Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Carrot ‘Nantes Frubund’ (Fast Crop)
The first genuine autumn sowing carrot! Highly regarded for its exceptionally early crops and superb cold resistance, Carrot ‘Nantes Fruhbund’ is a massive breakthrough in autumn sowing vegetables. Be the first to harvest carrots in spring when most people are only just sowing their first crop of the year. Best sown outdoors under cloches. Height:
Salad ‘Niche Oriental Mixed’
This innovative blend will add oriental flavours, colours and textures to your salads. Niche Oriental Mixed is ideal for sowing in succession, to pick leaves as you need them. Can also be grown under glass during the winter months to provide a complete season of harvesting. Niche Oriental Mixed is ideal for containers on the
Cabbage ‘Durham Early’ (Spring)
Probably one of the most well known and reliable spring cabbages, Cabbage Durham Early produces firm, pointed, well flavoured hearts on compact plants. Can also be sown or planted closely for delicious ‘spring greensready to harvest from February
Tomato ‘Ildi’
Mini, sweet yellow, pear shaped cherry tomatoes with up to 80 fruits per truss. Tomato ‘Ildi’ is a cordon variety that naturally stops growing at 150-180cm (5-6′) carrying 3-4 trusses per plant. Trusses keep well and can be picked, hung in a cool garage, and kept for weeks without the fruit dropping. Perfect for containers
Carrot ‘Autumn King 2’
An RHS AGM variety producing splendid, long roots up to 30cm (12) long, with a deep rich red colour inside. Carrot ‘Autumn King 2’ can be harvested from late summer or left in the ground throughout winter without fear of splitting. These magnificent roots do particularly well in heavyweight classes at local shows. Height: 30cm
Onion ‘Hi Keeper’ F1 Hybrid
The best bulb variety to sow outdoors in autumn for overwintering, Onion Hi Keeper produces quality bulbs, 120g (4oz) in weight. Ideal for the exhibitor as well as the kitchen. Good winter hardiness. Onion Hi Keeper can also be spring sown, producing quality bulbs. Prefers rich, moist soil in an open situation
Carrot ‘Nantes 2’
This fast maturing selection is ideal for early sowings under glass in January – February for your first crop of the year. Carrot ‘Nantes 2’ produces blunt tipped, medium length roots of about 15cm (6) long. This virtually coreless variety has a rich orange colour and sweet crunchy taste. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6).
Lettuce Leaves Crunchy Blend
Quick growing, nutritious salad leaves in under 30 days from sowing during summer months. Crunchy Lettuce Leaves Blend add tastes and textures to your mixed salads, sandwiches and garnishes. Sow seeds regularly all the year round for a constant supply of ‘salad leaves’. Ideal in containers on the patio. Good source of provitamin A, vitamins
Carrot ‘Chantenay Red Cored 3 – Supreme’
A well known, blunt ended variety that is ideal for early and successional sowings. Carrot ‘Chantenay Red Cored 3 – Supreme’ is popular for its red fleshed roots with a bright orange skin and a crisp, sweet flavour. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6)
Broccoli ‘Romanesco’
Created a great deal of interest when grown at the Scottish Horticultural Research Institute, yet it is very widely grown in Northern Italy. The ‘spears’ can be snapped off individually or all together. Broccoli Romanesco has a taste and texture exceeding the finest broccoli and to really appreciate the flavour it should be cooked and
Broccoli ‘Early Purple Sprouting’ (Purple Sprouting)
An extremely useful and easy to grow hardy winter vegetable, Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli provides lots of tasty purple heads (which turn green when cooked) during late winter/early Spring
Beetroot ‘Rubidus’ (Globe)
Bolting is almost a thing of the past with this excellent globe beetroot! Detroit 6 : Rubidus will be ready to harvest over a week earlier than ‘Boltardy’, which it supersedes in all respects. Firm, smooth, deep red flesh without a hint of fibre, even when 125cm (5in) in diameter. Vigorous, high yields which are
Cauliflower ‘All The Year Round’ (Spring/ Summer/Autumn)
A very useful, very white, dwarf variety that can be sown and harvested at most of the cauliflower harvesting periods of the year. Cauliflower All The Year Round will make very large, tight heads and is one of the easiest to grow as well. A very useful cauliflower for frame culture and successional sowings. Prefers
Shallot ‘Figaro’
Long, banana-shaped shallots from seed, as used by many celebrity chefs. Shallot ‘Figaroproduces attractive, shiny, copper brown-skinned bulbs with crisp white flesh and a very distinct flavour. Sowing densities will determine the size of bulbs you harvest. Stores well for winter use in the kitchen
Spinach ‘Medania’
A very popular, easy to grow and reliable variety, Spinach Medania produces an abundance of dark green leaves. Long standing if grown in good, moist soil which is kept watered during dry weather. Spinach Medania is ideal for successional sowing to give a longer cropping period. Broad, deep green leaves; ideal for freezing. Popeye was
Salad Leaves ‘Nice ‘n’ Spicy’ Mixed
Add a taste of the orient to salads and stir fries with this spicy blend. An alternative to normal salad leaves.
Cabbage ‘Greyhound’ (Summer/Autumn )
A reliable old favourite, Cabbage Greyhound produces early maturing pointed hearts of excellent flavour. Compact plants with very few wasted outer leaves
Kohl Rabi ‘Kolibri’ F1 Hybrid
Attractive, purple-skinned roots with pure white, succulent flesh, best eaten when golf ball size, although the flesh still remains succulent and bitter free when roots are larger. Easy to grow, quick to mature in under 8 weeks from sowing. Plants have a neat, compact growth making them ideal for early sowings under cloches or fleecePrefers
Cabbage ‘January King 3’
This is a hardy winter cabbage, not even severe frost seems to bother it. The heads of Cabbage January King are crisp and crunchy with good flavour and the leaf is a conifer-blue colour. Andrew Tokely says: This variety may have been around for a few years but I don’t think it can be beaten
Pak Choi ‘Tricolour Mix’
Three unique hybrid Pak Chois to highlight salads and stir fries. Ready to harvest in 30 days from sowing as ‘baby leaf’ or 45-70 days as semi-mature to full size heads. Earlier and later sowings for ‘baby leaf’ can be made under cloches or fleece.This collection comprises:Baraku (Green) F1Macau (White)Rubi (Purple) F1
