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'
Medium height plant, Peperone Friggitello has short internodes to provide a heavy crop of conical, slightly tapering fruits about 14cm in length. Peperone Friggitello produces thin-skinned, mid green fruits which are ideal for frying and are easily digested
Spinach Palco produces dark green leaves with good mildew tolerance
British bred Carrot ‘Flyaway’ was developed especially for its resistance to Carrot Root Fly making it less susceptible to attack than many other varieties. A naturally very sweet tasting variety with smooth skinned, blunt ended roots and a good orange skin and root colour. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6)
This prolific variety produces good yields of small, slender glossy green courgettes. When harvested regularly Courgette 'Firenze' will crop continuously throughout the summer. These plants have an open bushy habit and few spines making the fruits easy to harvest. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 90cm (35).
Brassica oleracea convar. acephala. Grow all the year round as a 'baby leafindoors on the windowsill. Outdoors if given wider spacing it will make an abundance of densely curled leaves over a very long period. Winter hardy as a full sized plant
This British bred courgette is one of the earliest to set fruit in the in the UK's unpredictable summer weather. Courgette 'British Summertime' has an open habit that allows maximum sunlight penetration for rapid fruit development, and good air circulation to minimise disease. This productive variety will produce bumper crops that are easily picked from spine free stems. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 90cm (36)
Beta vulgaris varconditiva. Easy to grow, Beet Cardeal produces golf ball sized, succulent baby beets with very sweet, smooth skinned rich red fleshed roots
A Cayenne type of hot pepper, Peperone Fuego has 15cm long, tapering fruits, which turn from green to fiery red. The compact, upright plant habit of Peperone Fuego produces fruits in abundance on short internodes. Pick regularly throughout the summer.
A red F1 hybrid onion from British breeding. Onion ?Red Herald? produces deep red, rounded bulbs with a uniform shape and crisp, tasty flesh. The flavour is strong and distinctive.
Cucumber 'Femspot' is particularly early variety with a strong growth habit! Throughout summer it produces good crops of slender, ribbed cucumbers with a crisp, refreshing texture and no bitterness. As the name suggests, this is an all-female variety that is best grown in the greenhouse.
This tasty purple sprouting broccoli is British bred and requires no vernalisation (winter chill) to produce a delicious crop through the summer and well into autumn.