Radicchio 'Orchidea Rossa?, also known as Red Orchid chicory, produces succulent rosettes of deep red leaves which are perfect for use in salads with a tangy dressing and also delicious when fried or filled and roasted. This versatile summer crop is reliable and easy to grow.
Huge flowers up to 15cm (6) across add an exotic flavour to patio pots. The flamboyant blooms of Begonia Giant Picotee Mixed boast layers of elaborate, ruffled petals with a picotee edge. Supplied as a mixture of sumptuous bicolours, that looks simply spectacular set against lush serrated foliage in containers, beds, and window boxes. Height and spread: 30cm (12).Useful links:How to grow bulbs, corms and tubers Culinary note: Add the bright coloured petals to sandwiches or salads for a light lemon taste and crisp texture. For more details about edible flowers click here.
Broccoli ?Green Magic? produces flavoursome rich green heads which are packed full of health benefits. Loved for its reliable performance, superior flavour and showing good resistance to white rust, its no wonder this variety has earned a prestigious RHS AGM.
Brussel sprouts are a ?must have? on your dinner plate at Christmas. Brussels Sprout 'Marte' is a particularly tasty variety, cropping from October right through to the big day! With plenty of F1 vigour you can look forward to heavy yields of large, rounded sprouts have a robust, sweet flavour, but no unpleasant aftertaste.
This hardy overwintering Cabbage ?Winter Jewel? keeps your veg patch green and productive through the chilly months, providing an exceptional harvest of healthy greens which can be picked during spring. Enjoy steamed and serve as a side or use its versatile, nutrient-packed leaves in all kinds of hearty recipes.
Tasty and nutritious Organic Broccoli 'Green Sprouting' (Calabrese) provides a wonderfully long harvest of flavoursome heads along with a great crop of tender side shoots. Enjoy a fantastic harvest from late summer onwards - pick the side shoots regularly and these generous plants will continue to produce more throughout autumn.
Known for its versatility and impressive nutritional benefits, Kale 'Nero di Toscana' provides a fantastic autumn and winter harvest of tasty leaves, suitable for steaming, adding to recipes or used as a baby leaf to add a peppery taste to mixed salads. The deep green long savoy-like crinkled leaves are flavoursome and well textured.
Enjoy a healthy early spring harvest of flavoursome and nutritious white sprouting Broccoli 'Burbank?. This British-bred F1 Hybrid sprouting broccoli is hardy, easy and reliable to grow, producing high yields of tender stems which can be harvested from as early as February and enjoyed steamed or boiled.
If you?re new to growing cauliflowers or are simply looking for a reliable, resilient variety which can withstand whatever a British summer throws at it, give Cauliflower 'Boris' F1 Hybrid a try! Come rain or shine, this undemanding and unfussy variety grows well in any type of soil and copes well with all weathers, leaving you with a perfect crop even when given very little attention. Producing large, blemish-free curds with superb texture and flavour, harvest a whole head at a time and enjoy in cooked recipes, roasted or raw in salads.
This attractive Spinach hybrid is full of F1 vigour to ensure a superb crop of tasty leaves. The dark green leaves boast prominent crimson veins, making an eye-catching addition to the vegetable plot.
The fiery foliage of Acer ?Orange Beauty? creates a riotous explosion of orange-yellow leaves in spring that change to a bright, lime green during the summer and then colour to shades of red and gold in autumn. Japanese maples make magnificent focal points for shaded, sheltered spots in the garden where their delicate foliage is protected from strong sunlight and drying winds.
An improved 'Armado Apriltype. Cauliflower Winter Aalsmeer shows outstanding winter hardiness and produces well-protected, creamy white heads of good depth and weight. Matures gradually throughout April so extends the harvesting period. RHS AGM winner
An early maturing, vigorous and uniform Red Cabbage with deep red, solid and compact heads. The remarkably sweet flavour and high quality makes Cabbage Ruby Ball ideal for cooking as well as pickling. For late summer/autumn cropping.
A reliable old favourite, Cabbage Greyhound produces early maturing pointed hearts of excellent flavour. Compact plants with very few wasted outer leaves
They resist both heat and cold, and are earlier flowering than other varieties in this class carrying blooms up to 10cm (4in) across in a wide and iridescent range of colours.
Probably one of the most well known and reliable spring cabbages, Cabbage Durham Early produces firm, pointed, well flavoured hearts on compact plants. Can also be sown or planted closely for delicious 'spring greensready to harvest from February
Clubroot Resistant! The first cauliflower with Clubroot resistance. Cauliflower Clapton is a versatile late summer to late autumn maturing variety, depending on its sowing time. Produces excellent flavoured quality, uniform, large, solid and deep white heads. It has taken over 18 years of conventional breeding to develop a variety that can combat the devastating brassica disease Clubroot and this superb variety is the most resistant we have ever grown on our trials Andrew Tokely says: Both myself and many other allotment growers believe that Cauliflower Clapton has changed the way that we grow cauliflower. Its Clubroot Resistance is almost foolproof on all soils, even if this dreadful soil borne disease has been present before. Also good sized curds are produced and melt in the mouth.
Created a great deal of interest when grown at the Scottish Horticultural Research Institute, yet it is very widely grown in Northern Italy. The 'spears' can be snapped off individually or all together. Broccoli Romanesco has a taste and texture exceeding the finest broccoli and to really appreciate the flavour it should be cooked and served individually with melted butter.
Whilst inspecting our trials we discovered this highly frost tolerant variety, which withstood all types of weather. The large, dark blue-green savoy leaves will not discolour by frost. Because of the long standing ability of Savoy Cabbage Siberia, you will be able to enjoy the delicious sweet savoy flavour for many weeks