Carrot 'Sweet Imperator Mix' is the perfect choice for growing in a deep patio container. These colourful F1 hybrids produce slender, tapering roots up to 25cm (10) long if sown quite thickly. The sweet, flavoursome roots are crisp and juicy in a fabulous array of colours that will really liven up your dinner plate. This striking mix will also provide a wide range of nutrients, vitamins and anti-oxidants produced by the different colour variations. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6).
The pale green shoots of Broccoli ?Green? microgreens offer a satisfying crunch. The mild broccoli flavour has a slightly bitter aftertaste that adds an edge to garnishes, salads, wraps and sandwiches.
This RHS AGM variety produces solid, sweet, crisp heads that are ideal for winter salads. Winter Savoy Cabbage 'Tundra' is high yielding and particularly hardy, so it can be harvested right through the winter. Cabbages are easy to grow being perfectly suited to the British climate, and make a delicious and healthy side dish, as they are high in vitamins and low in calories. Height: 40cm (16). Spread: 60cm (24)
Greenhouse variety with 3-4 fruits per node. Crisp, bitter-free taste. Scab resistant. (All female). Harvest June-October.
The slender shoots of Garlic Chives make delicious microgreens with a distinctive mild garlic flavour that brings a tasty treat to sandwiches, wraps and salads.
After the success of Foxglove Candy Mountain, flower breeders have developed this beautiful and striking mixture with the same unique upward facing flowers. Sturdy stems with masses of blooms create a truly eye-catching display in borders and will attract bees to its easy-to-enter flowers.
The easy way to sow. Simply roll out the seed tapes in a prepared moist seed drill.
This mild, Oriental mustard has a gentle peppery flavour, without being overpowering. Microgreens Mizuna 'Green Mix' are white stemmed with fresh green leaves, that make a tasty addition salads, wraps and sandwiches.
A superb dwarf sweet pea that carpets the ground with a kaleidoscope of colour and fragrance! These bushy plants make superb groundcover and unlike other non-climbing varieties, the plants of Sweet Pea 'Snoopea' have reduced tendrils so the plant remains neat and compact. This versatile variety is equally useful for basket, containers and window boxes. Height and spread: 30cm (12)
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Wraps and sandwiches will be transformed mild, peppery flavour of Microgreens Mizuna 'Red Empire'. This Oriental salad produces pale shoots with dark green-purple foliage that makes a lively, slightly spicy addition to salads too.
These colourful old varieties laid the foundations for today's modern cultivars, with their intoxicating sweet fragrance and superb colours. Their vigorous growth is best trained as bush plants instead of cordons, for a mass of strong stemmed blooms that will provide an endless supply of cut flowers. Sweet Pea 'Antique Fantasy Mix' is ideal for scrambling over obelisks and trellis in summer flower borders. Height: 180cm (71) Spread: 30cm (12)
No cat should be deprived of this! Their reaction to the aromatic silver grey foliage is fascinating. Flower spikes of violet spotted white.
Here's four 'highsugar' varieties to offer home-growers an attractive mix of fruits to brighten the veg patch and the dinner plate.
With strong clubroot resistance, Calabrese 'Komodo' F1 is a reliable variety that will guarantee a decent harvest. This F1 Hybrid is a vigorous grower that produces dense, dark green heads from July, and continuing well into the autumn.
Microgreens Pak Choi 'Purple Rain' will add a splash of colour to your sandwich with its bright green and burgundy leaves. The young stems deliver a mild, sweet flavour that makes a superb salad garnish.
Indulge yourself by growing this rare, mauve form of the exquisite Himalayan Blue Poppy. Scintillating, silky blooms aloft downy foliage give an absolutely breathtaking effect when planted in groups in shady borders and woodland areas. A collector's item for the border. Prefers a deep, moist, loamy soil in part shade.
Microgreens Mustard 'Red Carpet' will bring a spicy punch to your wraps, sandwiches and salads. These peppery little shoots are topped with dark purple foliage and packed with pungent, mustard flavour.
Microgreens Swiss Chard 'Red Chard' haver a distinctive appearance with their pink stems and slender leaves. These tasty shoots are sweet, with an earthy aftertaste that makes an exciting addition to sandwiches, wraps and salads.