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Artichoke 'Violet de Provence'
Artichoke€1.98
Artichoke ‘Violet de Provence’ is one of the most traditional of Italian vegetables. This delicious medium sized artichoke develops rich violet-purple headed globes. Few dishes are as satisfying to eat as the globe artichoke. Dip the leaves into warm balsamic-bacon dressing and fall in love with a little thistle! -
Asparagus 'Connover’s Colossal'
Heritage (USA 1870's)€1.74Out of stock
One of the most sought-after vegetables and one of the great luxuries of the vegetable plot, much of the mystique surrounding their cultivation is unwarranted. 'Connover's Colossal' is a traditional cultivar with good yields from selected crowns. -
Basil, Mrs Burns' Lemon
Mrs. Burn's Lemon Basil€1.98Mrs Burns' Lemon Basil is a legendary heirloom, nothing short of an idol among fine chefs and gardeners alike. With the strongest aroma and flavour of all the lemon basils, the scent is powerful, resinous, and oily, followed by spicy cinnamon, with a strong floral note. It has a concentrated lemon oil taste, with mild spice and mint. -
Bean: Broad Bean 'Aquadulce'
Broad Beans, Fava beans or Horse Beans.
Heritage (Pre 1913)€2.70 Aquadulce is highly prolific and easy to grow, and remains one of the most delicious in terms of flavour and texture. It can be sown anytime from autumn until spring and is universally recognised as being best hardy broad bean for an autumn sowing. RHS AGM -
Bean: Broad Bean 'The Sutton'
Dwarf variety. Broad Beans, Fava beans.
Heritage (English)€2.34 Growing to only 40cm tall, The Sutton produces a huge amount of tasty beans for such small plants, it is ideal for small gardens and with beautiful white flowers they would not look out of place if you grew them amongst flowers in a border. RHS AGM -
Bean: Broad Bean 'Witkiem'
Broad Beans, Fava or Horse Beans.€2.34 Broad Bean 'Witkiem' is the most versatile of vegetables and, as Hannibal Lector says it also goes perfectly with a glass of Chianti. Early to mature, it produces a good crop of plump, well filled pods with big tasty beans. Ready to harvest from June into September. -
Bean: French Bean Dwarf 'Maxi' Organic
French Bean, Dwarf French Bean€2.94Out of stock
This French Bean may be dwarf but , oh la la – do they taste good! 'Maxi' is an outstanding variety producing high yields of long, slender pods that are stringless and full of flavour. Very easy to grow they give superb yields for a small amount of space, outlay and effort. -
Bean: French Bean, Dwarf 'Sprite'
French Bean, Dwarf French Bean€1.98 Sprite is a lovely, elegant variety, producing exquisite smooth pencil thin pods on bushy, compact plants which need no support. The beans are the ‘filet’ type, very slender round dark green stringless pods. Generously produced and very tender. -
Bean: French Bean, Dwarf 'Stanley'
French Bean, Dwarf French Bean€2.22'Stanley' is a white flowering, white seeded variety that reliably delivers impressive yields of top quality beans. Resistant to Halo Blight, Anthracnose and BCMV. it reliably delivers very abundant yields of long, straight pods and top quality beans. -
Bean: French Climbing 'Cobra' Organic
Climbing French Bean.€2.46 A prolific cropper, French Bean 'Cobra' is a black-seeded variety that produces beans ahead of most other varieties. With lovely pale violet flowers, this vegetable is pretty enough to grow in the ornamental garden, too. RHS AGM. Organic Seed. -
Bean: Runner Bean 'Firestorm'
Runner Bean€3.18Out of stock
With fewer bees and drier summers, runner bean crops have been recently been unpredictable. Runner Bean 'Firestorm' is the first self-fertile scarlet-flowered runner bean. They set well even in poor weather or high temperatures and produce prolific, smooth pods that are tender and stringless. -
Bean: Runner Bean 'Lady Di'
Runner Bean€2.34Out of stock
Runner bean 'Lady Di' is an exceptional variety that produces long pods of exceptional quality. The long, slender beans are slow to develop seeds, meaning the pods can stay on the plant for longer before they become tough, giving you more time to harvest them. -
Beetroot 'Boltardy'
Globe Beetroot (Introduced in the early 1960s)€2.34 Boltardy is a very popular and reliable globe-shaped beetroot. A tried-and-tested cultivar, used as a yardstick against which other beetroot are measured. Due to its excellent resistance to bolting, it is recommended for early sowing, NIAB and RHS AGM. -
Broccoli 'Late Purple Sprouting Cardinal'
Sprouting Broccoli€2.34Out of stock
Late Purple Sprouting 'Cardinal' is our latest cropping variety for harvest late March to May. Heavy cropping, it produces medium large deep purple spears with excellent flavour on large framed uniform plants. Team with extra early sprouting varieties for an extended harvesting period. -
Broccoli, Calabrese, 'Marathon F1'
Green Broccoli, Heading Broccoli€2.34Out of stock
Calabrese 'Marathon F1' has really set the standard for performance, yield and quality. It produces medium size, uniform, dense heads of bluish-green 'beads' on sturdy plants that will grow well in almost any soil and under any conditions. This versatile variety can be used for both summer and autumn crops. -
Cabbage 'F1 Advantage'
Sweetheart Cabbage€2.34Out of stock
Cabbage ‘Advantage F1’ is an enormously versatile new variety, suitable for providing both spring greens or hearted spring cabbage and summer cabbage. Sow March to September for summer and autumn crops, and October to overwinter. -
Cabbage 'Greyhound'
Summer. Pointed, York or Sweetheart Cabbage€1.86Out of stock
Appropriately named, Greyhound is one of the earliest summer cabbages and a reliable old favorite. Very fast growing with a yield of mild flavoured tender juicy hearts. Well suited to successional sowing. Sow from February to July, crops will be ready for cutting from June to October. -
Cabbage 'January King No 3'
Winter Cabbage
Heritage variety (French 1800's)€1.98Out of stock
Cabbage 'January King' is one of the best varieties for winter use. With their characteristic blue-green leaf colour with a red tinge they are well adapted, withstanding frost and winter rain and remain crisp and crunchy with excellent colour. -
Carrot 'Amsterdam Forcing 2'
Forcing, Early & Successional€1.86Amsterdam Forcing 2’ is a high quality variety which produces uniform, cylindrical baby carrots with a rich deep orange red colour and almost no core. Fast to grow and one of the earliest to mature. Ideal for early forcing and for successional planting. -
Carrot 'Amsterdam Forcing 2' Organic
Forcing, Early & Successional€2.34 Amsterdam Forcing 2’ is a high quality variety which produces uniform, cylindrical baby carrots with a rich deep orange red colour and almost no core. Fast to grow and one of the earliest to mature. Ideal for early forcing and for successional planting. Organic Seed. -
Carrot 'Autumn King'
Maincrop / Late variety€1.98 Unless you have tasted the stunning sweetness of a carrot pulled from your own garden in the dead of winter you haven’t really tasted a carrot. This favourite of home gardeners can be grown as a maincrop or late variety and is an excellent variety for storing. -
Carrot 'Autumn King' Organic
Maincrop / Late variety€2.22 Autumn King is one of the best main crop carrot varieties, with a deep red colouring and long conical roots. A vigorous carrot with the potential to be the highest yielding of all, it resists greening and splitting so stores well left in the ground and is an excellent variety for storing. -
Carrot 'F1 Flyaway' Organic
Second Early & Maincrop€2.94 'F1 Flyaway' is an excellent carrot fly resistant variety with cylindrical roots and a good blunt end. Perhaps most importantly, they are naturally succulent and sweet, with good skin and flesh colour. Crops early summer through to autumn. Organic seed now available. -
Carrot 'F1 Sugarsnax 54'
Second Early & Maincrop€2.94 Carrot 'Sugarsnax 54' is a main crop variety and quite simply the sweetest carrot you will find. The long, thin, uniform roots are extra high in beta-carotene giving it a deeper orange colour and a super-sweet flavour make this an ideal carrot to eat right from the garden.
