Distinctive dark green leaves are highly nutritious and offer a pleasant peppery taste. This variety is great in mixed salads during summer, and as fresh greens for winter cooking. Height: 90cm (35). Spread: 60cm (24).
The fully grown plants of Kale Nero di Toscana have attractive dark green, deeply savoyed, strap-like leaves with traditional winter hardiness, making this a useful winter to spring vegetable at a time when fresh garden produce is scarce. Kale Nero di Toscana can also be grown as a baby salad leaf ingredient adding texture and a peppery taste to mixed salads
A favourite for healthy eating and a balanced diet, Kale is rich in vitamins and flavour. Traditional variety with outstanding dark grey-green, strappy leaves. Very winter hardy, can also be used for 'cut and come again' baby leaves.A healthy patch of leafy greens in your garden is both wonderful to look at and helps maintain a healthy lifestyle. Eating a diet rich in leafy greens such as lettuce, spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, kale and broccoli helps keep a balanced diet thanks to their significant amounts of vitamins A and C and several minerals. Quick to grow and versatile in the kitchen, you can enjoy a plentiful harvest throughout the seasons. Characteristics:When to Sow: March-SeptemberWhen to Harvest: June-MarchSoil Type: Rich, well drained soilAdvice: Acclimatise to outside conditions before transplantingPacket Contents: Average 400 seedsLatin name: Brassica oleracea AcephalaTransplanting: If sowing indoors will need transplanting outdoorsJohnsons' premium ranges of flower and vegetable packet seeds feature captivating flowers and authentic vegetables from around the world. No matter what the size of your growing space, either a spacious garden or a limited patio, the high quality of Johnsons' seeds cater for any needs.Explore more of our horticultural range; we have a wide selection of gardening essentials available from compost to plant pots Have a query or can't find something you're looking for? We receive new deliveries every week, so if the item you wish to purchase is currently out of stock, please contact our Customer Services Team and we may be able to reserve the items you require.Please note: Plants and seeds are classed as perishable goods and are excluded from our returns policy. This does not affect your statutory rights. See our Cancellation & Returns page for further details. In the unlikely event that you receive your goods damaged or you have been sent the incorrect item, please report your issues to our customer service team as soon as possible. Perishable goods cannot be returned unless we have sent the wrong item, or they are damaged.
Known for its versatility and impressive nutritional benefits, Kale 'Nero di Toscana' provides a fantastic autumn and winter harvest of tasty leaves, suitable for steaming, adding to recipes or used as a baby leaf to add a peppery taste to mixed salads. The deep green long savoy-like crinkled leaves are flavoursome and well textured.
These tasty Cavolo Nero microgreens have a sweet and mild Kale flavour. The pale shoots make the perfect flavoursome garnish for salad, wraps and sandwiches.
Recent Lily breeding has created some huge and beautifully coloured Lilies and Lily 'Salinero' is one such introduction. Producing the most beautiful blooms is a gorgeous shade of orange-red the is the perfect contrast the glossy green foliage. This hybrid is the perfect variety of planting in pot and containers thanks to their shorter and stronger stems, yet tall enough to cut flowers each summer, this lily is versatile, reliable, and very hardy. Plant en masse in large pots or in groups for maximum impact, or maybe just dot them round your garden to brighten up drab spots. Lilies are one of the most graceful and beautiful of the garden bulbs and 'Salinero' is no exception - an Asiatic type lily, it's large and upright facing and produces around 5 flowers per plant. It will flower a later than other lilies, coming into bloom July and August from its sturdy 60cm tall stems. Plant in spring, and they'll return year after year, getting bigger and bigger. Great value, easy to grow and truly stunning, they're worth a place in your garden. Supplied as a pack of 5 bulbs, ready for immediate planting. Supplied as a pack of 5 bulbs, size 10/12, ready for immediate planting.
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