extremely early maturing, tight, solid, small heads with few outside leaves. Tom says: Quick and easy lettuces are many peoples first veggie crop. Try mixing red and green lettuce leaves to add a note of bitterness to salads, or try slicing up little gem lettuces and sautéing with peas and garlic for an alternative homegrown
Sage Herb Seeds
Perennial shrub with grey-green leaves. Best with pork, duck and goose, and excellent with onions, fish, cheese and liver.
Kale Seeds – Dwarf Green Curled
Dark green, densely curled leaves. The plants are dwarf growing and compact in habit. Very winter hardy. Tom says: Kale has had a huge resurgence in recent years thanks to it’s incredibly high nutritional values, so much so that we’ve seen headlines like “Kale shortage imminent”. Easy to grow, incredibly productive and with a multitude
Salad Leaves Seeds – Oriental Wonders Mix
A variety specially created for stir-fries or salads with a kick! Contains a unique and colourful mix of mustards and tatsoi. This mix of super-fast-growing baby salad leaves can be grown on for stir-fry veg. Ideal for the garden or containers. Excellent blend of spicy and mild. Harvest late March-October.
Salad Seeds – Collection
The Ultimate salad collection to grow at home! Containing six seed varieties – Tomato, Beetroot, Lettuce, Cucumber, Rocket, Onion (Salad) – for you to grow and make tasty, colourful salads. There?s nothing more satisfying than serving up a plate of homegrown goodness at dinner time, and this collection of salad seeds makes it easier than
Leaf Salad Seeds – Italian Mix
Speedy Veg – Ready to eat in as little as 3 weeks! Why buy salad leaves from the supermarket when you can grow them easily at home? And you can get up to 3 crops from a ‘single’ sowing! Ideal for gardens or containes. Italian Mix contains – Basil, Dandelion, Cress, Mustard Ruby Streaks and Wild
Salad Leaves Seeds – Full On & Fiery
Developed by James Wong – If you want to add a bit of fire to liven up your salad this mixture of varieties of wild rocket, mizuna and spicy mustards will tingle your tastebuds. Sow: April-October. Harvest: April-November. Salad leaves are relatively expensive to buy yet are quick and easy to grow If you want
Leek Seeds – Autumn Giant 3 Albana
A top quality leek for a long season of production, giving high yields of flavoursome, medium-sized stems averaging 20-23cm (8-9") in length with little or no bulbing. It also stands extreme weather conditions remarkably well.
Liquorice Seeds
Developed by James Wong – Make the most wonderful liquorice sweets you’ve ever eaten! Superior taste to bought ‘liquorice’. Contains a chemical 50 times sweeter than sugar. Huge range of uses, like making your own Pontefract cakes! Tastes like: Brown sugar, fennel, barley water. Sow March-May. Harvest September-November.
Lettuce Seeds – Salad Bowl
Produces an abundance of fresh green foliage over a long period. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Picking Variety. Tom says: Quick and easy lettuces are many peoples first veggie crop. Try mixing red and green lettuce leaves to add a note of bitterness to salads, or try slicing up little gem lettuces and sautéing
Lettuce Seeds – Red Salad Bowl
Red leaved form of picking type lettuce. Very productive over a long period and attractive in the garden. Picking Variety. Tom says: Quick and easy lettuces are many peoples first veggie crop. Try mixing red and green lettuce leaves to add a note of bitterness to salads, or try slicing up little gem lettuces and
