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Orach 'Red' Mountain Spinach, Organic
Mountain Spinach€2.45
Colourful Red Orach used to great effect in ‘edible landscape’ plantings, mingled with flowers, vegetables and herbs. Whether in salad mix, cooked like spinach or as a micro-green, the heart-shaped leaves have a pleasant flavour and the colour is always spectacular. As beautiful as any floral bouquet. Organic Seed -
Orach 'Green' Mountain Spinach, Organic
Mountain Spinach€2.45 Known as Mountain Spinach, Orach is a heat and cold tolerant green for all seasons. A handsome plant and very suited to growing in the flower garden, the flavour has a nice citrus touch. Use individual leaves in salad mix, cook like spinach or as a micro-green. Organic Seed -
Onion, Welsh Red Stem
Spring onion, Negi, Japanese Bunching Onion,€2.10Out of stock
The Red Welsh is an old form of the perennial bunching onion with very decorative red stalks and a slightly stronger flavoured than the white variety. Once established, tend to look after themselves. The flowers are attractive to bees and is an effective insect repellent.
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Onion, Welsh Green Stem, Organic
Spring onion, Negi€2.45Out of stock
Allium fistulosum is a non-bulbing, leaf onion that produces clumps of tube-like hollow leaves with large creamy white globe shaped flowers. With a mild, sweet flavour it is an important ingredient in Asian cuisine. Organic Seed. -
Onion, Welsh Green Stem
Spring onion, Negi€1.95The Welsh onion has a mild, sweet flavour and although the Welsh onion is much more delicate, it is strongly reminiscent of the leek in appearance and taste and is similar to the scallion. It is distinguished from the bulb onion by its round hollow leaves and only slight bulb formation.
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Okra 'Clemson Spineless'
Lady's Fingers. Heritage (1939 USA)€1.95Originally developed Clemson University, Okra 'Clemson Spineless' produces compact, strong plants that produce exceptional yields of tender, less fibrous pods over a longer season. This spineless variety is still the market standard today. -
Mustard 'Rouge Metis', Organic
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€2.55 Mustard ‘Rouge Métis’ is a striking red-leaved variety grown for its finely frilled foliage and mild, peppery flavour. The leaves are a rich burgundy to wine-red, often with flashes of green near the base, and bring both colour and texture to salad mixes. Organic Seeds -
Mustard 'Red Giant', Organic
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€2.45 Mustard 'Red Giant ' is a good-looking plant, the large, red-tinged leaves intensifying to deep burgundy purple in cold weather. Both ‘cold and bolt’ tolerant and often found in the ornamental garden, it adds colour from autumn right through to spring. Organic seed. -
Mustard 'Red Giant'
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€1.95Boasting magnificent, savoyed, purple-red leaves edged and veined pale green. Mustard ‘Red Giant’ is a vigorous growing broad leaf variety. Commonly found in mesclun mixes, the leaves are slightly textured and the mild mustard flavour is fresh and zesty.
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Mustard 'Red Frills'
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€1.75Leaf mustard comes in an array of shapes and sizes, but if you want colour, choose the beautiful Mustard ‘Red Frills’. True to its name, the attractive and sweet leaves are finely serrated. The fringed burgundy-red leaves add the taste of mustard and horseradish to salads, stir fries and sandwiches.
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Mustard 'Purple Osaka', Organic
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€2.55 Mustard ‘Purple Osaka’ is a handsome Japanese mustard with broad, slightly crinkled leaves washed deep plum-purple with green undersides and pale midribs. Pleasantly mustardy with a gentle wasabi heat: mild and tender at baby leaf, fuller and warmer at mature size. Organic seed. -
Mustard 'Purple Frills', Organic
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€1.95 Easy to grow, Mustard Purple Frills is a good-looking plant, the large, red-tinged leaves intensifying to deep burgundy purple in cold weather. It is both ‘cold and bolt’ tolerant and often to be found in the ornamental garden or the potager. Organic Seeds -
Mustard 'Green Frills'
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€1.75Out of stock
Mustard 'Green Frills' has attractive and sweet leaves that are fringed and finely serrated with the tangy flavour of gourmet mustard. Use it with other salad leaves to create your own bistro salad to suit your tastes. They are fantastic when lightly steamed, stir-fried or sautéed.
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Mizuna 'Purple Stem' Organic
Oriental Greens, Japanese Greens€2.75 Mizuna ‘Purple Stem’ is a striking Japanese variety recently developed to enhance anthocyanin expression. It retains the classic deeply serrated leaves and mild mustard flavour of green mizuna, but with a touch more sweetness and less bite. Organic Seed. -
Mizuna 'Kyona' Organic
Oriental Greens, Japanese Greens€2.20The marvelous Mizuna is an oriental wonder - it thrives in cool climates and can be grown year-round. Especially suited to spring and autumn cultivation, it matures quickly, often ready to harvest in just 40 days. It is a reliable crop for gardeners and farmers. Organic Seed. -
Mizuna 'Kyona'
Oriental Greens, Japanese Greens, Kyona€1.95The marvellous Mizuna is an oriental wonder! It grows as a large rosette of finely serrated, feathery leaves, which are dark, glossy green, similar to rocket leaves. A very hardy plant, being both heat and cold tolerant, it usually grows better in moist conditions.
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Minutina, 'Erba Stella'
Herba Stella, Bucks Horn€2.35Minutina, also known as Erba Stella is a unique, cold weather salad green prized in Italy for its mild nutty flavour and crunchy texture. This perennial can be grown all winter in temperate climates. With a mild nutty flavour and crunchy texture it is a great addition to salad mixes or for stir-frying.
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Mint, 'Peppermint' Mentha x piperita
Brandy or Balm mint.€1.75Peppermint is a perennial favorite for many people, it has high menthol content and its refreshing taste is uplifting and cleansing. Popular for infusions and a favourite among herbal tea drinkers, it is one of the easiest herbs to grow yourself. Get creative and include in Schnapps, Mint Juleps or Mojitos!
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Melothria scabra 'Cucamelon'
Mouse melon, Mexican miniature watermelon.
(First described in 1866)€2.35Is it an exceptionally small cucumber or the world’s cutest watermelon? That is the vexing question. This tiny melon has been creating a buzz. Its unique flavour, with hints of cucumber and lime, its ease of growth, not to mention its productivity, all conspire to recommend this unusual vine to home gardeners looking for something new to add to their menus.
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Malabar Spinach, Basella rubra
Chinese spinach, Saan choy, Pui shak€2.35Commonly called Malabar Spinach, Basella rubra is valued for the brilliant fuchsia-purplish colour of its leaf stems and veins as well as its mild flavour. The leaves are delicious mixed in with other greens in tossed salads. Juicy and crisp, the flavours of citrus and pepper accompany the succulent leaves.
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Malabar Spinach, Basella alba
Chinese spinach, Saan choy, Pui shak€2.35Malabar Spinach, is a vining type of plant that thrives in hot temperatures, it is a discovery that is a boon for those of us that love our greens but find the warm days of summer a bit too hot for good growth. It can be grown throughout the summer and can even cope when the heat exceeds 32°C (90°F).
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Lettuce - 'Gourmet Lettuce' Mix
Baby leaf or for growing to maturity.€1.75
Lettuce 'Gourmet Salad Mix' is a mixed blend of the very best tasting, and most beautiful lettuces. These award winning varieties provide a colourful mix of textures and tastes that is a treat for the eye as well as the tongue, and can be grown all year round. Harvest for babyleaf or grow to maturity. -
Lettuce 'Suzan', Organic
Butterhead Lettuce. Summer Lettuce variety€2.85 Lettuce 'Suzan' is a traditional butterhead, the heads are tightly-packed and the hearts are fleshy and tasty. This very reliable variety can be sown from February and throughout the summer. It holds well in warmer temperatures without bolting so there is a long window of opportunity for harvesting. Organic Seed. -
Lettuce 'Red Salad Bowl' Organic
Loose Leaf Lettuce
Heritage variety (Introduced in 1955)€2.45
“Red Salad Bowl” is a large fast growing rosette lettuce with very pretty leaves.This award winning variety produces large, slow bolting, non-heading plants with sweet, succulent red leaves. Sow successionally from March to August for harvesting April to October.
