Angelica archangelica is a majestic plant that deserves a prominent position at the back of a border or in a wild part of the garden. All parts of the aromatic plant have culinary or medicinal uses, but it is best known for its candied stems, used as a cake decoration.

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.

Red Fresno peppers are of similar size and hotness to jalapeños, they are sometimes labelled "red jalapenos", which they aren't, they are less meaty and have thinner skin. This mild / hot chili, with a heat rating of 5,000 Scoville has a great flavour; it is an exceptional chilli for pickling and salad making.

Orange Habanero are closely related to the Scotch Bonnet, they are fiery hot and extremely pungent with an aromatic flavour and a clean but very intense heat. Between 200,000 to 300,000 Scovilles. The fruits are lantern shaped, small and wrinkled and ripen from green to light orange.

Chocolate Habanero is from the Caribbean and is one of the hottest and largest of the Habanero Family with 425,000 Scoville units in each pepper. It has little to do with the sweet treat we associate with chocolate, save for the beautiful, rich colour of its skin.

Jalapeño chilli peppers are very versatile: hot enough for a good kick, but still mild enough to use as a vegetable.The smooth, dark green fruits which ripen to red have thick walls with a rounded tip. Rates between 2,500 and 5,000 Scoville units.

Chili Pepper “Purple Tiger” is an amazingly beautiful small purple chilli plant, that produces small tear drop shaped fruit turning purple when ripe. It will lighten up even the dullest greenhouse and the fruits can be used to spice up many dishes.

Coriander “Leisure” has been bred specifically for large, flavoursome leaf production. This variety is extra slow bolting and is great for hot weather regions. It is a particularly fine coriander variety of superb quality, the leaves are excellent in chopped in Asian recipes, or as a garnish.

Dill Bouquet is a popular variety in America. It is an early bloomer that sports large seedheads and dark blue-green foliage. With good flavour it is the best cultivar for seed production. Sweet and aromatic, the flavour is intermediate between anise and caraway.

Dill Dukat is grown primarily for its abundant foliage, producing much more foliage before forming seed than most varieties. It is one of the best for fresh leaf production and stands up well to the strain of intense cultivation.

Fennel Finale is a new Swiss selection with firm, heavy and uniform bulbs with flattened shape. Excellent bolt resistance means it can be sown from the end of February to mid July, for harvesting in 90 days, between June and November. It is one of the best open-pollinated varieties available for consistent production.

Florence Fennel, is a popular European vegetable, native to the Mediterranean region, the bulbous base and stalk is popular eaten raw like celery, cooked, or boiled. Closely related to Parsley, Fennel is popular in Italian and other Mediterranean recipes.