Beetroot ?Detroit? has long been a popular choice for its reliable crops of attractive, flavoursome and nutritious roots. Beetroot provides a vibrant splash of colour to any dish, not to mention great flavour, texture and excellent health benefits.
A particularly attractive variety of this popular half hardy annual. It has a dwarf, neat shape making it excellent for edging borders and for outdoor containers. Deep golden flowers are produced in profusion throughout the summer. Flowers early summer to first frosts. Height 15cm (6in).
This reliable cut and come again variety will provide you with a rewardingly long harvest of tasty, crunchy salad leaves. Salad is always best eaten freshly picked for optimum texture and flavour - with successive sowings, Lettuce 'Valmaine' will treat you to an ongoing supply of fresh green leaves to harvest repeatedly throughout summer and into autumn.
Unique, world's first purple podded 'daisy type', masses of very slender pods, produced at the top of the plant. Stunning dark leaves, purple stems and flowers. Harvest June-October.
An easy-to-grow, hardy perennial herb perfect for adding a delicious Mediterranean flavour to dishes, versatile Oregano is a useful addition to any kitchen or herb garden. Also known as Pot Marjoram, this vigorous plant produces masses of fresh leaves which can be used all summer long, simply pick and use whenever required and enjoy their fabulous freshly-picked flavour.
Bolt resistant Beetroot ?Moneta? produces a wonderfully easy crop, yielding uniform, tasty roots with a marvellous rich colour. Whether you sow thinly or more liberally, this variety germinates one seedling per cluster which reduces the need for time-consuming thinning out, meaning you can simply let them grow and harvest when ready.
For ?midi size? ( for sq. metre gardening) and ?babyleaf? which commercial growers have expressed interest to add colour to supermarket packs.
Shake up your herb border with something a little different. Summer Savory has been used as a culinary and medicinal herb for 2000 years, but is rarely seen grown these days.
An eye-catching and unique colour combination! These large heads first open white, then the blooms change quickly to pink, purple and salmon shades whilst still retaining the occasional white flower. Sure to add interest to borders or to cut flower displays. Height: 40-45cm (16-18in).
This versatile and easy to grow kitchen herb produces a reliable and perennial crop of flat, grass-like leaves which have a wonderful, mild garlic flavour. Chinese chives, also known as garlic chives, can be used in the same way as any other chive, perfect for adding flavour to salads, sandwiches and various cooked dishes.
A reliable variety with excellent canker resistance, Parsnip ?White Gem? produces a uniform crop of smooth-skinned, flavoursome roots in virtually any soil types. Cropping over a generously long season, sow successively and you can enjoy harvesting fresh parsnips throughout autumn and most of winter.
Spinach Palco produces dark green leaves with good mildew tolerance
Enjoy the fresh, aromatic flavour and convenience of home-grown basil, to use in salads, pasta sauces and whole host of other tasty dishes. This new and easy to grow variety is perfect for the UK kitchen or herb garden - Basil ?British Basil? is much more tolerant to cold weather, wind and even light frosts compared with traditional varieties, yet boasts the same authentic Mediterranean flavour.
Tomato 'Ailsa Craig' is particularly noted for the exceptional flavour of its fruit, which ripens early in the season. This well known gardener's favourite produces medium sized tomatoes with a uniform size and shape and an excellent deep colour. Grow this vigorous cordon variety in the greenhouse or outdoors. Height: 200cm (79). Spread: 50cm (20)
This hardy biennial is one of the most popular herbs for culinary use as a garnish, flavouring sauces and pastry, and associating particularly well with fish. With a stronger flavour than curled varieties, this 'Flat-leaved' or 'Italian' Parsley makes a useful, low maintenance addition to herb gardens, or grow parsley indoors on a bright kitchen windowsill. Height and spread: 45cm (18)
This yellow-podded sugarsnap pea will bring a colour contrast to your dinner plate, especially if served alongside a traditional green-podded variety. Pea ?Opal Creek? is the first yellow-podded sugarsnap available, producing vigorous climbing stems and an excellent crop of sweet and tasty peas.
Highly decorative, dark green, red veined leaves which show more colour as colder weather approaches. Kale Scarlet can be eaten as a 'salad leaf'. Mature plants show excellent winter hardiness, supplying fresh winter greens when they can often be scarce. Long season of harvest. Kale Scarlet prefers a moist, rich, well-drained soil. Good source of Vitamins A, C, K and folate and provides 50% of the daily requirement in a single 80g portion
CordonIf you are of the opinion that tomatoes have lost their flavour then you will certainly enjoy the true tangy flavour of Tomato 'Gardener's Delight'. This cordon variety has long been a favourite for its trusses of particularly flavoursome, bite-sized cherry tomatoes that are ideal for adding to salads and sandwiches.
Low mounds covered with a mass of bloom. The semi-double flowers are carried well above the foliage and face upwards so all are visible. Mixture of cherry, rose, gold, mahogany, orange, scarlet, tangerine and cream. Ideal for bedding, borders, tubs, containers etc. Flowers can be cut for unusual floral decorations.
An improved Detroit with rich maroon colouring. Beetroot Detroit 2 Crimson Globe produces globe-shaped beet which are ideal for successional sowing