Even in cool, cloudy summers, you?re guaranteed a crop with Courgette 'Sure Thing'! These parthenocarpic plants don?t need to be insect pollinated to produce their speckled, dark green courgettes - so you can even grow them in the greenhouse.
A supersweet, mid season variety, producing an attractive mix of yellow and white grains on the same cob. Sweetcorn 'Summer Glow' performs well in difficult, cool locations, producing plenty of 20cm (8) long cobs.
With their unusual hat-like appearance, these Bishops Crown Chilli Peppers will make a real talking point. Although sometimes slow to mature, these chilli plants will set plenty of peppers throughout the growing season. The red fruits are 7cm (2.8) wide and 3cm (1.2) deep with an intriguing three-cornered shape. The flavour is spicy but fruity with a comfortable level of heat. Height: 75cm (30). Spread: 50cm (20).
A winter squash from British breeding, with unique silver foliage! This eye-catching variety makes a superb ornamental edible, worthy of a prominent spot, where its unusual colouring can be fully appreciated. Its compact habit makes Squash ?Silver Dust? ideal for large patio containers, as well as the vegetable plot.
Three unique hybrid Pak Chois to highlight salads and stir fries. Ready to harvest in 30 days from sowing as 'baby leaf' or 45-70 days as semi-mature to full size heads. Earlier and later sowings for 'baby leaf' can be made under cloches or fleece.This collection comprises:Baraku (Green) F1Macau (White)Rubi (Purple) F1
Perfect for containers and for use as a neat edging plant, here's a dwarf first-year-flowering perennial lavender. The compact, yet bushy plants enjoy a position in full sun where they quickly become covered with masses of highly fragrant blue flowers. Impressive garden performance and very floriferous.
Shred this 'baby pointed' green and red cabbage duo for a colourful and tasty coleslaw! Also delicious when cooked, they both have a mild, sweet taste. Ideal for cutting as autumn/winter greens or, if spaced closer together, as a semi-heart.
Fabulous semi-leafless 'petit pois' maincrop variety which produces tons of dark green pods, 2 per node, each containing 8-11 very small and very delicious peas. Plants are self supporting if grown in a block and have wilt and downy mildew resistance.
Our Kale Duo Mix Collection includes 10 seeds each of our Emerald Ice and Midnight Sun varieties. The Emerald Ice is an amazing new variety that has the best eating quality of all kales! The textured ruffled leaves develop a striking contrasting white centre as they mature and have the sweetest flavour, even the leaf stalks taste like candy. While the Midnight Sun is a stunning variety with textured, deep-red leaves with a striking mid vein. Suitable for multiple cuts, 'Midnight Sun? is very versatile as it is the best variety for use as a baby kaleleaf and also works well as a mature plant.
A truly multipurpose variety with good tip burn and bolting resistance. Young leaves can be used in salads and stir fries in as little as 7 weeks from sowing. The crisp white stalks have a mild flavour and should be eaten with the leaf for zero wastage in the kitchen. Try making your own Korean Kimchi, a pickled cabbage recipe popular with top chefs and restaurants. Best sown direct.
Four colour mix of cayenne peppers. Long pointed fruits are produced on compact upright plants.
A charming and prolific baby pansy with an unbeatable combination of 3-4 colours in each FLOWER! It will flower continuously from summer to winter, is compact enough for rockeries, walls or edging and will self sow seedlings. Flowers summer to winter. Height: 15-23cm (6-9in). The petals make a colourful addition to green salads, can be candied to top desserts etc. or used to make violet soup. Write to us for a free leaflet with recipes for a wide range of edible flowers
Welsh Poppy. An exclusive and rare mix of silky pom-pom blooms in orange, red and yellow. The Welsh Poppy is a breezy perennial for dappled shade, blooming from mid-spring right through to autumn. Occasionally an odd single flower may also appear
Magnificent large yellow flower heads borne on dwarf plants. A superb combination, especially for using in the border or even large containers. Ideal for exposed situations where normal height sunflowers would be damaged. Flowers summer. Height 1.2m (4ft).
Once you see these exquisite, large 7-10cm (3-4in) fully double flower heads you will stand in astonishment at their outstanding range of bright clear colours as they stand proudly above glaucus green foliage. Easy to grow, ideal sown in drifts, adding colour and height to annual borders followed by large attractive seed heads.
Now there's something new! A completely original and amazing effect can be achieved with Dwarf Yellow Spray, this exciting new Sunflower. The neat, dwarf habit can be used to create an unusual hedge to enclose your beds and borders. Height: 45-60cm (18-24in). The green buds before the flower opens are delicious cooked in butter sauce and the seeds make a tasty snack.
An easy to grow mixture providing an abundance of attractive wild flowers to add colour, grace and interest to the garden. Suitable for the flower border or wild area they are also valuable for the butterflies, bees, seed eating birds and insects they will attract. Some plants will flower in the first summer, the rest in spring, summer or autumn the next year. Height: 20-150cm (8in-5ft). Contents include: Birds-Foot Trefoil, Red and White Campion, Dames Violet, Evening Primrose, Musk Mallow, Marjoram, Yellow Melilot, Ragged Robin, Yellow Rocket, Small Scabious, Vervain, Vipers Bugloss and many other. Please Note: Even though wild flowers they should not be scattered in the wild without the authorisation of your local Nature Conservation Trust.
A choice variety for its extraordinarily dark navy-blue flowers and superb, intense fragrance. Sweet Pea 'King Size Navy Blue' bears up to 5 large, frilled blooms on each slender stem, making this an excellent cut flower for filling small vases with just a few stems. Let it intertwine with paler varieties for an unforgettable display in the garden. Height: 180cm (71). Spread: 30cm (12).
Bring some old-fashioned flavour to your vegetable plot with this heritage Climbing Bean. Marbled pods develop early in the season, ready for picking from July onwards.