February
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Agastache foeniculum
Anise Hyssop. Syn: Agastache anisata, Agastache anethiodora,€1.98Agastache foeniculum is a perennial herb that tastes as good as it looks and are as popular in the border as they are in the herb garden. They are excellent design plants, exhibiting a strong vertical accent for the perennial border. Bees hold an undisputed attraction for the flowers, the colour, shape and copious amounts of nectar are among their favourites. This is perhaps one of the most gratifying plants you can grow.
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Agastache foeniculum, Organic
Anise Hyssop. Syn: Agastache anisata, Agastache anethiodora,€2.10Agastache foeniculum is a perennial herb that tastes as good as it looks and are as popular in the border as they are in the herb garden. They are excellent design plants, exhibiting a strong vertical accent for the perennial border. Bees hold an undisputed attraction for the flowers, the colour, shape and copious amounts of nectar are among their favourites. This is perhaps one of the most gratifying plants you can grow. Organic Seed.
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Amaranth 'Green Giant'
Calaloo , Chinese Spinach, Yin choi, Lin Choi€1.50Amaranth 'Green Giant' is a vigorous selection that produces slightly savoyed, large mid green leaves. The popular Calaloo in Caribbean cuisine, the leaves have a mild spinach flavour and can be harvested when plants are just 20cm tall.
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Amaranth 'Passion'
Chinese Spinach, Yin choi, Lin Choi€1.74Amaranth 'Passion' has attractive oval, mid-green leaves that are streaked through with shades of red and purple. Easy to grow and tolerant of wide-ranging conditions. Its soft leaves are a great addition to salads and, like spinach they melt delectably when cooked. The plants are very ornamental and also look good in the border
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Amaranth 'Red Army'
Chinese Spinach, Calaloo, Yin choi, Lin Choi€1.50Most gardeners are familiar with ornamental amaranth, but few realise that this plant is a delicious nutritional powerhouse. In the hot summer months, when growing spinach is near impossible, amaranth thrives. A favorite with chefs, Amaranth tricolor ‘Red Army’ is an intense cherry red selection with a delicate pea-like flavour. Use at babyleaf stage for salad or garnish, or leave to mature for steamed vegetable or soups.
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Anethum graveolens, Florists Dill ‘Mariska’
Florists Dill€1.50Out of stock
‘Mariska’ is a little known but hardy and compact variety of Dill. With starry bright yellow flower heads, abundant foliage and growing to only 60cm, this well behaved smaller dill is an excellent variety for use as a cut flower filler and is a great variety for the kitchen garden, windowsill or container.
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Artichoke 'Arad' Organic
Artichoke€2.70A newly bred variety specifically for organic growers, Artichoke Arad has a short vernalisation period and can be grown as annual in one season. The plants are compact and nearly spineless.
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Artichoke 'Green Globe'
Artichoke (Heritage, pre 1600's)€1.50Large and tasty heads of green buds have made Green Globe one of the most popular varieties of Artichoke. They are perennial plants and will produce more heads with each successive year. This old heirloom variety is a great delicacy, steam or boil and serve with melted lemon butter or hollandaise sauce.
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Artichoke 'Tavor' Organic
Artichoke€2.70Out of stock
Artichoke ‘Tavor’ is a vigorous re-selection of Green Globe that provides a much easier growing experience. A thornless green globe variety, this 'new' variety is fast growing, often cropping in the first year, and with improved cold tolerance it is more productive in subsequent years. Organic seed.
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Artichoke 'Violet de Provence'
Artichoke€1.86Artichoke ‘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!
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Asparagus 'Connover’s Colossal'
Heritage (USA 1870's)€1.74One 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.
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Asparagus 'Crimson Pacific'
Purple Asparagus.€2.70Out of stock
Crimson Pacific produces high yields of even, purple spears that are sweeter and tender with very low fibre content. Thick, tasty, purple spears are produced in May and early June. This is a high yielding variety that is super sweet when cooked, they are so delicious they are good enough to eat raw.
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Asparagus 'Early Argenteuil'
Precoce D'Argentuil,
Heritage (France 1885)€1.98Earlier and hardier than most varieties, Asparagus 'Precoce D'Argentuil’ is an excellent choice for the impatient gardener. Highly esteemed for its thick, rose-purple spears with tender tips and an excellent flavour. In France it is the traditional variety used to create the popular white asparagus.
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Asparagus 'Mary Washington'
Heritage (USA 1949)€1.50Mary Washington is one of the most popular of all heirloom asparagus varieties and is an excellent choice for the garden. The delicious spears are tender, thick, heavy and straight and are of a rich dark green colour with a purple tinge. Produces uniform spears and a heavy yield.
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Aubergine 'Black Beauty'
Eggplant. Heritage (USA 1910)€1.50Black Beauty was introduced about 1910 and has long been popular with home gardeners. An excellent quality variety, early to mature it gives and abundant crop of tasty fruits that are clear of the ground. Sturdy plants produce high yields of glossy, purple-black, pear-shaped fruit.
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Aubergine 'Black Beauty' Organic
Eggplant. Heritage (USA 1910)€2.10Black Beauty is an excellent quality variety producing sturdy plants that give high yields of 10 to 15cm glossy, purple-black, pear-shaped fruit. Early and prolifically it will crop in 78 days. Three plants will keep a family of four in aubergines from July until late autumn.
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Aubergine 'Bonica F1'
Eggplant€2.22Out of stock
Enduringly popular, Aubergine ‘F1 Bonica’ is an early maturing variety that performs well in difficult growing seasons. It reliably produces flavoursome, oval fruits with beautiful glossy purple skins. Ideal for the greenhouse, it will also do well in containers.
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Aubergine 'Emerald Isle F1'
Patio Eggplant€2.82Aubergine 'Emerald Isle F1' is an unique variety bred specifically for container production. Its compact habit makes it a perfect choice for mixed flower and vegetable planters. It is a prolific variety that produces pale green fruits with dark green veining should be harvested when 7 to 10cm in size.
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Aubergine 'Giotto F1'
Eggplant€1.98Aubergine 'Giotto F1' produces rounded oval fruits of a glossy dark violet colour. It is an excellent variety for indoor or outdoor cultivation. This disease resistant variety has upright foliage that aids ventilation. It also has good resistance to handling marks and oxidation when cut.
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Aubergine 'Ivory F1'
Patio Eggplant€2.94Out of stock
Aubergine 'Ivory F1' is a beautiful miniature eggplant that produces fruit that are oval in shape, white skinned and grow to about the size of an egg. A unique variety bred specifically for containers, the plants grow to a height of 55cm. This early maturing variety can be harvested from August onwards.
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Aubergine 'Kaberi F1'
Patio Eggplant€2.82Aubergine 'Kaberi F1' is a small fruited, compact bush variety of aubergine, ideal for use in containers. It forms an abundance of beautiful, dark purple-black, oval-round fruits. Typically 50 to 60 grams in weight they are at their best when harvested when the fruits are small, just slightly bigger than an egg.
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Aubergine 'Moneymaker F1'
Eggplant€2.34Aubergine Moneymaker F1 is an excellent choice for milder climates. An early-cropping variety that doesn’t need Mediterranean heat. Large, glossy purplish-black skinned oval fruits. A popular and reliable garden favourite, the fruits hold their quality and colour well after picking.
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Aubergine 'Rosa Bianca'
Eggplant. Heritage (Italian)€1.50Considered one of the best by gourmets and gardeners alike, Aubergine 'Rosa Bianca' is a gorgeous variety with a delicate, mild flavour, creamy consistency. The fruits are produced in abundance, have a meaty flesh and a delicate flavour. They are both lovely to look at and lovely to eat.
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Basil ‘Lettuce Leaf Basil’
Large Leaf Basil or Crispum Basil
Heritage (Italian)€1.50Lettuce leaf basil is a popular old Italian variety, a large leafed variety of Sweet Basil and one of the most productive of all basils. With very large, crinkled and highly aromatic leaves, it adds the texture of leaf lettuce while packing a tasty basil flavour to brighten up your summer sandwiches.