K-L
-
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.
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Lettuce 'Catalogna Cerbiatta', Organic
Loose Leaf, Oakleaf Lettuce€2.22A 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 'Green Salad Bowl'
Loose Leaf Lettuce
Heritage variety (Introduced in 1952)€1.86Salad Bowl lettuce are amply named, one plant fills a salad bowl with no need to add other lettuces. “Green Salad Bowl” is an award winning variety that produces large, slow bolting, non-heading plants with sweet, succulent green leaves. N.I.A.B and RHS AGM.
-
Lettuce 'Green Salad Bowl' Organic
Loose Leaf Lettuce
Heritage variety (Introduced in 1952)€2.34Salad Bowl lettuce are amply named, one plant fills a salad bowl with no need to add other lettuces. “Green Salad Bowl” is an award winning variety that produces large, slow bolting, non-heading plants with sweet, succulent green leaves.
-
Lettuce 'Henderson's Black Seeded Simpson' Organic
Loose Leaf Lettuce
Heritage variety (pre 1879)€1.98Bright green and crumpled, with very crunchy leaves and an excellent sweet taste, ‘Henderson's Black Seeded Simpson’ is regarded by many as one of the best tasting loose-leaf lettuce varieties available. Fast growing and slow to bolt, it withstands heat, drought, and frost. Harvest for babyleaf or grow to maturity in just 45 days. Organic Seeds.
-
Lettuce 'Little Gem'
Romaine, Cos, Semi-Cos
Heritage (1880's)€1.98Little Gem is a popular choice, and no wonder! It produces sweet crisp, small-sized hearts with few outside leaves. Quick to mature, dwarf and compact. It will tolerate hot weather and resists bolting and root aphid. It has also received an Accreditation from the NIAB.
-
Lettuce 'Lobjoits Green Cos'
Romaine or Cos
Heritage 1790€1.98'Lobjoits Green Cos' is considered by many to be the best lettuce that you can grow or eat. It can be grown year round and is renowned for its reluctance to bolt in summer. Home-grown, it will astonish you with its freshness and sweet taste, the the crispness is unrivaled
-
Lettuce 'Lollo Bionda'
Green Continental, Curly Lettuce€1.98Lollo Bionda lettuce forms a beautiful round mound of pale green, crisp frilled edged leaves. Appreciated for its unique shape and refreshing taste, it holds well in summer heat and in the cold. It makes an attractive complement to Lollo Rossa.
-
Lettuce 'Lollo Rossa'
Loose Leaf or Continental Red Lettuce€1.98Lollo Rosso is a classic Italian lettuce, with dark copper red to bright green, finely crinkled frilly leaves which are crisp, almost brittle when snapped. It is appreciated for its unique shape and refreshing taste and holds well in summer heat and in the cold.
-
Lettuce 'Lollo Rossa', Organic
Loose Leaf or Continental Red Lettuce€2.34Lollo Rosso, for which you pay premium prices for in the supermarket is one of the easiest, trouble free lettuces you can grow. It's a cut-and-come-again variety and produce leaves for three months or more. RHS AGM. Organic Seed.
-
Lettuce 'Marvel of Four Seasons'
'Merveille des Quatre Saisons' Butterhead Lettuce.
Heritage variety (French 1885)Starting at: €1.74
This French butter-head lettuce is famous for its signature butter-head shape boasting the appearance of a bibb-type rosette with an array of beautiful colours ranging in bronze, gold, red and green. The “Four Seasons” will thrive in a range of climates and its texture always remains crisp and its taste unforgettable.
-
Lettuce 'Marvel of Four Seasons' Organic
'Merveille des Quatre Saisons' Butterhead Lettuce.
Heritage variety (French 1885)€2.22Also known as Merveille des Quatre Saisons this is a butter-head lettuce that is a true delight. With ruby toned leaves that encompass tightly folded green hearts it is as tasty as it is beautiful, and it is a truly beautiful lettuce. Organic Seed.