May
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Lettuce 'Green Salad Bowl'
Loose Leaf Lettuce
Heritage variety (Introduced in 1952)€2.00Salad Bowl lettuce are amply named, one plant fills a salad bowl with no need to add other lettuces. “Green Salad Bowl” is an award winning variety that produces large, slow bolting, non-heading plants with sweet, succulent green leaves. N.I.A.B and RHS AGM. -
Lettuce 'Green Salad Bowl' Organic
Loose Leaf Lettuce
Heritage variety (Introduced in 1952)€2.35Salad Bowl lettuce are amply named, one plant fills a salad bowl with no need to add other lettuces. “Green Salad Bowl” is an award winning variety that produces large, slow bolting, non-heading plants with sweet, succulent green leaves. -
Lettuce 'Gustav's Salad'
Butterhead Lettuce.
Heritage variety (1960's)Regular Price: €2.10
Special Price €0.95
Lettuce 'Gustav's Salad' is an heirloom butterhead variety that is compact and silky soft with a a delicious melt-in-the-mouth flavour. Upright, small and compact this sweet and buttery lettuce is reliable and perfect for growing where space might be limited. A new staple in the salad garden, the eating quality is of the next level.
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Lettuce 'Henderson's Black Seeded Simpson' Organic
Loose Leaf Lettuce
Heritage variety (pre 1879)€2.45Bright green and crumpled, with very crunchy leaves and an excellent sweet taste, ‘Henderson's Black Seeded Simpson’ is regarded by many as one of the best tasting loose-leaf lettuce varieties available. Fast growing and slow to bolt, it withstands heat, drought, and frost. Harvest for babyleaf or grow to maturity in just 45 days. Organic Seeds. -
Lettuce 'Iceberg'
Iceberg, Crisphead Lettuce
Heritage (1894)€2.00Icebergs are one of the most popular lettuces in the world. There is little comparison however, between a shop bought Iceberg, and a home grown one. Both retain that beautiful thick crispness of leaf, but it is the flavour of the home grown makes it exceptional. Fresh, crisp and ever so slightly sweet.
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Lettuce 'Little Gem'
Romaine, Cos, Semi-Cos
Heritage (1880's)€2.00Out of stock
Little Gem is a popular choice, and no wonder! It produces sweet crisp, small-sized hearts with few outside leaves. Quick to mature, dwarf and compact. It will tolerate hot weather and resists bolting and root aphid. It has also received an Accreditation from the NIAB. -
Lettuce 'Little Leprechaun' Organic
Red Romaine, Cos, Semi-Cos€2.95Crisp and light, and very pretty in the salad bowl. 'Little Leprechaun' is a compact variety of Cos lettuce that has a very nice appearance and is very easy to grow. The high standing green leaves are tinged with red, almost bronze. Organic Seed. -
Lettuce 'Lobjoits Green Cos'
Romaine or Cos
Heritage 1790€1.95'Lobjoits Green Cos' is considered by many to be the best lettuce that you can grow or eat. It can be grown year round and is renowned for its reluctance to bolt in summer. Home-grown, it will astonish you with its freshness and sweet taste, the the crispness is unrivaled -
Lettuce 'Lollo Bionda'
Green Continental, Curly Lettuce€2.00Lollo Bionda lettuce forms a beautiful round mound of pale green, crisp frilled edged leaves. Appreciated for its unique shape and refreshing taste, it holds well in summer heat and in the cold. It makes an attractive complement to Lollo Rossa. -
Lettuce 'Lollo Rossa'
Loose Leaf or Continental Red Lettuce€2.00Lollo Rosso is a classic Italian lettuce, with dark copper red to bright green, finely crinkled frilly leaves which are crisp, almost brittle when snapped. It is appreciated for its unique shape and refreshing taste and holds well in summer heat and in the cold. -
Lettuce 'Lollo Rossa', Organic
Loose Leaf or Continental Red Lettuce€2.45Lollo Rosso, for which you pay premium prices for in the supermarket is one of the easiest, trouble free lettuces you can grow. It's a cut-and-come-again variety and produce leaves for three months or more. RHS AGM. Organic Seed. -
Lettuce 'Marvel of Four Seasons'
'Merveille des Quatre Saisons' Butterhead Lettuce.
Heritage variety (French 1885)Starting at: €1.75
This French butter-head lettuce is famous for its signature butter-head shape boasting the appearance of a bibb-type rosette with an array of beautiful colours ranging in bronze, gold, red and green. The “Four Seasons” will thrive in a range of climates and its texture always remains crisp and its taste unforgettable.
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Lettuce 'Marvel of Four Seasons' Organic
'Merveille des Quatre Saisons' Butterhead Lettuce.
Heritage variety (French 1885)€2.20Also known as Merveille des Quatre Saisons this is a butter-head lettuce that is a true delight. With ruby toned leaves that encompass tightly folded green hearts it is as tasty as it is beautiful, and it is a truly beautiful lettuce. Organic Seed. -
Lettuce 'Mascara'
Loose Leaf or Oak Leaf Lettuce.Regular Price: €2.10
Special Price €0.95
With glorious deep red, frilly leaves, Lettuce ‘Mascara’ is simply stunning. Developed in Holland to retain its colour through the hottest part of the summer, it has both taste and beauty. It is slow to bolt and crops long and hard. For cultivation from spring through to autumn, Lettuce ‘Mascara’ sets the standard in its class.
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Lettuce 'Parris Island'
Romaine or Cos
Heritage (USA 1950)€2.00Parris Island produces an upright head of strong leaves with a distinctive crisp white midrib. Heat tolerant with fair bolt resistance, you can grow successive crops in spring and autumn and in mild coastal areas it can be grown year-round. -
Lettuce 'Red Salad Bowl'
Loose Leaf Lettuce
Heritage variety (Introduced in 1955)€2.00“Red Salad Bowl” is a large fast growing rosette lettuce with very pretty burgundy-red crimped leaves.This award winning variety produces large, slow bolting, non-heading plants with sweet, succulent leaves. Sow successionally from March to August for harvesting April to October. -
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. -
Lettuce 'Suzan', Organic
Butterhead Lettuce. Summer Lettuce variety€2.85Lettuce '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. -
Lovage, Levisticum officinale
Love Parsley, Mountain Celery€1.65Out of stock
If you haven’t cooked with lovage before then you have missed out on a very flavourful herb. The flavour is distinct and greatly appreciated by food aficionados. Even though some like to compare lovage to celery, it is almost like saying that an apricot tastes like a small peach.
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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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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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Marjoram, Sweet Marjoram
Summer Marjoram€1.70Members of the oregano family are an essential plant for a well-stocked, sunny herb garden. Fragrant and very decorative, Sweet Marjoram is an essential culinary herb, good with veal, beef, lamb, roast poultry and fish. The leaves are best used fresh, as their flavour is sweeter and milder.
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Marjoram, Sweet Marjoram, Organic
Summer Marjoram€2.00Sweet Marjoram is an essential culinary herb and fresh or dried, no cook should ever be without it. It is wonderfully aromatic with a mild oregano flavour with a hint of balsam. Fresh or dried, it is good with veal, beef, lamb, roast poultry and fish. Organic Seed. -
Matricaria chamomilla, German Chamomile, Organic
Camomile Tea, Syn. Matricaria recutita€1.95Chamomile has been used for centuries. In the realm of simple herbs, for the treatment of common ailments by the common people, few herbs have garnered such a reputation for success as the lowly chamomile. Organic Seed.