Suitable for Containers
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Spinach, Mexican Tree Spinach
Micro Glitter Spinach€1.95Mexican Tree Spinach is the latest ‘new’ arrival on the veg-growing scene. With a hundred different names including 'Micro Glitter Spinach' - this is a beautiful plant to have in the garden or allotment. Vivid pink tinged triangular bright green leaves with each new set of leaves blushed a shocking magenta.
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Spinach 'Matador'
Spinach. Baby Leaf, Micro Leaf€1.85Spinach 'Matador' is a reliable all-year-round variety that is disease resistant and slow to bolt and is beloved by many a gardener. This popular open pollinated heritage variety provides a generous haul of spinach that appears in a deep green shade and has a mild, sweet flavour.
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Spinach 'F1 Piano'
Spinach. Baby Leaf, Micro Leaf€2.45Out of stock
Spinach ‘F1 Piano’ is a modern, variety with smooth, green leaves. Highly productive, it is completely resistant to all races of spinach mildew and is very strongly resistant to bolting. With these properties it ranks among the most successful varieties for summer and autumn cultivation.
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Spinach 'Butterflay' Organic
Spinach. Baby Leaf, Micro Leaf€1.95Spinach 'Butterflay' is a fast growing spinach with large dark-green leaves and full, rich flavour. It is a fabulous open-pollinated variety that rivals hybrid plants in growth and productivity. Sow early spring or late summer, for babyleaf or to grow to maturity. Organic Seeds.
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Shungiku, Chopsuey Greens
Chopsuey Greens€1.50Anyone who has had the pleasure of traveling to countries such as Japan or China will appreciate the bewildering but totally delicious array of vegetables on offer there. No wonder the Japanese have no problem reaching their official recommended intake of not merely five, but 17 portions of fruit and veg per day!
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Saponaria officinalis, Soapwort
Bouncing Bet, Fuller's Herb€2.35Cleanliness is next to godliness even in history. For centuries Saponaria officinalis has helped keep us clean while providing a little loveliness in our gardens. The flowers are an important nectar source and emit a pleasant and intriguing clove-like scent, seducing both night moths and butterfly species.
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Salsola komarovii, Okahijiki
Land Seaweed, Saltwort€1.85Out of stock
Salsola komarovii, popularly known as Okahijiki is considered to be one of Japan’s oldest vegetables. A gourmet specialty, it is found in the wild growing in salt laden coastal marshes. A first tentative taste of a sprig reveals a surprising texture, the tubular leaves and branched stems are juicy with a crisp texture and salty flavour.
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Salad Burnet
Formerly known as Sanguisorba minor
Ancient Herb€1.85Out of stock
Salad Burnet is a wonderful old herb that makes a great addition to any garden. It was planted along pathways 'to perfume the air most delightfully, being trodden on and crushed', the delicate leaves have a subtle cucumber flavour and today are used in salads, as a flavouring and to add interest to cold drinks.
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Sage, Salvia officinalis
Common, Kitchen, Garden Sage€2.10Salvia officianalis, as the Latin name implies, is the original aromatic foliage used for centuries to flavour stuffing, meats and even make sage tea. Good with cheese and is often combined with thyme and used with beans and in soups, of course, nothing says stuffing like good old Garden Sage.
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Rosemary, Rosmarinus officianalis
Herb Rosemary€2.10Rosemary can be used for ornamental, culinary and medicinal purposes. The aromatic, evergreen shrub, native to the dry hills of southern Europe and North Africa, can be grown as a clipped hedge, along the edge of a retaining wall, pruned and shaped as topiaries and as a container patio plant.
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Rocket, Wild Rocket 'Wasabi'
Arugula, Roquette, Rucola, Rugula€2.25This trendy Wasabi Rocket actually has the punchy flavour of Wasabi - a Japanese vegetable much like horseradish. It can be picked from microleaf, babyleaf or a larger rocket sized leaf. Easy to grow and packs a full flavoured punch with the unusual flavour of wasabi. .
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Rocket, Wild Rocket 'Sorrento'
Arugula, Roquette, Rucola, Rugula€1.85Rocket 'Sorrento' is a reliable main season variety with distinct thick leaf and strongly erect plant habit. A little slower to mature with good field holding ability for summer and autumn crops, the plants are more upright, and bolting is slower than with standard wild rocket. Use as a baby leaf in salad mixes, it will ‘cut and come again’ two to three times.
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Rocket, Wild Rocket 'Olive Leaf'
A Foglia Di Olivo, Wild Rocket
Roquette, Rucola, Rugula€1.75Relatively unknown to our shores, Rocket ‘Olive Leaf’ is an excellent selection of the traditional Italian olive leaf wild rocket. With a beautiful light green colour and smooth shape similar to an olive leaf, this perennial form has a distinctive aroma and flavour that is more subtle than the usual wild rockets.
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Rocket, Wild Rocket 'Giove'
Arugula, Roquette, Rucola, Rugula€1.60GIOVE, the Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element are the satellites that test technology in orbit for the Galileo positioning system, while Rocket ‘Giove’ is a new wild rocket variety that has been bred for flavour. Bolt-resistant, hardy with a distinctive flavour, I am sure Galileo would have approved of this new variety.
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Rocket, Wild Rocket 'Dragons Tongue'
Arugula, Roquette, Rucola, Rugula€1.95Rocket ‘Dragons Tongue’ is a distinctive wild rocket variety with striking purple-red leaf veins which contrast beautifully with the dark green leaf. It is the essence of a lightly flavoured rocket – honeyed, grassy and only lightly peppery. It is something a bit little bit different for the salad bowl.
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Rocket, Salad Rocket 'Pronto'
Cultivated Rocket,
Arugula, Roquette, Rucola, Rugula€1.60Rocket 'Pronto' is a very attractive and fast growing salad rocket. A clear improvement to regular varieties, the highly serrated leaves resemble the shape of wild rocket yet are mildly spicy with a nutty, light peppery flavour. Ideal as a bed for seafood and it also makes a wonderful salad on its own.
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Rocket, Salad Rocket 'Green Brigade'
Cultivated Rocket
Arugula, Roquette, Rucola, Rugula€2.00In recent years, Rocket has undergone a renaissance and a whole range of varieties are now available in a variety of leaf shapes and flavours. Rocket 'Green Brigade' is a refined variety of the classic salad rocket type. The plant has an upright habit for ease of harvesting and is suitable for growing all year round.
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Rocket, Salad Rocket 'Esmee' Organic
Cultivated Rocket
Arugula, Roquette, Rucola, Rugula€1.65Salad Rocket 'Esmee' has beautiful oakleaf type leaves, typically found in mesclun mixes, the rounded leaves gives a salad an attractive, three-dimensional texture. For bunching, cut just above soil level. For baby leaf, clip leaves for cut-and-come-again. Organic Seed.
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Rocket, Salad Rocket 'Dentellata'
Cultivated Rocket
Arugula, Roquette, Rucola, Rugula€1.50'Dentellata' is a classic salad rocket with a typical wild rocket indented leaf shape. With good texture and colour it has a mild flavour. Also known as arugula, it is popular in Italy and Southern France, where it has been grown and eaten for centuries.
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Rocket, 'Wild Rocket'
Arugula, Roquette, Rucola, Rugula
Ancient Crop. True Wild Variety€1.50'Wild' or 'Perennial' rocket is gaining in popularity; it has narrower and more deeply divided, aromatic leaves than the annual variety. With a sharp and clean flavour they hardly need a dressing. For restaurant quality micro-greens or pesto, use wild rocket when only the finest ingredients will do!
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Radish ‘China Rose’
Heritage variety. (China, Introduced 1850)€1.75Radish ‘China Rose’ is a traditional winter hardy variety that produces long, tapering roots with attractive rosy pink skins and crisp, pure white flesh. Its cylindrical roots grow 15 to 20cm long and add flavour to winter salads. The leaves can also be added to salads and stir fries.
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Radish 'Zurich Market', Organic
Heritage variety. (European)€2.55Radish 'Zurich Market' is a white elongated radish for early summer through to early autumn for bunching or for individual use. Sow from April to August it can be harvested from May to October. If sown under cover, this can be done from early March to April. Organic Seed.
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Radish 'White Hailstone'
White Globe Radish€1.60Radish 'White Hailstone' is a brilliant white, sweet, white globe radish. Especially crisp, tender and with a mild flavour that keeps well once pulled. not too spicy and stay mild even as they grow larger.
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Radish 'Viola'
Globe Radish€1.95Not your average radish, Radish ‘Viola’ is one of the jewels of veg patch. This dramatic, magenta-skinned variety is quick to mature and makes a delightful presentation on the plate. High yielding in limited space, they can be grown wherever there is sun and moist, fertile soil, even on the smallest city lot.