Compact habit with few waste outer leaves. Firm, conical pale green, tender and flavoursome hearts which stand well through the summer. Can be planted closely so ideal for the smaller garden. Ideal for using raw in salads and coleslaw. Help to retain bio diversity by growing these traditional varieties with the taste and garden performance well regarded by previous generations
One of the easiest and most visually stunning grasses to grow. Brilliant white, rabbit-tail spikes are produced in abundance from bushy, clump-forming deciduous plants. Eye-catching and early to flower in borders or large containers. Quick to flower, often used as a Annual. Height 45-50cm (18-20in) Cut back old foliage in spring as new growth appears in the centres of plants
With slender bronze green leaves and lilac tubular flowers, this hardy annual makes an attractive addition to the herb garden. Summer Savory lends an aromatic peppery tang to soups and seafoods. It's mild flavour is useful as an alternative to sage or thyme, and it is also used to aid digestion, reduce fevers and soothe bee stings. Grown next to broad beans it is reputed to help repel black fly. Gather Summer Savory when harvesting your broad beans and cook them together - it does wonders for the flavour. The secret is to have your Summer Savory 15cm (6in) tall by early May to plant out amongst your beans! Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
(Bushy) The vigorous plants of Squash Patty Pans Scallop Mixed produce a colourful mix of tasty 'Patty Panscalloped fruits. Harvest throughout the season at various sizes from 'baby squashfor eating raw to its mature size of 15-20cm (6-8in) across.
An outstanding variety. Ideal for small gardens. Cabbage Hispi can be grown at virtually any season of the year and comes to maturity faster than cabbages specially created for specific seasons. Even autumn sown it will beat the earliest of the spring cabbages. Hispi is a pointed type, strong and uniform and with a beautifully sweet flavour. A Jan/Feb sowing fills the late spring gap in cropping. Bolt resistant. Andrew Tokely says: I always sow this cabbage in early March, and I harvest the first sweet and tender hearts by mid June. This is far quicker than traditional spring cabbage sown in the autumn and the flavour is miles better too
A well known variety, Cabbage Primo produces solid 'ball head' cabbage from June to August. Easy and productive.
One of the best round red cabbages there is. Cabbage Red Jewel has large, tightly packed hearts with crisp, ruby red leaves. Excellent standing in the ground and storing ability
An original, hand-blended selection of hybrids, Sweet Pepper Summer Salad comprises black, yellow, green and orange fruited types. Chosen to ensure heavy yield of thick and thin walled varieties for stuffing, frying but primarily highly coloured salads
British breeding especially for summer cropping as needs no vernalisation (winter chill) to produce tasty purple spears. Robust plants will produce high yields if picked regularly to promote fresh flushes of spears. Broccoli Summer Purple has good heat tolerance. Crops from July to November if sown at regular intervals
An exciting blend of salad leaves, Fancy Summer Mix salad leaves add a range of colours, tastes and textures to your salads. The blend of niche leaves consists of Landcress, Golden Purslane, Orach Scarlet Emperor, Chamomile, Wild Rocket, Tree Spinach and shungiku. Sow seeds in succession, pick leaves as required. Can also be grown under glass during the winter months to provide a complete season of harvesting.
Romanescois increasing in popularity. Cauliflower Veronica produces individual florets with lovely spirals giving a magical appearance from late summer to early frosts, from successional plantings. Protect heads against frost with fleece to extend season
A first for British breeding! This unique 'dual-purposevariety, Summer Ball can be grown as a courgette or as a pumpkin! Compact, bushy plants produce bright-yellow, round fruits which can be cut early as courgettes or left to mature to larger 1kg (2lbs) summer pumpkins. Pumpkin Summer Ball is ideal for growing in containers. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection