Indispensable salad plant, regularly included in mixed leaves in supermarket packs, but also tasty as a steamed vegetable. The rich green, slightly nutty but mild-flavoured leaves are packed with vitamins and nutrients.
A slightly larger Little Gem with its similarly renowned taste. The leaves are more 'bubbled' giving it a distinctive appearance. Mature about 11 weeks from sowing, with delicious, crisp, 'romaine' hearts. Hearts stand well in condition and withstand hot summer weather. Prefers a moist, well-drained soil in full sun.
Here is a high quality crisp head lettuce with small compact heads which are just the right size for the home gardener. The solid, crisp and tasty heads of Lettuce 'Lakeland' are quick to mature and slow to bolt. Recommended for harvesting in succession from spring to July
This baby lettuce is one of the most heat tolerant varieties you'll grow, with little risk of bolting. A unique cross combines the best of both iceberg and cos varieties - dense crunchy hearts are wrapped in attractive looser leaves. Mature heads are ready in around 75 days. Alternatively grow for baby leaves.
Upright and compact 'Little Gem' with reddish-purple outer leaves and a pronounced red heart. Its colour, (produced by anthocyanin, a healthy antioxidant), as well as its flavour and crispness, will enhance any summer salad. Hearts stand in good condition without bolting.
Fabulous mid-green wellfilled hearts which keep in good condition without bolting over a long period.
Extend your lettuce harvesting season with this outstanding 'iceberg type' variety. Resistance to tipburn, bolting and downy mildew means that Antartica stands well in good condition. The dense hearts, with plenty of crunchy flavour, are ideal for summer salads
Provides a long harvest of tasty and nutritious leaves for fresh picking through summer and well into autumn.
Brighten up your dinner plate with the bright, golden-yellow pods of Dwarf French Bean 'Voletta'. With a crisp texture and a delicious flavour, they taste as good as they look. Crops are produced over a long period with regular picking.
Crisp and flavoursome glossy red outer leaves and a neat and compact habit, ideal for growing in more confined spaces.
If you're struggling to grow orchids then give our Bletilla Lucky Dip Collection a go. This easy growing orchid is as tough as it is beautiful. Bletilla will fill your garden with delicate blooms from spring through to early summer.
A tasty and crisp salad-bowl type lettuce with appetising glossy deep red crinkled leaves. Adds a refreshing bite to a sandwich.