Fast-growing and vigorous, 'La Diva' produces plentiful crops of cigar-shaped, bitter-free mini cucumbers. The ridged, smooth-skinned fruits are best picked young - about 15cm (6in) long - and are seedless, tender and crisp. Deliciously sweet and juicy, they are superb for salads or for slicing lengthways for crudités and dips. Pick often to encourage further fruiting and any surplus will be great for pickling. These little beauties are packed with nutrients and antioxidants - low in calories and a good source of vitamins A and C, as well as minerals and antioxidants. This easy-to-grow variety is a long-standing favourite of the gardening press and consumer groups and is suitable for gardeners of any experience. An 'all-female', climbing variety, 'La Diva' does not need to be pollinated to produce fruit so will crop well inside a cold greenhouse or tunnel - or equally well outdoors in your garden beds or patio pots. For best results, support them with netting or a trellis, although they can be grown successfully at ground level. Sow indoors from February to April; they will germinate within 7-21 days on a warm windowsill out of direct sunlight and draughts. After being grown on in cooler conditions and then gradually hardened off, they will thrive in pots, growbags or planted directly into the soil in a cool greenhouse or outdoors. They are also an ideal choice for planting in large containers - great for small space gardening, on a patio or even a balcony or courtyard. They just require a sunny, sheltered position and fertile, moist but well-drained soil or compost. Supplied as a packet of 20 (approx.) seeds ready for sowing indoors or outdoors. Fruits will be ready 8-10 weeks from sowing. Feed, water and harvest regularly for good-quality, prolific cropping from June to October.
A superb all-rounder for reliability, hardiness and flavour, this heritage variety was first cultivated by Victorian gardeners in the Scottish town of Musselburgh after being brought over from France in the 1830s. Since then it has become a firm favourite all around the UK, particularly in colder regions where other vegetables may not thrive - great for picking from late autumn to early spring when little else is available to bring in from the plot to the plate. A shorter variety of leek, it has densely packed, sturdy stems with creamy white bases rising to dark green leaves at the top. You won't find Musselburgh leeks in the supermarket as their growing span is too long commercial production, but this variety will reward the home gardener many times over with plentiful crops of superb quality. These leeks are easy to grow, with good resistance to pests and extremes of heat and cold. They can be left in the ground until needed, although once picked they will keep for up to 3 weeks in the fridge. Musselburgh is a great choice for allotments, where the plants will happily fend for themselves right through winter, requiring little attention over a long season. Whether picked early or left to mature, this versatile veg has a lovely sweet flavour and a firm but tender texture when cooked. Use young baby stems in salads and stir-fries and mature leeks for a great variety of dishes including soups, stews and quiches - and indeed in any dish where you would normally use onion. Having a ready supply of garden-fresh leeks will benefit your health as well as your palate - they are packed with nutrients, including vitamins A, B6, C and K, iron and magnesium, as well as being a good source of fibre and folate. The seeds can be planted directly into their cropping position or started indoors for establishing early - providing baby leeks from as early as late summer. They germinate easily and establish well, with minimum maintenance required. Their compact habit makes them a great choice for small gardens where space is a premium. Choose a sunny, sheltered position, with fertile, well-drained soil. They can make an unusual feature in an herbaceous border, with attractive flowers and seed heads if left to grow. Supplied as a packet of 500 (approx.) seeds ready for sowing indoors from January to February, or outdoors from March to April directly into a seed bed. Harvest from October to March, or even earlier for baby leeks. Grows to 45cm (18in) by 30cm (12in) spread.
This special mix of flower seeds will create a natural wildlife habitat in your garden and provide colourful displays throughout the summer. Blended with a natural bran seed carrier to help the seeds spread more evenly and effectively. Non-toxic, and straightforward for any level of expertise. For meadows, beds, borders and window boxes. Ideally sow in late March to early April, when there's little risk of frost.CAUTION: Please read all instructions carefully before handling, storing or opening.
Sturdy and long lived, with huge flowers 4-5in across of a wonderful blue, shot with violet, on erect stems
This special mix of flower seeds will create a natural wildlife habitat in your garden and provide colourful displays throughout the summer. Blended with a natural bran seed carrier to help the seeds spread more evenly and effectively. Non-toxic, and straightforward for any level of expertise. For meadows, beds, borders and window boxes. Ideally sow in late March to early April, when there's little risk of frost.CAUTION: Please read all instructions carefully before handling, storing or opening.
This special mix of flower seeds will create a natural wildlife habitat in your garden and provide colourful displays throughout the summer. Blended with a natural bran seed carrier to help the seeds spread more evenly and effectively. Non-toxic, and straightforward for any level of expertise. For meadows, beds, borders and window boxes. Ideally sow in late March to early April, when there's little risk of frost.CAUTION: Please read all instructions carefully before handling, storing or opening.
This special mix of flower seeds will create a natural wildlife habitat in your garden and provide colourful displays throughout the summer. Blended with a natural bran seed carrier to help the seeds spread more evenly and effectively. Non-toxic, and straightforward for any level of expertise. For meadows, beds, borders and window boxes. Ideally sow in late March to early April, when there's little risk of frost.CAUTION: Please read all instructions carefully before handling, storing or opening.
A multi-purpose lawn seed for a high-quality, greener lawn that is quick to establish and requires less watering and feeding. The perfect mix for appearance, hardiness and speed of establishment. A blend of fine-leaved dwarf perennial ryegrass and creeping red fescue.This 400g pack will cover up to 27 square metres.CAUTION: Please read all instructions carefully before handling, storing or opening, and take care when lifting heavy objects.
Swift is one of the quickest growing, fastest to mature varieties of new potato, so you can pick them in under 8 weeks from planting! Grow your own and you won't be disappointed - they just taste so much better when freshly dug, washed and eaten within hours! A heavy yielder of good sized tubers - the flavour of which is magnificent - Swift is one of the best potatoes for growing in patio pots, it'll do equally well in your garden or allotment, so you can measure in food feet rather than food miles! Please note. Due to the current unprecedented circumstances supply of Swift is difficult. If unavailable we will substitute with Rocket - a similar variety.
Our Organic Sarpo Mira potato tubers are perfect for you to grow your own! Not only will they give you heavy crops of scrumptious, floury potatoes from your own garden, Sarpo Mira is well known for being exceptionally resistant to potato blight. Your bumper harvests of tasty spuds will be perfect for chips, roasties, mash and more - each potato with a distinctive red coloured skin. Keep your home-grown potatoes in our Traditional Hessian Sacks and they'll keep right through winter.
'Acoustic' is a new variety that is quickly establishing itself - 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 pale potatoes have a good round shape with creamy white skins and superb tasting pale yellow flesh. They have a slightly waxy texture and perfect for salads and boiling. If left to mature a little longer, they become more floury making them great for roasting, baking and mashing 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. 'Acoustic' will also 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.
'Arran Pilot' is a favourite traditional salad variety with an excellent flavour and texture. It can be planted from March to May and will be ready to harvest as 'new' potatoes from about 13 weeks after planting. Easy to grow, it is a reliable early cropper with good resistance to pests and diseases. Fast growing, 'Arran Pilot' will produce bountiful crops of waxy tubers of consistent size and quality, blemish-free, smooth, creamy skin and white flesh that remains firm during cooking. They can be eaten straight out of the ground, or added to the pot for delicious new potatoes and potato salads. 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 March to May. Early plantings will benefit from frost protection.