Anise is a dainty, herbaceous plant most famous for the liquorice flavour of its leaves and seeds. Use the leaves fresh in salads and soups, and the seeds for flavouring cookies, pastries, and confections.

Large and tasty heads of green buds have made Green Globe Britain's most popular variety of Artichoke. They are perennial plants and will produce more heads with each successive year. This old heirloom variety is a great delicacy, steam or boil and serve with melted lemon butter or hollandaise sauce.

Artichoke ‘Violet de Provence’ is one of the most traditional of Italian vegetables. This delicious medium sized artichoke develops rich violet-purple headed globes. Few dishes are as satisfying to eat as the globe artichoke. Dip the leaves into warm balsamic-bacon dressing and fall in love with a little thistle!

The attractive Purple Globe artichoke is similar to the Green Globe, but with a finer flavour. Globe artichokes are perennial plants and will produce more heads with each successive year. They are a popular dual-purpose plant, being grown not only for food but often as borders in ornamental gardens.

Crimson Pacific produces high yields of even, purple spears that are sweeter and tender with very low fibre content. Thick, tasty, purple spears are produced in May and early June. This is a high yielding variety that is super sweet when cooked, they are so delicious they are good enough to eat raw.

Black Beauty was introduced about 1910 and has long been popular with home gardeners. An excellent quality variety, early to mature it gives and abundant crop of tasty fruits that are clear of the ground. Sturdy plants produce high yields of glossy, purple-black, pear-shaped fruit.

Aubergine Moneymaker F1 is an excellent choice for the British climate. An early-cropping variety that doesn’t need Mediterranean heat. Large, glossy purplish-black skinned oval fruits The fruits hold their quality and colour well after picking.

Basil Bush is a dwarf, compact variety, approximately half the size of sweet basil, it is ideal for planting in pots and probably the easiest basil to grow, it is perfect for the kitchen window sill and for container gardening.

This variety of Basil is very true to its name, and has a distinct cinnamon aftertaste, although initially it very much resembles sweet basil, but with a cooler flavour. Use this herb just as you would use sweet basil.

Dark Opal is a beautiful Basil. With regal, purple-black glossy foliage and a delicious aroma, use as a culinary herb or as an ornamental plant in the border. The lovely pale pink flowers are highly attractive to bees and butterflies.

Greek Basil is an improved variety of 'Bush'. It has a tight compact growing habit and forms a perfectly spherical bush appearing as though having been pruned.