Give your bulbs a boost with this Universal controlled release Bulb fertiliser. This fertiliser will give your bulbs all the nutrients that they require to flower to their full potential. This Bulb Fertiliser will work for up to 6 months, so you won't need to use any other feed. Wonderfully straightforward to use ? just mix it with compost prior to planting in patio containers or add a sprinkle to each planting hole before planting out individual bulbs.Useful links:How to use fertilisers
Reliably grows from seed! Mildew resistant and slow to bolt under the summer heat, this top-performer soldiers on to produce round/oval, richly-sweet bulbs that add a real gourmet depth to any dish.
Turnip 'Golden Ball' delivers an exceptionally long cropping season of uniform round roots with buttery yellow flesh, perfect for use in hearty stews, casseroles and soups. Sow this very hardy variety successively and enjoy a harvest which lasts from summer through to winter.
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
Sow outdoors where they are to flower. Before sowing, prepare the ground well by raking until the soil is fine and crumbly and remove any large stones. Sow 1.5mm (1/16) deep, in rows 30cm (12) apart, or scatter seed in beds or borders as a gap filler and lightly cover over. Thin out the seedlings when they are large enough to handle, to about 20cm (8) apart.
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)
A deserving RHS AGM winner, Cucumber 'Marketmore' produces a plentiful crop of crisp, well-flavoured cylindrical cucumbers throughout summer, even in poor seasons. Enjoy a long cropping season, harvesting the cucumbers as and when required.
Grow this gorgeous Dahlia ?Starlight Mixed? for fabulous summer flowers in all the colours of the rainbow! Enjoy long-lasting colour with this vibrant mix of dahlias which bloom continuously all summer long. Including a fantastic array of colours and flower types, these beautiful bee-friendly blooms bring heaps of pizazz to any summer planting scheme, not to mention cut flower bouquets!
Extremely popular and reliable, early maturing variety for successional sowings throughout spring, and a particular favourite for June sowings. Produces huge crops of narrow pointed pods in pairs, averaging 7or 8 succulent peas per pod.
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This dwarf, compact Broad Bean is absolutely perfect for small gardens and offers bumper crops of 15cm (6in) pods, each packed with 5 deliciously tender beans. Ideal for successional sowings to give continuous picking through the season.
Beetroot Boltardy is one of the best beetroots and a gardeners' favourite. Good quality, round, dark-red, well-flavoured roots up to 10cm (4in) across, with deep red, crisp, sweet flesh.
An excellent variety all round. Long, large, cylindrical roots with a lovely colour and excellent flavour. Highly recommended for eating fresh in the autumn, raw or cooked.
An easy to grow annual, producing tall stems covered in masses of stunning, mid-blue, pin cushion flowers. A classic cottage garden plant, ideal for cutting and loved by bees and butterflies. Beautiful plants for the cottage border
A well known variety, Cabbage Primo produces solid 'ball head' cabbage from June to August. Easy and productive.
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
A chunky chilli packed with flavour with a bit of a kick, Chilli Pepper 'Hungarian Hot Wax' has a medium heat which makes it a great choice for adding to salads, sandwiches, making sauces for stuffing and roasting or barbecuing as a spicy appetiser. Easy to grow and high yielding, you can harvest these tasty vibrant yellow-green chillies throughout the summer and use them in all kinds of recipes.
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