Boldly contrasting, big creamy white flowers with deep chocolate centres. Excellent for flower arranging and great at back of borders or against a tall wall where they provide atmosphere and contrast. Flowers summer. Height 4-5ft.
A mixture of different tastes, colours and leaf shapes, from light to dark green outer leaves and white to gold centres, plus deep green salad endive with upright irregular shaped leaves. Ideal for summer and autumn cultivationEndive Indivia Mixed contains Endive Romanesca da Taglio, Fijne Krul Geel (Sempre Bianca), Pancalieri a Costa Bianca, Riccia a Cuore d'Oro
Radicchio 'Orchidea Rossa?, also known as Red Orchid chicory, produces succulent rosettes of deep red leaves which are perfect for use in salads with a tangy dressing and also delicious when fried or filled and roasted. This versatile summer crop is reliable and easy to grow.
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
Lattuga Bionda Lenta a Montare is a delicious, crisp, dark green, classic 'Romainetype with solid hearts which stand in good condition during hot weather. Traditionally used in Caesar salads. Lettuce is very suitable for inter-cropping between taller, long-standing vegetables, such as beans, tomatoes, peppers, etc. Lettuces require rich, moisture retentive soil free of weeds
An 'Oxheart typewith a distinctive, ribbed, heart shape that produces large, meaty beefsteak tomatoes, each weighing up to 200gm. The fruits of Tomato 'Cuore di Bue' are late maturing and ripen to an attractive orangey-red colour. The creamy flesh has a superb flavour and is ideal for adding to salads or eating with slices of fresh mozzarella cheese. This cordon tomato is suitable for growing in the greenhouse or outdoors. Height: 200cm (79). Spread: 50cm (20)
Often called the 'vegetable oysterbecause of its flavour. Salsify Scorzobianca produces slender, parsnip-like roots, white skinned and fleshed. Ideal for lifting in the autumn for storing, or can be left in the ground and lifted as required. In the spring the tender shoots of Salsify Scorzobianca make an appetising green vegetable
Increasingly popular, Cavolo Palmizio Senza Testa can be used as a 'baby salad leafto add colour, texture and taste to mixed salads. The mature plant of Kale Cavolo Palmizio Senza Testa can also be used as a winter hardy vegetable when fresh produce is in short supply.
Ideal for early sowings as they mature quickly, Beetroot Bietola da Orto Paonazza d'Egitto producies unusual flatter roots with deep red flesh and a sweet flavour
Forms a round mound of pale green, frilled edged leaves. Lattuga Lollo Bionda does not produce a firm heart. Cut the entire plant or just pick leaves as required. Makes an attractive complement to Lollo Rossa. Lettuce is very suitable for inter-cropping between taller, long-standing vegetables, such as beans, tomatoes, peppers, etc. Lettuces require rich, moisture retentive soil free of weeds
Outdoor typeCucumber 'Cetriolo Marketer' produces prolific crops of medium length, dark green cucumbers with short, white spines. The climbing variety is best grown outdoors against a support. Height: 3m (9'). Spread: 45cm (18)
The large, cylinidrical fruits of cordon Tomato 'Il San Marzano Lungo 2' have deep red skins and dry, meaty flesh, making them superb for cooking, and unsurpassable for making sauces. This flavoursome plum tomato is early to ripen and crops well over a long season. Height: 200cm (79). Spread: 50cm (20)