Probably the "Number 1" new potato variety grown in UK gardens, it's not hard to see why Charlotte is so popular. It produces great yields of delicious, medium-sized tubers that are perfect in potato salads, hot or cold, or as boiled new potatoes dripping in melted butter - scrumptious! Very easy to grow - either in patio pots and planters or straight in your garden soil - Charlotte has good resistance to blight and scab, so you'll get consistent crops of delicious spuds!
Add a real WOW factor to your cooking with Albert Bartlett Purple Majesty! This unique potato variety has a stunning deep-purple colour which is retained even when you cook it - imagine your kids' faces when you serve up purple mashed potatoes! Not only that, this extra-special variety is packed full of antioxidants - just like other superfoods like blueberries - so it is super-healthy too. Best of all and most importantly, Purple Majesty is absolutely delicious! This versatile spud is perfect for boiling, mashing, baking and roasting - and what's more it is surprisingly easy to grow, even if you don't have a garden.
.A delicious new early maincrop potato with a golden appearance and a sensational taste. Elfe will give you a heavy crop of large smooth skinned potatoes that keep well. They are perfect for boiling, mashing and baking - do this and you'll discover the flavour wich is silky and sweet - so good that you'll think the butter has already been added! Because theflesh is soft it's much easier to mash without lumps too.
The 'Pentland Javelin' potato is a first early variety that will provide you with delicious crop of soft, yet waxy-textured potatoes that have both white skins and flesh that are perfect for boiling, roasting and crushing. Very easy to grow, they can be planted in either potato pots and planters or straight out in the garden. The 'Pentland Javelin' potato has a great resistance to disease, so you will get consistent crops of delicious spuds Supplied as a 2.5kg pack approx. 35-40 tubers, ready to plant out from March to May.
In a recent taste test Potato 'Setanta' was voted the best for roasting, with crisp, golden skin and buttery flesh which just melts in the mouth. High dry-matter content means this potato is also fantastic for baking, chips, and wedges.
'Jazzy' is a fairly new variety that is quickly establishing itself as a British favourite - both in the garden and in the kitchen! This easy-to-grow second early potato is extremely productive, with huge harvests of up to 35-50 or more evenly sized tubers from each plant. These lovely small potatoes have a consistently good oval shape with thin, creamy white skins and shallow eyes, as well as tender white flesh that simply bursts with flavour. Their waxy texture remains firm during cooking, making them a perfect choice for potato salad, but also great for boiling, roasting, steaming, crushing or mashing. There is absolutely no need to peel them unless you are using them for mash. A worthy recipient of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, 'Jazzy' has good resistance to disease and its compact habit means it will tolerate fairly exposed positions. Once the seed potatoes have produced shoots or chits, they will be ready to plant directly into a prepared bed or large bags or containers from mid-March, preferably after the frosts have gone. Young potatoes can be harvested from 13-17 weeks after planting. If not harvesting them all as second early crops, 'Jazzy' will keep well in the soil, developing into larger tubers of a quality maincrop character. Supplied as a 2.5kg bag of seed potatoes (approx. 30-35 tubers) ready to prepare indoors for planting out in the spring.
A late main crop potato that has distinct red-pink skins and shallow eyes. It is a good all-round variety that can be boiled, chipped or roasted. The tubers are oval shaped and the flesh of the potato is pale yellow, dry, and floury.
Anya is a scrumptious salad potato from the Albert Bartlett range. Top-chefs love it for its simply wonderful flavour. It is perfect for salads on a warm summer's evening - simply boil your potatoes up and add a knob of butter and some freshly chopped chives - yummy! So good, it has won awards - Albert Bartlett Anya is very easy to grow and is loved by gardeners of all abilities. Now you can grow your own too - even in pots on your patio. You'll be picking the attractive long, pink potatoes around eight weeks after planting.
'Kestrel' is a favourite second early variety. Extremely productive, with harvests of up to 35-40 or more tubers from each plant. They have good resistance to eelworm and slugs. These potatoes have a long oval shape with white skins and purple eyes and the tender white flesh tastes divine and perfect for roasting and chipping. Once the seed potatoes have produced shoots or chits, they will be ready to plant directly into a prepared bed or large bags or containers from mid-March, preferably after the frosts have gone. Young potatoes can be harvested from 13-17 weeks after planting. Supplied as a 2.5kg bag of seed potatoes (approx. 30-35 tubers) ready to prepare indoors for planting out in the spring.
Introduced in the 1970s, 'Maris Bard' is an established favourite of the British kitchen - a traditional salad variety with a superb taste and texture. It can be planted from February to April and ready to harvest as 'new' potatoes from about 10 weeks after planting. Easy to grow, it is a reliable early cropper with good resistance to drought, pests and diseases - just some of the reasons this super variety has earned its RHS Award of Garden Merit. Fast growing, 'Maris Bard' will produce plentiful crops of consistent size and quality, with a good oval shape and blemish-free, smooth, yellow-white skin with shallow eyes, and white flesh that remains firm during cooking. Its waxy texture is what makes it such a good choice for potato salad - but it also has a soft creaminess that means it is great for boiling, mashing or frying. Plant in fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered position, or in large containers or growbags. Water well in dry conditions for optimum cropping. These potatoes are best used fresh from the garden but will keep well for up to 5 days in a cool, dark and dry place. Supplied as a 2.5kg pack of seed potatoes ready to prepare indoors for planting out from February to April. Early plantings will benefit from frost protection.
Albert Bartlett 'Vivaldi' is a premium-quality, second early variety with a unique taste and texture. It is high yielding, giving plenty of 'baby' potatoes through July and August, and equally good larger maincrop potatoes if left to mature a while longer. These superb 'whites' have a consistent oval shape, smooth skin with small eyes, and pale yellow flesh that remains firm when cooked, whether eaten hot or cold. One of the best all-rounders, 'Vivaldi' is great for roasting, boiling, baking, mashing, steaming, frying - and even microwaving - and its firmness and delicious flavour makes it one of the best varieties for potato salad. Known as the 'weightwatcher's potato', it is lower in carbohydrates and calories than other varieties and its velvety smoothness means you don't need to add butter. Whether baked, mashed or boiled, these potatoes taste just lovely and sweet on their own! A worthy recipient of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, 'Vivaldi' receives high reviews for its taste and texture from both home and commercial gardeners. This easy-to-grow reliable cropper also has good resistance to common potato scab. Once the seed potatoes have produced shoots or chits, they will be ready to plant directly into a prepared bed or large bags or containers from mid-March, preferably after the frosts have gone. Young potatoes can be harvested from 13-17 weeks after planting. Supplied as a 2kg bag of seed potatoes (approx. 20 tubers) ready to prepare indoors for planting out in the spring.