Suitable for Containers
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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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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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Spinach 'Butterflay' Organic
Baby Leaf Spinach€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. -
Spinach 'Gamma' Organic
Baby Leaf Spinach€1.95Spinach 'Gamma' is a useful slow-growing and hence bolt-resistant variety that produces small leaves that are smooth, round, dark and slightly savoyed. The plants will provide succulent growth at any stage from baby leaf to full-size leaves. Organic Seeds. -
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. -
Spinach, Mexican Tree Spinach
Micro Glitter Spinach€1.95Out of stock
Mexican 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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Squash 'Blue Kuri'
Japanese kabocha-type squash, Blue Hokkaido€2.85Out of stock
'Blue Kuri' is a traditional open pollinated Japanese squash that has lovely blue-green skin. This beautiful sweet, versatile squash matures in 95 to 110 days to a convenient 15 to 20cm in diameter. Rich, sweet and nutty, the contrast between blue rind and orange flesh looks great on the plate.
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Squash 'F1 Hunter' Butternut
Winter Squash€2.95Butternut Squash 'Hunter' has been specifically bred and developed to give consistent results in our unreliable climate. Easy to grow and maturing up to four weeks earlier than other varieties. Each plant should produce 6 or 7 fruits of around 1kg. -
Squash 'Groene Hokkaido', Organic
Japanese kabocha-type squash, Green Hokkaido
Heirloom (Japan 1500's)€3.25Out of stock
Squash 'Groene Hokkaido' is a traditional Japanese kabocha-type squash that has globe-shaped fruit with lovely dark green skin and dark golden flesh. A beautiful, versatile squash with thick, firm and fine-grained flesh that is sweet with a delicate taste of chestnut. Organic Seed. -
Squash 'Uchiki Kuri' Organic
Winter, Onion, Hokkaido or Potimarron Squash€3.50Out of stock
Most people initially grow Uchiki Kuri squash because of its similarity to the familiar pumpkin. What they will not have anticipated is finding it a far superior squash to pumpkin. If you believe that they are only fit for Halloween lanterns allow yourself to be converted. Organic Seed. -
Squash 'Waltham Butternut'
Winter Squash€2.45'Waltham' is an improved version of the common Butternut squash. First bred in the 1960's they are reliable, productive and a long-keeper. It has very little seed cavity, thicker & straighter necks, fruits earlier, and produces more flesh per fruit.
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Strawberry Spinach, 'Strawberry Sticks'
Strawberry Sticks, Beetberry, Strawbini€2.10'Strawberry Spinach' or 'Strawberry Sticks' is a curious plant that is enjoying something of a resurgence, The berries make a colourful and edible accent in the garden and in salads and the greens are deliciously edible in salads or as a pot herb. -
Strawberry Spinach, 'Strawberry Sticks', Organic
Strawberry Sticks, Beetberry, Strawbini€2.95'Strawberry Spinach' or 'Strawberry Sticks' is a curious plant that is enjoying something of a resurgence, The berries make a colourful and edible accent in the garden and in salads and the greens are deliciously edible in salads or as a pot herb. Organic Seed. -
Sweetcorn 'Minipop F1'
Miniature corn, mini-corn, baby corn, candle corn€2.45Out of stock
These bite-sized delicacies can be eaten raw in salads, lightly steamed for tender whole cobs or sliced length ways and added to stir-fries. Minipop F1' is a sweet and tasty variety which is very easy from seed and does not require pollination to produce delicious mini cobs.
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Texsel Greens, Garlic Kale
Ethiopian Cabbage€1.95Out of stock
Texsel Greens is an unusual vegetable that provides an incredibly tender, smooth-textured salads and sauté greens, this fast growing variety has become a popular choice for use as a cut and come again salad crop. Also known as Garlic Kale, the small delicious leaves have an excellent flavour, a mild combination of spinach and cabbage.
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Thyme, English Winter.
English Winter Thyme, Garden Thyme€1.75Out of stock
Thymus vulgaris 'Winter Thyme' is one of the savory herbs, which are main course herbs used to flavour hardy meals, bone warming soups, and piquant sauces. They blend their essence with other savory herbs like Tarragon and Savory to create some memorable flavours.
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Thyme, French Summer
Thyme de Provence€1.85Aromatic French Summer Thyme has more narrow, pointed leaves with a bit of a grey tint. The famed culinary thyme from France, it is higher in essential oil content than other varieties and reputedly the most flavoursome Thyme you can grow with a stronger and sweeter taste.
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Thyme, French Summer, Organic
Thyme de Provence€2.35Aromatic French Summer Thyme has more narrow, pointed leaves with a bit of a grey tint. The famed culinary thyme from France, it is higher in essential oil content than other varieties and reputedly the most flavoursome Thyme you can grow with a stronger and sweeter taste. Organic Seed. -
Tomato 'Black Cherry'
Black, Cherry Tomato
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€1.95Out of stock
“Black Cherry” is a lovely jewel of a tomato, still fairly rare, they are the only truly black cherry tomato available. Perfectly round with the classic black tomato flavour, sweet yet rich and complex. Easy to grow and disease resistant. Eat them as you would strawberries!
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Tomato 'Black Krim'
Black Crimea, Beefsteak, Heritage (Ukrainian)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€1.95Black Krim is one of the oldest and most popular heirloom varieties, largely responsible for fueling many growers obsessions with heirloom tomatoes. It yields large fruits that are blessed with an extremely rich, earthy true tomato flavour. The combination of the colour, shape and taste is simply gorgeous.
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Tomato 'Brandywine'
Red or Pink Brandywine. Beefsteak Tomato
Heritage (USA Circa 1885),
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€1.95Few tomatoes can rival the Brandywine for popularity, they are grown worldwide. With an exceptional rich, succulent flavour and creamy flesh, one picked fresh at the peak of ripeness, tastes so good that it may well set the standard for what a tomato should taste like.
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Tomato 'F1 Shirley'
Salad Tomato, Heritage (English)
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€3.90Out of stock
Tomato ‘F1 Shirley’ is hard to beat. Suitable for the greenhouse, the robust plants are disease resistant and crop early and heavily over a long period of time. Producing excellent quality, medium sized red fruits with a firm skin and a lovely taste and texture. -
Tomato 'F1 Tomatoberry Garden'
Grape Tomato
Vine / Cordon (Indeterminate)€3.90Out of stock
‘F1 Tomatoberry Garden’ is quite unique. Wide at the shoulder and tapering to a blunt point at the blossom end, these grape-sized tomatoes are notably heart-shaped. With low acidity and a high lycopene content, they resemble large strawberries both for sweetness and appearance.
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Tomato 'F1 Totem'
Salad Tomato, Compact
Bush (Determinate)€3.75Tomato 'F1 Totem' has an upright habit that is perfectly suited for a patio container. However, this is no mere ornamental. This dwarf stocky bush variety is early and heavy yielding, with large trusses of crimson fruit. From one plant you will be able to harvest several kilos of tomatoes with a delectable flavour.