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Lettuce 'Catalogna Cerbiatta'
Loose Leaf, Oakleaf Lettuce€1.62A highly ornamental oakleaf lettuce which produces masses of deeply lobed leaves. With good flavour and texture, the compact plants will grow easily in a pot or in the garden. This variety tolerates heat very well, but also excels in cooler climates.
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Lettuce 'All Year Round'
Butterhead Lettuce.
Heritage variety (pre 1870)€1.98As its name suggests, this classic butterhead lettuce can be the basis of fresh daily salads throughout the year. This is no 'supermarket' variety, but rather a proper lettuce with an exquisite flavour unavailable from anywhere but from your own vegetable patch.
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Lemon Grass 'East Indian'
Lemon Grass, Cochin Grass or Malabar Grass€1.50Lemon grass is widely used as a herb in Asian and Caribbean cooking. It has a citrus flavour and can be dried and powdered, or used fresh. It is commonly used in teas, soups, and curries and is also suitable for poultry, fish, and seafood.
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Lemon Balm, Melissa officinalis, Organic
Bee Balm, Sweet Balm, Balm Mint, Blue Balm.€1.80Lemon balm is a very special herb with a number other uses. The leaves have the scent of lemon with a hint of mint. It is refreshing served in summer drinks such as Pimms or lemonade, use to flavour fruit, in sorbets and deserts or with a green salad. Organic Seed.
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Lemon Balm, Melissa officinalis
Bee Balm Sweet Balm, Balm Mint, Blue Balm.€1.50Out of stock
Melissa officinalis or 'Lemon balm' is a highly-scented herb, best known for its use in tea, but this very special herb has a number other uses. If you enjoy the liquors Benedictine and Chartreuse you may find the taste familiar as lemon balm is an ingredient in both.
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Leek 'Zermatt'
Early Mid-Season Leek€2.94Leek Zermatt is an early Swiss Giant variety with long shaft and erect foliage. Ready to eat in just 6 to 12 weeks. Sow from March through to May and harvest from July through to October. It has some rust resistance and good storage characteristics.
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Leek 'Winter Giant 3'
Autumn / Winter Leek.€1.98Leek Winter Giant 3 is an extremely hardy leek, it will put up with blistering gales and frost without a pause. Harvest from October to March. The solid, long white stems are exhibition quality with an outstanding flavour.
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Leek 'Tornado'
Autumn / Winter Leek.€2.94Out of stock
Leek Tornado is a very high yielding, open pollinated variety. Carefully chosen to give excellent uniformity, vigour and good disease resistance, particularly to rust. The plants are erect with long shanks and medium green foliage. Ideal for harvesting September to January, after the mid season varieties.
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Leek 'Oarsman F1'
Midseason Leek.€3.18Out of stock
Leek F1 Oarsman is one of the best hybrid leek varieties currently available. With good early vigour, bulking up quickly, with dark, erect foliage and uniform pure white, long stems with no sign of bulbing. Sow March through to May, it can be harvested from November through to March. RHS AGM
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Leek 'Musselburgh'
Midseason Leek. Heritage (1834)€1.98Leek Musselburgh is named for a coastal market town on the Firth of Forth. Introduced in 1834, it has remained popular ever since. It is extremely hardy and can be picked over winter from December to April when there is little else in the garden. A very hardy leek and a very dependable performer.
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Leek 'Longbow'
Midseason Leek.€2.94Leek Longbow is a reliable, trusted and well know variety with good long shanks and medium green leaves. Harvest from September it will stay in good condition in the soil into the new year when the serious frosts set in. RHS AGM
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Leek 'Autumn Mammoth' Organic
Early Mid-Season Leek€2.22Leek 'Autumn Mammoth' is an outstanding variety for autumn cultivation, producing excellent yields of thick, medium long, white shanks with dark green erect leaves. It is an ideal variety for baby leek production and can be grown under cover for early cropping. Organic seeds.
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Leaf Beet, Perpetual Spinach, Organic
Spinach Beet, Seakale Beet, Wild Spinach
Heritage variety (In use in 1790)€1.98'Perpetual Spinach is one of the easiest and most productive vegetables for a small space. Extremely resistant to bolting, it responds particularly well to repeat cutting. With just one sowing you can feast on the succulent leaves the entire summer and through to winter.
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Leaf Beet, Perpetual Spinach, Erbette, Organic
Heritage variety (Italian)€1.86Out of stock
Erbette is not the same as many other perpetual spinaches. With narrower leaves and midribs, it is extremely resistant to bolting, and sweeter and more tender that other chard varieties. Highly recommended if you long for spinach in the summer. Organic Seed.
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Leaf Beet, Perpetual Spinach 'Everglade'
Spinach Beet, Seakale Beet, Wild Spinach€1.98Perpetual Spinach 'Everglade' is a modern selection with an upright habit and dark green compact leaves that contrast sharply with bright white stems. It responds particularly well to repeat cutting and is one of the easiest and most productive vegetables for a small space.
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Leaf Beet 'Bulls Blood' Organic
Spinach Beet, Seakale Beet
Heritage (1840)€2.52Bull's Blood is the variety used by the commercial growers for both baby leaf and mixed salad leaves. The leaves are broader than other beetroot varieties, more flavourful than other red accent crops, they can be harvested for baby leaf salads in as little as 35 days. Organic Seed.
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Leaf Beet 'Bulls Blood'
Spinach Beet, Seakale Beet
Heritage (1840)€2.22Beet ‘Bulls Blood’ is a magnificent old dual purpose variety Today it is used by commercial growers for both baby leaf and mixed salad leaves. Harvest at any stage of growth, use the leaves for baby leaf, in mixed salads or use steamed like spinach, or the roots can be left to grow like any other beetroot.
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Komatsuna 'Rapido'
Mustard Spinach€1.50Out of stock
Komatsuna one of the least known of the Oriental greens, but it is possibly Japan's most beloved vegetable. 'Rapido' is an outdoor pollinated variety. Uniform with quick growing firm leaves. If you are looking for an all-season green that is easy to grow, you might want to give Komatsuna a try.
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Komatsuna 'F1 Comred'
Mustard Spinach€1.86Komatsuna ‘F1 Comred’ has rich ruby red leaves and contrasting green stems. Ideal as baby greens, the flat, round leaves are tinted red above and green with red veins below, they maintain their colour under crop covers or glasshouse. The plants are uniform with excellent upright growth for easy harvest.
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Kohl Rabi 'F1 Korfu'
White or Green Kohlrabi€2.94Kohl Rabi ‘F1 Korfu’ is a light green skinned variety. This versatile hybrid is suitable for both forcing and for year round field production. It can be planted under cover for extra-early harvesting. This slow-bolting, quick maturing variety is highly resistant to stem splitting, lignification and over-enlargement.
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Kohl Rabi 'F1 Ballot'
Purple Kohlrabi€2.94Kohl Rabi ‘F1 Ballot’ is an early maturing purple variety. With round shaped stems and good quality, delicate flesh, it is resistant to bolting, stem splitting and lignification. Ballot is an F1 hybrid with good quality, delicate flesh; they are juicy, sweet and crunchy. Time to maturity is typically 75 to 80 days.
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Kohl Rabi 'Delicacy White'
White or Green Kohlrabi€1.50'Delicacy White' is much improved over the previous Vienna varieties, producing pale green globe shaped roots with a crisp white flesh.Sow from late February to the end of August for a continuous supply. “Delicacy White” is an ideal companion to “Delicacy Purple” as it matures a little earlier.
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Kohl Rabi 'Delicacy Purple'
Purple Kohlrabi€1.50'Delicacy Purple' is much improved over the previous Vienna varieties, producing a crop that is slightly more tender and with more flavour, it has good standing ability, is low growing and matures quickly, progressing from sowing to harvesting in a couple of months.
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Kohl Rabi 'Noriko' Organic
White or Green Kohlrabi€2.70Kohl Rabi 'Noriko' is a pale green skinned variety of Kohl Rabi. This bolt resistant variety produces uniform plants of high quality for May to October production. Logo can be harvested when small for use as a baby vegetable or grated on salads. The leaves are also edible. Organic Seed.