Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Squash Seeds – Musquee de Provence
A traditional variety from southern France, these gorgeous, big flat pumpkins are shaped like a big wheel of cheese, and are heavily lobed and ribbed. The skin is a beautiful, rich brown colour when ripe. The flesh is deep orange, thick and very fine flavoured, fruit grow to 20 lb each.
Squash Seeds – Marina di Chioggia
The heirloom sea pumpkin of Chioggia on the coast of Italy. The large turban shaped fruit are deep blue-green – one of the most beautiful and unique of all squashes! A perfect variety for market gardeners. The rich, sweet flesh is a deep yellow-orange and of good quality, delicious baked or in pies. The fruit weigh
Pak Choi Seeds – Crunchy Colour Mix
Red and green leaves with contrasting green-and-white undersides. The colour of the red deepens as the weather becomes cooler. For use in stir fries when baby leaves or as a cooked vegetable when fully mature. Contains 50% F1 Rubi and 50% Hanakan. F1 Rubi – Attractive red leaves (which deepen in colour in cool weather)
Onion Seeds – Elista
Onion Seeds – Elista With onion ‘Elista’, you don’t need to worry about stressful preparations or cut fingers. This variety is easy to peel and super easy to prep in the kitchen. Torpedo (elliptical) onions like these have a different kind of shape to any other regular onion, and by being slimmer than most, this
Onion Seeds – Walla Walla
Walla Walla – Onion Seeds Sweet, juicy and tear-free! A regional favourite, Walla Walla onion seeds offer sweetness at the first bite with more crunch than tears. It’s mild in taste and less aromatic than any other regular growing onions and provides less sulphur content. Use raw, roasted, baked, or sautéed to compliment fresh flavours
Onion Seeds – Borettana
An old Italian variety (known as Cipollini in Italy) that is loved on the continent! Onion Borettana has flat shaped bulbs with paper-thin, golden skin. They have a lovely and sweet flavour and are traditionally pickled with sweet balsamic vinegar and sold in Italian delis. They are delicious braised and served as a side dish
Onion (Salad) Seeds – Apache
A fast maturing red salad onion which keeps its colour when peeled. SMALL SPACES made easy! Are you feeling left behind by the “grow-your-own” revolution because you live in a gardenless apartment or have a postage-stamp-sized patio? Don’t worry: Anyone with a sunny windowsill, patio, or balcony can cultivate home-grown vegetables. In fact, choosing plants
Pea Shoots Seeds – Anubis
Pea Shoots Seeds – Anubis These delicious and highly nutritious pea shoots are super tasty and are the perfect addition to year-round salads. This is an easy crop to grow and produce super quick crops that are truly flavoursome. As well as being packed full of flavour, these shoots are high in nutrients to give
Melon Musk Seeds – F1 Emir
Developed by James Wong – Sweet, tasty, fragrant, orange flesh approximately 5cm (2”) thick. Can be grown in a glasshouse, tunnel, on a patio, under cloches or in the open. Tolerates low temperatures well. Good resistance to downy mildew. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Sow: April-May. Harvest: July-October. Tastes like: Sweet, tropical cantaloupe melon.
Tomato Seeds – Sweet Aperitif
A new cherry tomato with an indeterminate growth habit and a very high yield of small cherry-sized fruits. The bright red fruits have an exceptional flavour with high levels of sugar and acid which combine to give a sweet taste with a refreshing tang. (Cordon variety – one stem grown by pinching off side-shoots as
Tomato Seeds – F1 Summerlast
Allow us to introduce the first blight-resistant dwarf patio variety! Summerlast is an F1 tomato ideal for growing anywhere. If you have a smaller outside space or a compact area like a patio or balcony, you can still grow delicious tomatoes that look as good as they taste.
Lettuce Seeds – Lollo Bionda
Loose heads of delicious, rounded, pale green leaves with frilled edges. Easy to grow. Pick individual leaves as you need them. Ideal for raised beds, patios or veg garden. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. An expensive, premium salad in the supermarket. Tom says: Quick and easy lettuces are many peoples first veggie crop. Try
Tomato Seeds – Crimson Plum F1
Tomato Crimson Plum F1 The delicious new member of the Crimson family The Crimson Plum is the first blight-resistant plum tomato from seed. Great for both indoor and outdoor growing, it is the ideal tomato variety to be grown outside in the UK. This remarkable fruit is ideal for pots, baskets or any containers, reaching heights of
Leek Seeds – F1 Sprintan
Well named, Sprintan certainly gets a move on to be our earliest maturing leek. From spring sowings, it will mature from late August through to November. As this suggests, it has good ‘standing’ ability and long green ‘shanks’. Has good resistance to leek rust fungus.
Salad Leaves Seeds – Andean Superfood Mix
Say hello to the original superfood salad. Eaten for thousands of years in Central America and increasingly popular as a grow your own salad mix. Varieties included: Red Army (red), Passion (variegated) and Green Giant (green).
Cabbage Seeds – F1 Winterjewel
Produces evenly sized, smooth, dark leaved greens as a spring green or, if allowed to heart, will eventually form compact 250g (8oz) loose heads. Superb winter hardiness and has excellent flavour and bolting resistance. Spring maturing (36 weeks maturity).
Kale Seeds – Fizz
A fast growing, upright, deeply lobed variety. Ideal for salad leaves, or, if grown at wider spacings, will be more productive with larger leaves that can be used for cooking. Mature plants are very winter hardy. Tom says: Kale has had a huge resurgence in recent years thanks to it’s incredibly high nutritional values, so much
Cabbage Seeds – F1 Mozart
A flexible and productive variety. Performs well under stressed conditions due to its vigorous root system. Very good standing/holding ability without cracking.
Brussels Sprout Seeds – Brodie F1
Brussels Sprout Brodie F1 The ultimate Christmas sprout the whole family will love! Brussels sprouts Brodie is the top end supermarket choice and now you have the chance to grow this delicious vegetable for a fraction of the price! Harvesting from September to December, it’s the ideal addition to your winter crop. Buttons also stay
Herb Seeds – Coriander Confetti
A tasty, slow to bolt herb which can be grown as a cut-&-come-again leaf salad or a mature plant. Sow monthly for a continuous supply; crop into the winter with cloche protection.
