Gourmet Vegetables
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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. -
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. -
Scorzonera hispanica, Organic
Oyster Plant€2.35 Scorzonera is a root vegetable with an awkward name and an ugly appearance but with a delicious oyster-like flavour. ‘Duplex’ is a fine selection with long, truncated roots with a deep black skin. The root is considered to be finer textured, and remains so further into the winter. The plants can be also be grown for perennial greens. Organic Seeds -
Salsola komarovii, Okahijiki
Land Seaweed, Saltwort€1.85Out of stock
Salsola 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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Salsify ‘Sandwich Island’
Oyster Plant€1.50Out of stock
Salsify may be a chic new vegetable with the foodie crowd but it just happens to be an old-fashioned heritage root crop. This unprepossessing Mediterranean winter vegetable has a delicate taste, ever so slightly sweet, some say slightly reminiscent of oysters, so much so that it is also known as the 'oyster plant'.
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Purslane, Claytonia 'Winter Purslane'
Miner's Lettuce, Indian Lettuce€1.75This incredibly succulent, melt-in-your-mouth raw salad green has recently gained popularity in the gourmet greens world, attracting both world class growers and chefs. Best used fresh and tiny, these elegant leaves bring a rich, tart-creaminess to delicate, micro-green salads.
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Purslane 'Green Purslane' Organic
Summer Purslane, Garden purslane.
Ancient Crop. In use since the 1600's€2.00Out of stock
This highly esteemed ancient crop can be used raw in salads, sautéed as a side dish or cooked like spinach. Summer Purslane has a crispy texture you would expect from a succulent and an interesting nutty, peppery flavour. It is salty on the tongue. Organic seeds. -
Purslane 'Green Purslane'
Summer Purslane, Garden purslane.
Ancient Crop. In use since the 1600's€1.75This highly esteemed ancient crop can be used raw in salads, sautéed as a side dish or cooked like spinach. Summer Purslane has a crispy texture you would expect from a succulent and an interesting nutty, peppery flavour. It is salty on the tongue.
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Purslane 'Golden Purslane'
Summer Purslane, Garden purslane.
Ancient Crop. In use since the 1600's€1.85Summer Purslane was highly esteemed and cultivated in Europe as far back as the Middle Ages, but is now cultivated only for specialised connoisseurs.This wonderfully succulent and cooling herb has tangy leaves make a very nice contrast, in texture as well as taste to other salad leaves.
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Lemon Grass 'East Indian'
Lemon Grass, Cochin Grass or Malabar Grass€2.25Lemon grass is widely used as a herb in Asian and Caribbean cooking. It has a citrus flavour and can be dried and powdered, or used fresh. It is commonly used in teas, soups, and curries and is also suitable for poultry, fish, and seafood.
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Kohl Rabi 'Delicacy White'
White or Green Kohlrabi€1.45'Delicacy White' is much improved over the previous Vienna varieties, producing pale green globe shaped roots with a crisp white flesh.Sow from late February to the end of August for a continuous supply. “Delicacy White” is an ideal companion to “Delicacy Purple” as it matures a little earlier.
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Kohl Rabi 'Delicacy Purple'
Purple Kohlrabi€1.45'Delicacy Purple' is much improved over the previous Vienna varieties, producing a crop that is slightly more tender and with more flavour, it has good standing ability, is low growing and matures quickly, progressing from sowing to harvesting in a couple of months.
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Kohl Rabi 'Azure Star' Organic
Purple Kohlrabi€2.70 ‘Azure Star’ is a highly regarded purple kohlrabi from Europe, considered to be one of the finest. It is the earliest blue-leaved, purple Kohlrabi and is also the most delicious. Raw or cooked, it is superb eating, Azure Star sets a new standard for excellence. Organic Seed. -
Kale, Cavolo Nero 'Nero de Toscana' Organic
Black Cabbage, Tuscan Kale, Borecole
Heritage (Italian pre 1879)€2.95Simply adored, especially in the north of Italy, Cavolo Nero is an extremely cold hardy kale that will tolerate conditions that would make most brassicas keel over. Thank heavens we have finally managed to locate Organic Seeds! -
Kale, Cavolo Nero 'Nero de Toscana'
Black Cabbage, Tuscan Kale, Borecole
Heritage (Italian pre 1879)€1.75Until recently Cavolo Nero, or 'Tuscan Kale', was one of Italy's best kept secrets. Simply adored, especially in the north of Italy, it has been an essential fare of traditional dishes for centuries. Cavolo Nero can now be found in garden markets, specialist greengrocers and trendy restaurants throughout Europe.
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Kale, Cavolo Nero 'Black Magic'
Black Cabbage, Tuscan Kale, Borecole
Heritage (Italian pre 1879)€3.25Kale 'Black Magic' is an improved Italian Black Kale, bred to be more tender with better flavour. The winter hardy plants more cold tolerant, vigorous and slower-to-bolt than other Italian kales. They form an easy-to-harvest rosette of very dark, savoyed leaves with a flavour that is rich and mild.
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Kale 'Red Russian', Organic
Russian or Siberian Kale, Ragged Jack
Heritage variety (Pre 1885, reintroduced 1977)€2.65 One of the tenderest kales available, with a sweeter taste than most traditional varieties, 'Red Russian' is delicious raw in salads and excellent used in stir-frying. It will grow to baby leaf in only 25 days, add to lettuces to make your own mesclun mix, Organic Seeds. -
Kale 'Red Russian'
Russian or Siberian Kale, Ragged Jack
Heritage variety (Pre 1885, reintroduced 1977)€1.85With deeply cut, slate green oak-like leaves ‘Red Russian’ is one of the tenderest and sweetest kales available. Sow under cover in autumn for baby leaves after four to six weeks, or directly outdoors for over-wintering. This hardy crop can provide nutritious leaves even in the depths of winter.
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Good King Henry
Chenopodium bonus-henricus (An Ancient Crop)
Poor-man's Asparagus, Lincolnshire Spinach.€2.55Out of stock
Good King Henry has been used as a vegetable for centuries and was once a common sight in every garden. Good King Henry may have lost his court and become something of a rarity today, but this unique herb has much to offer to the home or cottage gardener.
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Fennel 'Zefa Fino' Organic
Florence Fennel or Bulbing Fennel€2.25Out of stock
Florence Fennel, 'Zefa Fino' is a superior strain. It stays small, is never tough or woody and keeps a succulent texture. Ideal for cool climates and the best fennel for garden use, it will bulb reliably and doesn't bolt from a spring sowing. Sow successionally from Jan to July for harvesting in 80 days. -
Fennel 'Zefa Fino'
Florence Fennel or Bulbing Fennel€1.95
'Zefa Fino' is a superior strain of fennel that is ideal for cool climates and the best fennel for garden use. It keeps a succulent texture, never tough or woody. It harvests easily because the root stem is relatively short and is good for use as a mini-veg or for growing on to maturity. -
Endive, Frisée 'Pancalieri’
Curly-leaved endive€1.75 Italian Frisée Pancalieri resembles a lettuce that has gone horribly awry. With a pale green explosion of frizzy leaves it adds a frisky note to green salads. The large, loose collective head is dark green with a self-bleaching, creamy white interior. -
€2.65 If you're an adventurous gardener, cook, or gastronome, then you'll want to grow cardoons. In summer, tall flower stems which are topped with large blue-violet blooms. A dramatic statement in the flower border and a flavour that is truly unique in the vegetable world. Organic Seeds. -
Cynara cardunculus 'Cardoon'
Cardoon€2.20Whether you are into the culinary arts or edible landscapes, you may want to put this plant at the top of your list. Chosen by the RHS as one of the top plants of the last 200 years, Cardoons are aristocrats in both the ornamental and the vegetable world.
