This Italian lettuce is very easy-to-grow in the garden or in patio containers. It?s distinctive deep red, frilly leaves are an attractive addition to salads. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 25cm (10).
Highly versatile herb, rocket leaves have a peppery flavour that makes a great addition to salads, as well as pizza toppings and pasta dishes, or even cook it like spinach. Height and spread: 15cm (6).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.
Compact bushy plants bear mauve flowers, ideal for borders, rockeries, pots and windowsills. The aromatic leaves are useful, adding aromatic flavour to roast meats and stuffings. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 35cm (14)
Evergreen plant with aromatic textured leaves and mauve flowers. This herb is great for adding flavour to meat dishes and stuffing. It also repels cabbage white butterflies. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 90cm (35).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.
Decorative herb with an onion flavour. Both the grassy foliage and the mauve flowers are edible, perfect for adding to salads, sandwiches, mayonnaise or with baked potatoes. Height: 40cm (16). Spread: 30cm (12).
The smallest lettuce. Fast-growing to around 15cm (6in), it?s compact habit makes it ideal for smaller gardens and patio planters. Heads will store up to 2 weeks in a refrigerator. Height and spread: 15cm (6).
Traditional favourite for spring/summer sowings. Easy-to-grow, with good ?bolting? tolerance, the soft ?butterhead? hearts are ready to harvest from 10 weeks after sowing. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 30cm (12).
Bumper crops of delicious cucumbers that are ideal for growing in a greenhouse, conservatory or outdoors. High in vitamins, these tasty, fresh crops will not ?repeat? on you. Height: 300cm (18). Spread: 45cm (18).
Easy-to-grow, reliable variety that is quick to mature with medium length, uniform, rich tasting roots. These are ideal for sowing from late winter until mid-summer. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6).
Excellent maincrop variety producing large, long and delicious roots throughout autumn. Ideal for eating raw or cooked. Long-lasting storage through winter. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6).
Reliable old favourite, produces early, pointed hearts that are full of flavour. Plants are more narrow in growth allowing closer cropping and less waste of outer leaves. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 40cm (16)
The best choice for early spring sowings. Reliably producing high quality, tasty, dark-red rounded roots, up to 10cm (4in) across, with crisp, sweet flesh. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6).
High quality variety of double-podded crops that provide an excellent pea. Long, straight pods contain around 10 peas that are plump and delicious to taste, especially steamed or boiled with a little mint. Ideal for successional sowings to provide harvests all summer. Height: 75cm (30). Spread: 25cm (10).
A mixture of quick growing lettuce, tasty and nutritional, and ready to eat in as little as 6 weeks. Ideal for growing on a windowsill, for a contstant supply of baby leaves all year. Height: 20cm (8). Spread: 25cm (10).
A vigorous form of ageratum bedding, sporting fluffy, soft-blue flowers that will look great for months! Height 50cm
Step into spring with this vibrant collection of exotic-looking fritillaria and colourful tulips.
Creeping stems bearing variegated cream and green leaves knit together to form an evergreen carpet, creating an attractive background to the pretty, violet-blue flowers which appear from spring to early autumn. Vinca major 'Wojo's Gem' is less assertive than vinca minor but equally vigorous, forming useful groundcover in virtually any garden conditions, perfect for those tricky spots where other plants refuse to grow.
Predominantly grown for its striking red stems that darken to a plummy-black colour in winter. This tough and reliable dogwood has plenty to offer throughout the rest of the year, with creamy-white flowers in spring and fabulous autumn foliage. Cornus alba 'Kesselringii' makes a dramatic addition to winter gardens. For the best effect, grow it in groups or mingled with red and gold stemmed cultivars.