Easy-to-grow and ready to pick in just 5 weeks, this innovative blend of leaves adds a flavour of summer-time french cuisine to your salad dishes. Height and spread: 15cm (6).
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).
Naturally sweet tasting and the best resistance to attack from carrot root fly. This variety has smooth-skinned, blunt ended roots, that are a rich orange colour throughout. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6).
Basil 'Crimson King' is so named for its unusual colour. The half-hardy annual's leaves are unremarkable in shape, for they are traditionally cupped in appearance, but notable for their purple tone. This vibrant alternative to green basil is thus an excellent, ornamental herb while still performing well in terms of function and flavour. Ocimum basilicum grows vigorously, whether sown in a vegetable bed or on a windowsill, making it a practical way to spruce up salads, garnishes and other culinary creations even with limited garden space.
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).
One of the longest bean-pod varieties. Enjoy early and bumper crops of these smooth, slender flavoursome pods, that measure up to 50cm (20in) long. Plants can be grown close together, as little as 15cm (6in) apart, making them useful for gardens large or small. Height: 300cm (118). Spread: 30cm (12).
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).
Compact growing variety of broad bean, which is ideal for smaller gardens. It offers bumper crops of 15cm (6in) pods that contain 5 tender beans, delicious to taste. Ideal for successional sowings, giving a harvest throughout summer. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 25cm (10).
Ideal for sowing in succession through the season, achieving a longer harvesting period. An excellent flavour from rich maroon-coloured roots, and easy-to-grow. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6).
These large round sprouts are firm and sweet-tasting. This heavy cropping variety is very popular and will provide a harvest from early autumn to Christmas. Height: 75cm (30). Spread: 50cm (20).
Well know variety that produces solid ?ball head? cabbages from June to August. Easy-to-grow and reliable cropping. Full of flavour either eaten raw, or cooked. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 45cm (18).
Bred specifically for autumn/winter growing and spring harvesting, this exceptionally winter hardy carrot has a rich colour and is both sweet and crispy. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6).
Well known variety that yields solid, crisp, spring cabbages that boast firm pointed, well flavoured hearts. Ideal for cooking and make tasty ?spring greens?. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 35cm (14).
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).
An open branching plant encourages many more flowers and therefore many more courgettes to be produced. Plants have increased virus resistance and crops are large and plentiful. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 90cm (35).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.
Popular and reliable curly kale variety, providing fresh and highly nutritious winter ?greens?. Harvest young leaves during winter and larger stronger-flavoured leaves in spring. Height: 40cm (16). Spread: 45cm (18).
Harvest within 10-12 days! Cress is an all-year-round, nutritious and tasty addition to salads, sandwiches and garnishes, ideal for children to enjoy growing on a windowsill. Height: 5cm (2). Spread: 1cm (0.5).
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).