Highly nutritional winter spinach leaves. This variety is ideal for growing over summer and autumn. Leaves are succulent, with a tasty flavour, and are best lightly steamed. Height: 50cm (20). Spread: 45cm (18).
Spinacia oleracea. Dark green, semi-savoy-leaved variety producing plenty of 'baby leaves'. Spinach Picasso is slow to bolt (run to seed). Perfect in containers. Can be grown all year indoors for 'baby leaves'
Small-leaved, very tender spinach for salads and cooking, 'Samish F1' has good mildew resistance and is moderately winter hardy so is ideal for late season cropping. Grow as a baby leaf vegetable under glass throughout the winter to extend the season. Believed to be of Persian origin, spinach has long been a favourite as a tasty and versatile green leafy vegetable to be eaten cooked or raw. This 'savoy' or 'curly leaf' spinach has dark green, slightly crinkly leaves that have a crisp texture and a rich green, slightly bitter flavour, which makes it well suited to cooking. It is also great when added raw to salads to add an unusual and distinctive note. Highly nutritious, it is an excellent source of folate and vitamins A and C. A great choice for gardeners, 'Samish F1' has great resistance to cold and disease so is a good choice for early and regular sowing to ensure a long harvest. It thrives in well-drained, fertile soil, so adding composted manure to the ground before planting will give it an extra boost. A sunny position is ideal although it will also grow well in light shade. Supplied as a packet of 200 (approx.) seeds ready to sow outdoors in their growing position. Sow outdoors from March to September, 30cm (12in) apart in rows, in moist but well-drained fertile soil. Harvest from May to October, or through the winter if grown under glass.
Superb red salad onion with an intense flavour. Grow as a spring onion or leave to develop into a fully mature bulb onion. Harvest in summer for salads, or in autumn to store. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 5cm (2).
Allium cepa. A quick growing, silver skinned cocktail/pickling onion. Spring Onion Pompeii is succulent and ideal for sowing thinly in containers or window boxes
An early bulbing, glossy purple-red skinned salad onion when small. The colour changes to lovely pastel pink when larger bulbs are pickled or cooked
Quick growing with a delicious, pungent flavour. Spring Onion White Lisbon is popular and reliable for successional sowings throughout the season. Delicious when young, becoming more pungent as the stems enlarge and start to bulb
Mild flavoured white spring onion that is quick to mature, taking as litle as 6 weeks from sowing. Ideal eaten raw in salads, or cooked in stir-fries, omelettes and stews. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 5cm (2).
A popular and reliable choice of spring onion featuring long white stems with bright green tops and unbeatable flavour. Quick and easy-to-grow, cropping in just 60 days! Sow in monthly batches for a regular supply of fresh salad onions for all your home cooked meals.
This attractive Acorn Squash is a winter variety with pale orange skins and creamy white flesh. The fruits are produced in abundance, each weighing up to 700g. As the name suggests, they make a delicious alternative to traditional baked potatoes, but can also be roasted or used in warming soups.
Early ripening butternut squash variety, with a golden colour and tasty sweet flavour. The pear-shaped squashes weigh up to 800g (13/4lb), and are ripened on open bushy plants. Height: 35cm (14). Spread: 200cm (79).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.
A winter Acorn Squash with a wonderful secret! Beneath the dazzling white skins lies a creamy white coloured flesh which looks just like mashed potato when it is baked and fluffed ? but at just a fraction of the calories!