A fabulous tiny Butterhead lettuce that is perfectly proportioned for individual salads. Remarkably quick maturing, Lettuce 'Tom Thumb' produces solid heads of deliciously soft and juicy leaves that can be grown just 15cm (6) apart. Its tiny size and good vigour make this an ideal variety for early crops under cloches for the earliest harvests. Sow successively for an ongoing supply throughout summer. Height and spread: 15cm (6)
Still the premier garden lettuce in most people's vegetable patch. Iceberg Lettuce Webbs Wonderful has large, wrinkled leaves with a big tight centre of crisp, white leaf. An outstanding Iceberg Lettuce whether the summer is wet or dry, Webbs Wonderful is always slow to run to seed.
One of the earliest varieties to mature. Lettuce Little Gem produces small compact plants which are packed with a crisp sweet heart and little outside leaf. Lettuce Little Gem is very useful for cloches too
An excellently flavoured Italian lettuce of the type used in salads and also in many other dishes as a tasty garnish. Lettuce Continental Looseleaf Lollo Rossa is compact, non hearting with a rosette of finely frilled leaves with deep red edge. Lollo Rossa is very easy to grow and attractive in gardens, tubs, containers etc and in the salad.
An RHS AGM variety producing bright red, evenly shaped roots with pure white, crisp, moist flesh and mild flavour. Radish 'Scarlet Globe' is a very popular and easy variety. This quick growing summer radish is suitable for earlier sowings under glass as well as outdoors. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 10cm (4).
A breeding development of the heirloom 'Deer's Tongue' to give improved uniformity and good mildew resistance. A distinctive and attractive, eye-catching loose leaf plant habit with reddish maroon, narrow pointed leaves with a pleasant taste and texture. Recommended for successional sowingsStands well in condition without bolting during hot weather. Prefers a moist, well-drained soil in full sun
Compact, 'Little Gemproducing a crisp, dense heart. Lettuce Little Gem Delight has a delicious sweet flavour. Some downy mildew tolerance
Fill your salad bowl all summer long with fresh and healthy home-grown leaves . Quick and easy to grow, simply direct sow directly outside.
Crisp and flavoursome glossy red outer leaves and a neat and compact habit, ideal for growing in more confined spaces.
Provides a long harvest of tasty and nutritious leaves for fresh picking through summer and well into autumn.
The largest-leaved basil variety around - whilst Basil ?Lettuce Leaf? looks different to traditional basil with its large, frilly edged leaves, it has the same great flavour and soft texture. Sow successively indoors for a year-round harvest or grow it outdoors in the herb garden or in pots through the summer months.
A loose-leaf type with soft wavy edges, this Organic Lettuce 'Red & Green Salad Bowl Mixed' provides you with both colours for varied pickings throughout summer. Sow successively for a long-lasting harvest of fresh salad leaves.