This outstanding, versatile variety is reliable in almost any soil or situation. Calabrese ?Marathon? produces crops of medium sized, firm blue-green heads that freeze particularly well.
Bold scarlet blooms with a delicate white edging make Gladiolus 'Baccarat' a particularly striking variety. The tall stems add stately architecture and summer colour to mixed borders.
An unusual ?eat-all? vegetable, closely related to traditional parsley. Parsley ?Hamburg Arat? is best grown for its delicious ?parsnip-like? roots which make a superb winter vegetable. The large, tapered, white roots have a strong, nutty, celery flavour when roasted.