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.
This reliable favourite produces huge early yields of enormous, smooth, slender pods of up to 50cm (20) in length, from July to October. Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit, this delicious runner bean is popular for its excellent flavour, as well as its exhibition quality beans that are perfect for entering in the local horticultural show! Runner bean 'Enorma' is also suitable for freezing. Height: 3m (10'). Spread: 30cm (12).
Greenhouse/ outdoor typeAn all female flowered 'American slicerthat is ideal for both outdoor and greenhouse growing. Cucumber 'Swing' produces a heavy crop of slightly spined, dark green cucumbers up to 20cm (8) long, with a crisp, juicy flesh. An ideal variety for organic gardeners with excellent powdery mildew, scab and general weather resistance. Height: 3m (9'). Spread: 45cm (18)
Lettuce 'Ultimate Mixed' contains a range of colours, tastes and textures, with both leaf and hearting types, for harvest throughout summer and autumn. This exciting mix of named varieties has excellent aphid and mildew resistance, making it ideal for producing top quality lettuce leaves without the need for chemical sprays. Height and spread: 30cm (12).
An RHS AGM variety with good resistance to Bean Mosaic Virus and Anthracnose. Dwarf Bean 'Nomad' produces bumper crops of straight, stringless, dark-green pods reaching up to 12cm (5) long, with an outstanding flavour. Pick regularly while beans are young and tender to encourage heavier yields. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
The best bulb variety to sow outdoors in autumn for overwintering, Onion Hi Keeper produces quality bulbs, 120g (4oz) in weight. Ideal for the exhibitor as well as the kitchen. Good winter hardiness. Onion Hi Keeper can also be spring sown, producing quality bulbs. Prefers rich, moist soil in an open situation
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
Extremely dwarf plants with attractive, nodding, rose-pink and cream flowers against unusual blue-green, fan shaped foliage. This compact Aquilegia is ideal for planting at the front of borders, in containers or alpine gardens where it will self seed to create handsome drifts. Height and spread: 20cm (8)
Greenhouse typeCucumber 'Long White' is not just a novelty! The firm flesh is sweet and juicy, with a pleasant tang that will add flavour to your salads without a bitter after taste. The tender, white skins are so thin that they won't even need peeling. This attractive variety is a good cropper when trained against supports in the greenhouse. Height: 3m (9'). Spread: 45cm (18)
First year flowering. Attractive deep blue flower heads, held aloft by intriguing powdery white stems, above contrasting grey-green foliage. Adds an eye-catching display to borders and containers from summer into autumn. Height: 25-30cm (10-12in)
If you have never tried to grow this vegetable, you must try Turnip Oasis. Can be picked at any size with a surprisingly sweet juicy flavour similar to a melon. Turnip Oasis is delicious when eaten raw like an apple, or grated and added to salads. Resistant to virus. Ideal for summer and autumn harvests
(Summer) Cabbage Elisa is a deliciously sweet tasting summer ball-head Cabbage of exceptional quality, producing compact, round, shiny heads which have good standing and are not prone to splitting. Plants also have good resistance to bolting. Ideal sliced raw in salads and stir-fries as well as a steamed vegetable. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection
Robust green foliage is enhanced by tall erect pinky-beige spikelets in late summer to autumn, gracefully moving in the slightest of breezes. Height: 180cm (6ft)
Attractive, purple-skinned roots with pure white, succulent flesh, best eaten when golf ball size, although the flesh still remains succulent and bitter free when roots are larger. Easy to grow, quick to mature in under 8 weeks from sowing. Plants have a neat, compact growth making them ideal for early sowings under cloches or fleecePrefers well-drained, moist, rich soil in full sun. A rich source of the provitamin A, vitamins C and K and folate as well as the antioxidant carotenoids b-carotene and lutein
The nodding bell shaped flowers of Fritillaria meleagris are unmistakeable for their snake skin markings. This British wild flower bulb is now protected and rarely seen in its native meadows, but will always attract attention in a woodland garden, rockery, or naturalised in grass.
A stunning introduction that produces clusters of double spurless, dark violet clematis-like flowers, on strong sturdy stems. Looks excellent grown alongside Green Apples making an interesting partnership for your borders. Height: 60cm (24in)
This exciting RHS AGM leaf beet, produces a rainbow of coloured stems that are crowned with large leaves of green or bronze. The flavour is deliciously mild and packed with nutritional content. Leaf Beet 'Bright Lights' can be harvested from mid-summer to late autumn, and after a normal winter, it will re-emerge to give an unbelievably early spring crop! Guaranteed lo brighten the vegetable patch, or why not grow this colourful swiss chard cultivar in ornamental borders. Height: 50cm (20). Spread: 40cm (16)
This unique variety produces 'carrot-like? foliage with that distinctive coriander taste, and just a hint of sweetness. Coriander 'Confetti? is quick maturing, producing plenty of leaf that can be used as a 'cut and come again' salad leaf. An easy to grow annual herb that can be direct sown in the herb garden or in containers. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 25cm (10).
A separately packaged collection, Salad Leaves Mixed provides different types, colours and textures and a longer harvest from one sowing. Salad Leaves Mixed is ideal for small gardens, providing a great selection in a small space.