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Lettuce 'Rougette de Montpellier'
Mini Butterhead, aka Rougette Du Midi
Heritage (France)€2.00Out of stock
Rougette de Montpellier, a mini butterhead with perfect rosette shaped heads, has the soft, tender, butter-textured leaves with sweet, succulent flavour typical of Butterhead lettuces. Very hardy and resistant to frost, the loosely formed leaves are deep green kissed with ruby red accents at the leaf tips.
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Lettuce 'Suzan', Organic
Butterhead Lettuce. Summer Lettuce variety€2.85
Lettuce 'Suzan' is a traditional butterhead, the heads are tightly-packed and the hearts are fleshy and tasty. This very reliable variety can be sown from February and throughout the summer. It holds well in warmer temperatures without bolting so there is a long window of opportunity for harvesting. Organic Seed. -
Lettuce - 'Gourmet Lettuce' Mix
Baby leaf or for growing to maturity.€1.75
Lettuce 'Gourmet Salad Mix' is a mixed blend of the very best tasting, and most beautiful lettuces. These award winning varieties provide a colourful mix of textures and tastes that is a treat for the eye as well as the tongue, and can be grown all year round. Harvest for babyleaf or grow to maturity. -
Lettuce, 'Gustav's Salad'
Butterhead Lettuce.
Heritage variety (1960's)€2.10Lettuce 'Gustav's Salad' is an heirloom butterhead variety that is compact and silky soft with a a delicious melt-in-the-mouth flavour. Upright, small and compact this sweet and buttery lettuce is reliable and perfect for growing where space might be limited. A new staple in the salad garden, the eating quality is of the next level.
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Liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra
European Liquorice or Licorice (U.S.)€2.00Liquorice has been grown in England since the Dark Ages. The fresh root is bright yellowish brown, soft and pliable, it is harvested in the autumn and is dried for later use. The aroma is strongly reminiscent of anise or fennel. The taste is dominantly sweet, warm and medical.
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Liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Organic
European Liquorice or Licorice (U.S.)€2.92Out of stock
The liquorice plant has a very long history of use both as a medicine and as flavouring. The soft and pliable roots have an aroma strongly reminiscent of anise or fennel. The taste is dominantly sweet, warm and medical. Organic Seed. -
Lovage, Levisticum officinale
Love Parsley, Mountain CeleryRegular Price: €1.65
Special Price €0.90
If you haven’t cooked with lovage before then you have missed out on a very flavourful herb. The flavour is distinct and greatly appreciated by food aficionados. Even though some like to compare lovage to celery, it is almost like saying that an apricot tastes like a small peach.
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Lovage, Levisticum officinale, Organic
Love Parsley, Mountain Celery€1.95 Lovage is one of the most intriguing and versatile of herbs. Cook with it once and you will not consider missing it again. This perennial herb has a savory character, a wonderful way to anchor a dish with deep, verdant flavour, like adding a bass line to a piece of music. Organic Seed. -
Luffa cylindrica
Vegetable Gourd. Aka Loofah or Loofa€2.35Luffa acutangula is a very versatile plant. As a vegetable, the leaves can be eaten in a salad, the very young gourds, known as Chinese Okra they taste like aubergine. The matured dried gourd develops into a fibrous netting. It is an excellent sponge and makes a wonderful exfoliator.
