Forms a round mound of pale green, frilled edged leaves. Lattuga Lollo Bionda does not produce a firm heart. Cut the entire plant or just pick leaves as required. Makes an attractive complement to Lollo Rossa. Lettuce is very suitable for inter-cropping between taller, long-standing vegetables, such as beans, tomatoes, peppers, etc. Lettuces require rich, moisture retentive soil free of weeds
Lattuga Red Salad Bowl forms a voluminous head of reddish-bronzed leaves. Non-hearting, just pick young leaves as required or cut the full head, wash and keep in the refrigerator. Lettuce is very suitable for inter-cropping between taller, long-standing vegetables, such as beans, tomatoes, peppers, etc. Lettuces require rich, moisture retentive soil free of weeds
Capsicum annuum. Compact 'ornamental edibleon the windowsill or outside in a sunny spot, producing abundant green turning black to red sweet peppers throughout the summer. Pepper Sweet Ingrid makes an attractive and edible feature on a windowsill or sunny patio
Raphanus sativus. Shiny purple skinned round roots with crisp white flesh. The roots of Radish Amethyst are slow to go pithy and have strong tops for easier pulling. Ideal for containersSow regularly for continuous succulent roots throughout the summer.
Ideal for early sowings as they mature quickly, Beetroot Bietola da Orto Paonazza d'Egitto producies unusual flatter roots with deep red flesh and a sweet flavour
Brassica oleracea convar. acephala. Grow all the year round as a 'baby leafindoors on the windowsill. Outdoors if given wider spacing it will make an abundance of densely curled leaves over a very long period. Winter hardy as a full sized plant
Brassica rapa var. rapa. Flatter, globe-shaped roots with purple crowns and white bases, ideal as baby turnips when the taste is sweet and succulent. Dark green, erect leaves are ideal steamed as 'greens'. Turnip Atlantic is ideal for growing in containers
Outdoor typeCucumber 'Cetriolo Marketer' produces prolific crops of medium length, dark green cucumbers with short, white spines. The climbing variety is best grown outdoors against a support. Height: 3m (9'). Spread: 45cm (18)
Increasingly popular, Cavolo Palmizio Senza Testa can be used as a 'baby salad leafto add colour, texture and taste to mixed salads. The mature plant of Kale Cavolo Palmizio Senza Testa can also be used as a winter hardy vegetable when fresh produce is in short supply.
Lattuga Bionda Lenta a Montare is a delicious, crisp, dark green, classic 'Romainetype with solid hearts which stand in good condition during hot weather. Traditionally used in Caesar salads. Lettuce is very suitable for inter-cropping between taller, long-standing vegetables, such as beans, tomatoes, peppers, etc. Lettuces require rich, moisture retentive soil free of weeds
Often called the 'vegetable oysterbecause of its flavour. Salsify Scorzobianca produces slender, parsnip-like roots, white skinned and fleshed. Ideal for lifting in the autumn for storing, or can be left in the ground and lifted as required. In the spring the tender shoots of Salsify Scorzobianca make an appetising green vegetable
Allium cepa. A quick growing, silver skinned cocktail/pickling onion. Spring Onion Pompeii is succulent and ideal for sowing thinly in containers or window boxes
Grow your own delicious peas with high yielding variety Pea ?Pacco?, each plant producing a generous crop of pods each filled with up to 10 sweet-tasting peas.
Enjoy a long-lasting crop of tasty home-grown leeks throughout the winter months with this extra hardy and resilient variety.
This British bred variety with unusual rose-pink bulbs is perfectly adapted for UK growing conditions and has excellent storage potential, so your summer harvest can last you well through the autumn and beyond!
A tasty and crisp salad-bowl type lettuce with appetising glossy deep red crinkled leaves. Adds a refreshing bite to a sandwich.
Scare your friends and neighbours at Halloween with this grotesquely ugly Pumpkin ?Zombie?, complete with warts!
An attractive mix of early-maturing red and brown-skinned onion varieties with usual elliptical shape, ideal for slicing into neat, uniform rings.
Mr. Happy is ALWAYS happy! One of his favourite places to be happy is in his garden - he loves digging the soil, sowing seeds and watering his plants.
Mr. Strong has to be really careful when he's gardening. He's so strong that he often breaks his garden tools. It's important to be gentle when you're sowing seeds or planting little seedlings.