With an erect, open habit, it?s easy to harvest the fruits of Courgette ?El Greco?. The glossy, slightly speckled, mid green cylindrical courgettes have a superb flavour without any bitterness.
Add some colour to your dinner plate with the golden fruits of Courgette ?Jemmer?. This vigorous F1 hybrid produces smooth, cylindrical courgettes with bright yellow skins and a delicious flavour. Courgette ?Jemmer? shows good resistance to powdery mildew, ensuring reliably heavy crops throughout the summer.
With a unique climbing habit Courgette 'Black Forest' makes a great space saving variety for growing in containers on the patio. The long stems will need tying onto a trellis or netting to gently train them upwards. Courgette Black Forest will produce heavy yields of dark green, smooth, cylindrical 15cm (6) courgettes if picked regularly throughout the summer. Height: 120cm (48). Spread: 60cm (24). *Reinstated in our 2012 range - coming soon.
Golden yellow, cylindrical courgettes with a superb flavour and texture. Courgette 'Parador' is early maturing and will continue cropping prolifically throughout summer with regular picking. This colourful RHS AGM variety will look fantastic on your plate. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 90cm (35).
This colourful mix contains three varieties of F1 Hybrid courgettes. These vigorous bushy plants each produce a generous crop of shiny, flavoursome, spherical fruits of either pale green, dark green or bright yellow that look fantastic on your plate. Harvest them at golf ball size to add raw to salads or wait until they are tennis ball sized stuffing and slicing. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 90cm (35).
A classic courgette, 'All Green Bush' is a reliable, quick-growing and high-yielding variety that will crop all summer long with regular harvesting. One plant will typically produce 6-10 fruits. Its compact habit makes it ideal for growing in pots or containers, or the seeds can be planted directly in the ground where they are to crop. The dark skins are tender so are great when cooked whole. For the best flavour, harvest as baby courgettes at about 10-15cm (4-6in) long. If not eaten immediately, they will keep well for a few days stored in the fridge. Alternatively, allow one or two fruits to remain longer on the plant to form marrows, which are just lovely when crammed with vegetable or meat stuffings and baked in the oven. Courgette flowers can also be eaten; use them as soon after picking as possible for best results. Try them stuffed with herbs and soft cheese, then dipped in batter and quickly fried, or wilt them in hot olive oil to add to risottos and other savoury dishes. Quick to mature and easy to care for, this is a great little vegetable to get children interested in gardening - as well as for anyone who just can't wait to eat the fruits of their labours in the garden! Supplied as a packet of 20 (approx.) seeds ready to sow indoors in pots or outdoors direct into growing position. Sow indoors March to May for planting out in May to June; or sow outdoors April to May directly into growing position in full sun, 60cm (24in) apart, in fertile, well-drained soil.
British breeding in roundfruiting courgettes brings us this prolific new variety. Harvest small fruits to eat raw, whole or sliced in salads; stir-fried or on skewers on the barbeque. Mature fruits are ideal for stuffing. The more you pick, the more dark green fruits are produced throughout the summer on vigorous bushy plants.
The compact, bushy plants of Courgette 'Midnight' are virtually spine free, making easier harvesting of the delicious dark green, slightly-speckled courgettes. This compact variety is ideal for growing in containers on the patio. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 90cm (36).
Producing an early crop of firm, remarkably heavy, solid mid-green courgettes with yields that are almost twice that of some other varieties. Courgette 'Defender' has an open habit which lets you see and pick the crop easily. This RHS AGM variety also has excellent resistance to Cucumber Mosaic VirusHeight: 45cm (18). Spread: 90cm (36).
A reliable performer and a bigger cropper producing masses of succulent tasty courgettes throughout the summer. Has an open habit allowing for easier harvesting. They can be picked at any stage of maturity, but they do taste the best once they reach 20-cm in length and are covered by thin, tender peel which can be scratched off with a fingernail.
Rich, golden-skinned fruit up to 25cm long. Upright, open habit, for easy harvesting and less damage to fruits. Harvest June-October.
Even in cool, cloudy summers, you?re guaranteed a crop with Courgette 'Sure Thing'! These parthenocarpic plants don?t need to be insect pollinated to produce their speckled, dark green courgettes - so you can even grow them in the greenhouse.