Widely used herb with a rich peppermint aroma. Use in herbal tea or cooked dishes such as roast lamb, boiled potatoes, peas and spinach. Easy-to-grow in pots or borders. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 100cm (39).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.
Superb red salad onion with an intense flavour. Grow as a spring onion or leave to develop into a fully mature bulb onion. Harvest in summer for salads, or in autumn to store. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 5cm (2).
This attractive climbing variety of bean, displays pretty mauve flowers, followed by bumper crops of long, rounded, stringless pods with a rich green colour and a superb flavour. Beans can be harvested from June until October depending on sowing times. Height: 180cm (70). Spread: 30cm (12).
Exceptionally long roots with smooth skins and a tasty flavour make this variety one of the best for your winter vegetable harvests. Roots have good resistance to canker. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12).
An old variety that is consistenly popular. Easy-to-grow with bright cerise and white roots, their flavour is mild and the texture crisp and crunchy, for a perfect addition to salads. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 10cm (4).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.
Large globe shaped onions that harbour a mild flavour which is ideal for using raw in dishes, or for cooking. Winter sowing will produce harvests by late summer. Good for storing too. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 10cm (4).
Dwarf growing variety that makes large heads of florets. This easy-to-grow variety can be sown and harvested all year round, overwinter in coldframes for summer crops. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 75cm (30).
Well known variety with rich orange colouring and a deeper red core. Crisp and sweet, this tasty carrot will be useful for successional sowings to extend the harvesting season. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6).
Reliable and favourite variety which forms tender, flavoursome hearts without bolting. It?s compact growth and pointed heart is ideal for smaller gardens. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 40cm (16).
An excellent, high quality, white-flowered variety, that provides huge crops of long, broad pods.Plants can be grown close together, as little as 15cm (6in) apart, making them useful for gardens large or small. Pods are tasty and juicy, and almost completely stringless. Height: 300cm (118). Spread: 30cm (12).
Early maturing, compact growing, variety of bean that produces bumper harvests of smooth skinned, string-less pods with a fresh tasty flavour. An early cropping type with a long harvesting season. Ideal for freezing for use all year round. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12).
Tasty and sweet variety of colourful red cabbage, with dense, solid, crunchy hearts. Try them raw or cooked or even grow for pickling. Ideal for storing over winter. Height: 40cm (16). Spread: 60cm (24).