Cereals
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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. With a mild spinach flavour, the leaves can be used at babyleaf stage for salad or garnish, or at maturity for steamed vegetable or soups. The gluten free, protein rich seeds can be eaten as a grain, perfect for vegetarians and vegans.
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Amaranth 'Passion'
Chinese Spinach, Yin choi, Lin Choi€1.75Amaranth '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€1.75Most 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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Sweetcorn 'Lark F1'
Midseason. Tendersweet variety€2.20Out of stock
The result of the latest development in breeding, 'Lark F1' is the first of a new generation of excellent quality Sweetcorn that performs better in cooler conditions than many other varieties. The grains have a softer texture and are deliciously sweet. RHS AGM.
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Sweetcorn 'Minipop F1'
Miniature corn, mini-corn, baby corn, candle corn€2.45These 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.