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Lettuce 'Forellenschluss'
Romaine, Cos Lettuce
Aka Freckles or Speckled Lettuce€2.25Lettuce ‘Forellenschluss’ is an Austrian heirloom, a romaine type that has the delicate taste and texture of a butterhead. The leaves have a crisp rib and beautiful red speckles, and while being extremely attractive in the salad bowl, it is the taste really should be emphasised - slightly sweet and very soft and fine in structure, it is absolutely gorgeous. -
Lettuce 'F1 New Red Fire'
Lettuce€2.75
Dark red with a high bolting and weather tolerance. Lettuce 'New Red Fire' is an award winning variety that is popular choice amongst growers for its excellent colour and taste. The attractive frilly-edged, open leaves are crisp and sweet. Light green at the base and deeply flushed in wine red. -
Lettuce 'Crisp Mint'
Romaine or Cos
Heritage€1.95 Lettuce 'Crisp Mint' is a wonderful old heirloom, the outer leaves which are a particular shade of mint green and slightly ruffled, surrounding a crystal white heart. Crops are bitter-free and delicious eaten fresh in salads and sandwiches. Produces sturdy crops that are heat tolerant and adapted to many soils and conditions. -
Lettuce 'Cocarde', Organic
Oakleaf Lettuce€2.95
Lettuce Cocarde is a beautiful oak leaf type lettuce. Very adaptable, it can be grown in most climates and seasons and can be picked as required. The smooth deeply lobed, red leaves have a sweet taste and delicate melt-in-your-mouth texture. RHS AGM -
Lettuce 'Catalogna Cerbiatta', Organic
Loose Leaf, Oakleaf Lettuce€2.95Out of stock
A 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. Organic Seeds. -
Lettuce 'Catalogna Cerbiatta'
Loose Leaf, Oakleaf LettuceRegular Price: €1.75
Special Price €0.95
A 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. -
Lettuce 'Baby Oak Leaf'
Oakleaf Lettuce€1.95Pretty little lettuces that form dense leafy, rosettes that look like lettuce bouquets.Lettuce 'Baby Oak Leaf' are tender, sweet and succulent. A bolt-resistant variety with a long harvest period, recommended for the planting period from March to the beginning of May. The leaves rarely become bitter, even in hotter climates. -
Lettuce 'All Year Round'
Butterhead Lettuce.
Heritage variety (pre 1870)€1.95As 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€2.25Lemon 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.€1.95
Lemon 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. -
Lemon Balm, Melissa officinalis
Bee Balm Sweet Balm, Balm Mint, Blue Balm.€1.85Melissa 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 'Winter Giant 3'
Autumn / Winter Leek.€1.95Out of stock
Leek 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 'Musselburgh'
Midseason Leek. Heritage (1834)€1.75Leek 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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Leaf Beet, Perpetual Spinach, Organic
Spinach Beet, Seakale Beet, Wild Spinach
Heritage variety (In use in 1790)€2.45Out of stock
'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. -
Leaf Beet, Perpetual Spinach 'Everglade'
Spinach Beet, Seakale Beet, Wild Spinach€2.35Out of stock
Perpetual 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 'Atlanta Deep Red'
Beet Root or Leaf, Spinach Beet€2.50Out of stock
Bulls Blood 'Atlanta Red' is a heat tolerant summer variety which holds its magnificent red colour in high temperatures. Used by commercial growers for both baby leaf and mixed salad leaves, this dual purpose variety can be harvested at any stage of growth, use the leaves in salads or steamed like spinach, or the roots can be left to grow like any other beetroot.
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Komatsuna 'F1 Samurai'
Mustard Spinach€2.55Out of stock
Komatsuna, F1 Samurai is a robust and reliable Komatsuna, it is longstanding and with good yield potential. With a dark green round/oval leaf and a nice upright habit they are easy to harvest. It can be sown virtually every month of the year, for glasshouse or tunnel crops or open field.
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Komatsuna 'F1 Comred'
Mustard Spinach€1.85Out of stock
Komatsuna ‘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 'Delicacy White'
White or Green Kohlrabi€1.45'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€1.45'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 'Azure Star' Organic
Purple Kohlrabi€2.75 ‘Azure Star’ is a highly regarded purple kohlrabi from Europe, considered to be one of the finest. It is the earliest blue-leaved, purple Kohlrabi and is also the most delicious. Raw or cooked, it is superb eating, Azure Star sets a new standard for excellence. Organic Seed. -
Kale, Cavolo Nero 'Nero de Toscana' Organic
Black Cabbage, Tuscan Kale, Borecole
Heritage (Italian pre 1879)€2.95Simply adored, especially in the north of Italy, Cavolo Nero is an extremely cold hardy kale that will tolerate conditions that would make most brassicas keel over. Thank heavens we have finally managed to locate Organic Seeds! -
Kale, Cavolo Nero 'Nero de Toscana'
Black Cabbage, Tuscan Kale, Borecole
Heritage (Italian pre 1879)€1.95Until recently Cavolo Nero, or 'Tuscan Kale', was one of Italy's best kept secrets. Simply adored, especially in the north of Italy, it has been an essential fare of traditional dishes for centuries. Cavolo Nero can now be found in garden markets, specialist greengrocers and trendy restaurants throughout Europe.
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Kale, Cavolo Nero 'Black Magic'
Black Cabbage, Tuscan Kale, Borecole
Heritage (Italian pre 1879)€3.25Kale 'Black Magic' is an improved Italian Black Kale, bred to be more tender with better flavour. The winter hardy plants more cold tolerant, vigorous and slower-to-bolt than other Italian kales. They form an easy-to-harvest rosette of very dark, savoyed leaves with a flavour that is rich and mild.
