This grassy herb is an essential flavouring in Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese cuisine. An ideal patio plant, that tastes of lemon and is perfect for stir-fries, sauces, fish and curries. Height: 150cm (59). Spread: 90cm (35).
A taste of the mediterranean comes with these colourful and flavoursome salad varieties. Ready to eat in around a month, sow all year round for a constant and tasty supply. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 15cm (6).
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).
Ready to harvest in just 60 days from sowing, these amazing, brightly coloured beet stems, have a mild flavour and are great for salads or steaming and are packed full of nutrients. Height: 50cm (20). Spread: 40cm (16).
Increasingly popular variety of broccoli with a very sweet taste. Remove individual spears or the whole head of broccoli at a time. Delicious eaten raw with dips, or steamed. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 40cm (16).
A useful winter-cropping vegetable, hardy and easy-to-grow. It produces masses of tender purple broccoli shoots which turn green when cooked. Height: 90cm (35). Spread: 60cm (24).
Easy-to-grow, white turnip that offers, sweet, crisp roots, full of favour and low in calories. Cropping from early autumn through winter, they are a really useful vegetable. Height: 25cm (10). Spread: 25cm (10).
A very pretty herb with vivid sky-blue blooms throughout summer. Both leaf and flower are edible and taste similar to cucumber, use flowers in salads, or to top cakes and drinks. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 45cm (18).
Easy-to-grow in virtually all soils, this flavoursome variety boasts a medium-length smooth root, long cropping period and good canker resistance. Ideal for baking and roasting. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12).
A mixture of quick growing lettuce, tasty and nutritional, and ready to eat in as little as 6 weeks. Ideal for growing on a windowsill, for a contstant supply of baby leaves all year. Height: 20cm (8). Spread: 25cm (10).
The best choice for early spring sowings. Reliably producing high quality, tasty, dark-red rounded roots, up to 10cm (4in) across, with crisp, sweet flesh. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6).
Reliable old favourite, produces early, pointed hearts that are full of flavour. Plants are more narrow in growth allowing closer cropping and less waste of outer leaves. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 40cm (16)