This gorgeous kale selection with mauve and cream centres are not only tasty and nutritious, but they have masses of ornamental appeal too.
A first-class white, globe turnip. Turnip Snowball is early, juicy and sweet flavoured, will yield a good supply from early summer to early winter, and the tops make most nutritious and tasty 'greens'
An excellent new variety suitable for providing both spring greens or small to medium sized hearted spring cabbage and summer cabbage depending on when you sow it. Cabbage Advantage F1 performs much better than non F1 varieties being more winter hardy and less prone to bursting. From an August sowing will keep well into April.
See who can grow the tallest sunflower with this impressive variety! Sunflower ?High Hopes? is one of the tallest available.
The Ox-Eye Daisy greets me every summer around Misterland, with its bright shimmering white and yellow blooms. Little Miss Hug loves to grow them too.
Masses of bells in an astonishing range of blues, whites and pinks. A gentle reminder of the cottage garden days. Flowers summer. Height 90-120cm (3-4ft)
A very special selection of large-flowered Aubretia with a rich colour range. They cascade and spread with vigorous determination. Suitable for rockeries, borders, edging paths, planters etc. Flowers early spring. Spread 18-24in
An RHS AGM variety producing bright red, evenly shaped roots with pure white, crisp, moist flesh and mild flavour. Radish 'Scarlet Globe' is a very popular and easy variety. This quick growing summer radish is suitable for earlier sowings under glass as well as outdoors. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 10cm (4).
Pristine white petals are fused together to form a single cup that’s distinctly different to traditional daisy varieties. The unusual blooms of Cosmos 'Cupcakes White' float above fine, airy foliage, making this a real 'head-turner'.
New, colourful salad leaf innovation to add a sharp but pleasant taste and texture to mixed salads, when eaten young. Blood Veined Sorrel also makes an attractive 'dot' plant in the flower border. Ideal used in soups and sauces. Blood Veined Sorrel is a Hardy Perennial but grown as an Annual. Flavour guide: Sharp but pleasant.
Provides a long harvest of tasty and nutritious leaves for fresh picking through summer and well into autumn.
Oriental Mustards add tastes and textures to your mixed salads, sandwiches and garnishes and also stir fries. Sow regularly all the year round for a constant supply of 'salad leaves'. Pick the nutritious leaves of Oriental Mustards in under 30 days from sowing during summer months. Ideal in containers on the patio. Good source of provitamin A, vitamins C and K, and folate. CONTENTS: Mustards Red Giant, Red Feather and green frilled Pizzo
A half hardy perennial best treated as a half hardy annual, this is a showy bedding plant producing a 20-25cm (8-10in) mound of finely divided silvery white foliage. Use it as an edging to the border, as feature plants or in pots
High quality half-long, cylindrical radishes with a white tip. When you bite into Radish Flamboyant 3, the first reaction is "wow!". The flavour really is refreshingly strong, crisp and clean. It's just what the summer salads needs.
A favourite with commercial growers as the smallest seeded broad bean. The flavoursome beans are the best option for freezer storage, being far less prone to discolouring than larger varieties. We recommend growing Broad Bean 'Oscar? alongside Marrowfat Pea.
A quick growing, dual purpose annual herb that is grown for its seeds or fresh young leaves. Coriander seeds are delicious in cakes, and when crushed add an orangey flavour to meat dishes. The young leaves of coriander (often called 'Cilantro') can be finely chopped and added to curies, sauces, chutneys and salads. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 25cm (10).
It has one very big advantage over most other cabbages suitable for autumn sowing. Cabbage April can withstand the bolting tendency (running to seed with resulting complete loss of crop) which often plagues autumn sown cabbage and it can also be sown very close together 38cm (15in) apart 25cm (10in) between rows. Ideal where space is at a premium
Pea Eddy is perfect for a late harvest. Highly resistant to powdery mildew, remaining problem-free well into November. Also sow in spring for summer crops of long, slightly curved, pointed pods.
One of the best new foxgloves found in recent years. Stout, strong spires of creamy white flowers with attractive throats attractively painted in deepest burgundy. Creates an unforgettable sight when planted en masse in borders. Height 90-150cm (3-5 feet)
An excellent resistance to bolting from an early sowing with the colour and the flesh as good as Detroit. Beetroot Boltardy has a sweet fresh flavour.