Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Onion (Salad) Seeds – North Holland Blood Red Redmate
A dual purpose salad onion especially recommended to add colour to the salad bowl. No thinning required. Will also produce mild flavoured bulbs if thinned to 7.5cm (3") between plants. 10 weeks maturity.
Herb Seed – Basil Sweet
Annual with larger leaves than Bush Basil. A widely used herb, especially in cooked tomato dishes.
Herb Seeds – Basil Lime Mrs Burns
Lime scented green leaves that can be used in cooking, eaten raw or alternatively used to make a delicious herbal tea.
Pepper Sweet Seeds – F1 Gypsy
Early, and produces a good crop of slightly tapered sweet peppers, yellowish-green ripening to deep red. Grow in a cold or slightly heated greenhouse. Resistant to Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV). Great beginner variety.
Herb Seed – Coriander
A feathery annual, with clusters of spicy seeds and used in curries and casseroles, and may be ground over lamb and pork.
Cauliflower Plants – Romanesco Continuity Collection
Cauliflower Plants – Romanesco Continuity Collection Three top quality cauliflowers to pick from October to early December! The Romanesco Continuity Collection contains a superb selection of cauliflower plants. This Collection contains 21 cauliflower plants, a mix of each variety of the following three varieties: Colosseo: A superb alternative to standard white cauliflowers, with attractive, architectural,
Carrot Seeds – F1 Resistafly
Carrot Fly attack – a real problem for some gardeners. Fine quality roots and ideal for organic growing. 110 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas).
Herb Seed – Oregano
A bushy perennial plant up to 50cm (20") tall with oval, pointed leaves attractive to butterflies and bees. Use for flavouring meat, pizzas and omelettes.
Coreopsis Seeds – Mardi Gras
Narrow-petalled, star-shaped flowers in a festive mix of red and golden-yellow. The heat-tolerant plants produce masses of long-lasting blooms throughout summer. Height 40-60cm (16-24"). Easy to grow. HHA – Half-hardy annual.
Herb Seed – Parsley Envy
A ‘must’ for the herb garden, producing strong-growing plants with dark green densely curled foliage. Ideal for pot growing as well as in the garden. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Cornflower Seeds – Classic Fantastic
A re-selected and improved variety with good double flowers in various shades of blue, most with attractive frosted white edges. Long stems make it an ideal item for cutting. A ‘cottage garden’ favourite. Height 75cm (30"). HA – Hardy annual.
Broccoli Seeds – F1 Green Magic
Cut the smooth, tightly packed rich-green heads and the plants will then produce a good crop of luscious sideshoots! Shows good resistance to White Rust. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Tom says: The slightly untidy cousin of calabrese, broccoli provides you with the first harvests of the year in January-April. The sweet, earthy flavour
Brussels Sprout Seeds – F1 Brigitte
High quality buttons with excellent shape, colour and flavour. A first-class brussels sprout, cropping mid October-mid December. Good disease tolerance. Early variety. F1 hybrid varieties produce a larger yield per plant of better quality. The sprouts also ‘hold’ for longer on the stem in good condition.
Cabbage Seeds – Red Drumhead
Solid, dark red, round heads of fine texture, excellent for pickling and for speciality cooked dishes. Summer/Autumn maturing.
Pansy Seeds – Adonis
Impressively large flowers in a pretty and uniquely shaded combination of two shades of blue on a white background. A lovely cool colour combo for summer pots and borders! Height 15-20cm (6-8"). HB/HP – Hardy biennial/Hardy perennial.
Carrot Seeds – F1 Bangor
An excellent, heavy yielding Nantes/Berlicum hybrid. Medium early maturing roots, smooth skinned, cylindrical and uniform in colour. Stores well. Resistant to Greentop and cracking. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. 75 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas).
Herb Seed – Basil Bush
Annual with small clove-scented leaves. Useful in tomato, cheese and vegetable dishes, salads and pizzas.
Pepper Sweet Seeds – F1 Redskin
A naturally dwarf pepper producing good yields of sweet-flavoured blocky green fruits, up to 80g in weight, which mature to a deep red. Ideal for windowsill or conservatory too. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Broccoli Seeds – Autumn Spear
An abundance of delicious green spears from September to November. Tom says: The slightly untidy cousin of calabrese, broccoli provides you with the first harvests of the year in January-April. The sweet, earthy flavour complements all kinds of dishes from Asian inspired stir-fries to Sunday roasts.
Cabbage Seeds – Golden Acre Primo (11)
An easy to grow cabbage that produces medium-sized, firm round heads maturing in summer and early autumn. Make several sowings for continuous crops. Delicious cooked or try shredded raw in salads.
