A tried and tested old favourite with superb garden performance and long, thick, quality stems. Impressive winter hardiness, providing bumper crops of tasty stems.
Especially bred for summer cropping with good heat tolerance. High yields of tasty, purple spears through summer into autumn on robust plants. Pick regularly to promote fresh flushes of spears.
Quite round, well-spaced 'buttons', strong in taste with a hint of sweetness. Sow early march to harvest in October, sow late march/april for harvest October-Christmas.
Easy to grow and a marvellous way to eat peas - no waste and no need to spend time removing from their pods. Bumper crops all summer of 10cm (4in), juicy, sweet, stringless, crisp pods, ideal for adding whole to stir-fries or for lightly steaming.
Easy to grow, ideal for windowsill growing, and a favourite with cooks and gardeners worldwide. The pungent leaves with a spicy, clove-like aroma, have a wide range of uses not only in the kitchen but when planted near tomatoes basil improves their flavour and helps deter whitefly. Half Hardy Annual.
A reliable and easy to grow radish with crops of crisp, crunchy, mild roots. Ideal for growing indoors and outdoors. A long standing customer favourite.
A continuous crop of quality, succulent leaves ideal for autumn and winter cropping. Hardly ever runs to seed in the first season and therefore good on dry ground. Full of nutrients and goodness.
A real eye-catcher, Virginia Creeper will quickly cover a wall or fence with attractively shaped leaves which turn the most beautiful shades of crimson, apricot and yellow in autumn, sometimes bearing clusters of blue-black berries at the same time. A vigorous and easy-to-grow climber, Parthenocissus quinquefolia is a useful choice for sun or shade. But don't underestimate its zest for growth - it really does need plenty of space! Height: up to 12m (39'). Spread: 4m (13').
Brussel sprouts are a ?must have? on your dinner plate at Christmas. Brussels Sprout 'Marte' is a particularly tasty variety, cropping from October right through to the big day! With plenty of F1 vigour you can look forward to heavy yields of large, rounded sprouts have a robust, sweet flavour, but no unpleasant aftertaste.
Not only an impressive cropper but also an ornamental feature, you can grow tall and upright Artichoke ?Imperial Star? in rows on the allotments or as a dual purpose feature at the back of a sunny border. The flower buds are large and flavoursome, held above tall study stems during summer.
An attractive Cardoon with purple flower buds which provide good ornamental value as well as a tasty crop of fresh artichokes during summer. The purple-skinned flower buds of Artichoke ?Italian Purple? are generously large and can be removed from the stem when ready.
Globe Artichoke 'Green Globe Improved' bears larger, heavier, and more consistent quality globe-shaped heads. The characteristic sharp spines have been greatly reduced in this improved variety.