Direct Sow In Spring
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Squash 'Delica F1'
Japanese kabocha type squash, Aka ‘Ebisu’
Heritage (Japan 1964's)€3.40Adaptable to many growing and soil conditions, Squash ‘Delica F1’ performs best in moderate temperatures. It consistently produces high quality, dark green striped fruit with a bright orange, creamy interior. The flesh is of excellent quality, sweet with a delicate taste of chestnut.
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Squash 'Crown Prince F1'
Winter Squash€3.50'F1 Crown Prince' has an impressive appearance with steel grey skin and sweet orange flesh. It is widely considered to be one of the best flavoured squashes, much prized for its dense, sweet orange flesh. Very reliable and productive it is renowned for its long storage properties.
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Squash 'Buttercup'
Japanese kabocha-type squash€2.35Buttercup squash is a variety of winter squash that's considered the sweetest of squash. Attractive green, slightly ribbed fruits each have a distinctive blossom-end button and flattened turban shape. At around 1.5kg, use for roasting with the joint, soups and pumpkin pie.
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Squash 'Blue Kuri'
Japanese kabocha-type squash, Blue Hokkaido€3.30Out 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 'Autumn Crown F1'
'Squashkin' (Butternut x Crown Prince F1)€2.95'F1 Autumn Crown’ is a new butternut crossed with a Winter squash, Crown Prince F1, which produces the shape of one parent and the buff colour of the other. More importantly, it has inherited early ripening from Crown Prince, setting fruits at least a month before the previously available fastest butternuts.
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Spinach, Mexican Tree Spinach
Micro Glitter Spinach€2.00Mexican 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 'Medania'
Spinach. Baby Leaf, Micro Leaf€2.00Spinach Medania is a reliable performer that is able to withstand hot, dry weather and the cool weather that comes in the beginning and the end of the growing season. Sow in spring for a summer crop, or in the autumn for leaves to pick over winter. RHS AGM.
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Spinach 'F1 Rubino'
Baby Leaf, Micro Leaf€2.05Spinach 'F1 Rubino' is an excellent variety with distinctive red-veins. Ideal for babyleaf crops, they are just beautiful in a salad mix. Its veins glow much in the same way baby chard does but with a much milder sweeter flavour. The leaves have a buttery tenderness at baby leaf stage.
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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 'F1 Palco' Organic
Spinach. Baby Leaf, Micro Leaf€2.20Out of stock
Spinach 'F1 Palco' is an established favourite, it grows slowly, is high yielding and slow to bolt and is therefore suitable for summer cultivation. It produces quality, dark green leaves, throughout the season. RHS AGM. Organic Seed.
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Sorrel, Red Veined, Organic
Bloody Sorrel€2.45'Red Veined' Sorrel is valued for its pointed and bright lime-green leaves. It is one of the earliest green crops and can even withstand freezing winters. Once established, it can be treated as a 'cut and come again' crop and should produce greens for 8 to 10 years. Organic Seed.
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Sorrel, Red Veined
Bloody Sorrel€2.00A most attractive selection 'Red Veined' Sorrel is valued for its pointed and bright lime-green leaves with dark red veins, and because of its low-growing habit it makes a nice border plant or garden accent. It looks right at home in a flower border or container if you don't have space for a vegetable patch.
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Sorrel, Buckler Leaved Sorrel
True French Sorrel
Ancient Crop€2.35Buckler Leaf Sorrel, sometimes called 'True French Sorrel' is a superb salad crop. It has all the best qualities of common sorrel but is a much smaller, more compact plant. It has the same vibrant, lemony taste, but is less sour and it has a softer texture. Its distinct leaves are shaped like a shield.
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Sorrel 'De Belleville' French Sorrel, Organic
French Sorrel
Heritage (French 1730's)€2.20Out of stock
Sorrel De Belleville is a small French cultivar. It is hardy and well-proven to be productive under almost any conditions with an excellent lemon flavour. One of the earliest green crops and embarrassingly easy to grow, it needs no attention other than when you want to eat it. Organic Seed.
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Sorrel 'De Belleville' French Sorrel
French Sorrel
Heritage (French 1730's)€2.00Sorrel De Belleville is a small French cultivar. It is hardy and well-proven to be productive under almost any conditions with an excellent lemon flavour. One of the earliest green crops and embarrassingly easy to grow, it needs no attention other than when you want to eat it.
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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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Shallot 'Zebrune'
Maincrop€2.95Out of stock
Shallot 'Zebrune' is a heritage variety that has recently been revived. It is very productive and has good resistance to bolting. Torpedo shaped, with superbly coloured pinky-brown skin this type are often called ‘banana’ shallots in the cookbooks, they are increasing in popularity for gourmet cooking.
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Savory, Winter Savory
Mountain Savory, Garden Savory€1.85Winter savory, the perennial savory has the same properties as its summer relative Summer savory, although it has a heavier aroma and a sharper pine type flavour. The small perennial shrubs are semi-evergreen, retaining their leaves in all but the coldest gardens and remain useful all year round.
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Savory, Summer Savory, Organic
Summer Savory, Garden Savory€1.75The leaves of Summer savory are so tender that they can be added fresh to salads or used as a garnish. Used in herb combinations it brings out the best in stews and vegetable dishes, and shines as a seasoning for roasting meats, fowl, and fish. Organic Seed.
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Savory, Summer Savory, 'Midget'
Summer Savory, Garden Savory€1.75Summer savory 'Midget' is a compact variety, this fast-growing annual provides an abundant supply of leaves, growing quickly to a height of about 25cm. With slender bronze green leaves and rose-white tubular flowers which bloom from July to September.
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Savory, Lemon Savory
Mountain Savory, Garden Savory€1.85Satureia montana ssp. citriodora is a lemon-scented variety of Winter Savory from the Apennine mountains. The small perennial shrubs are semi-evergreen, they retain their aromatic, lemon scented leaves in all but the coldest gardens and remain useful all year round.
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Salsola komarovii, Okahijiki
Land Seaweed, Saltwort€1.85Salsola 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€1.85Salad 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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Root Parsley, Hamburg 'Half-Long'
Dutch Rooted Parsnip, Halflange
Heritage (Germany 16th C.)€1.50Root Parsley Hamburg is an off-beat, dual purpose vegetable that deserves to be better known. The root can be left in the ground all winter and dug up as and when your Sunday roast requires and the luxury of having plenty of leaves to snip from the garden in winter can’t be overstated.