Salad Leaves
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Perilla, Shiso ‘Aoshiso’ Green Leaf
Japanese or Chinese Basil€1.95Shiso ‘Aoshiso’ leaves make for exquisite decoration. It is finely sliced with ginger and added to salads, sautéed vegetables, sashimi, tempura and sushi. Available either red or green, the red having more of an anise flavour and slightly less spicy than the green variety, which tastes more like cinnamon.
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Perilla, Shiso ‘Akajiso’ Red Leaf
Japanese or Chinese Basil, Purple Mint.€1.95
Shiso ‘Akajiso’ the red leaf variety of Perilla is used extensively in Japan to season vegetables, rice, soups, fish, etc. It has a wonderful complex aroma, the taste is almost always said to be quite hard to describe - the words cinnamon, basil, anise, and citrus pop up in the attempts. -
Pak Choi, Bok Choi Organic
Dwarf White Stem, Taisai€2.65
With round, smooth leaves that broadening out into a distinctive soup spoon shape, Pak Choi is a most popular vegetable, that is very easy to grow and vigorous. It has a delicate taste and crunch that can enhance everything from soups to stir-fries. Organic Seeds. -
Pak Choi, Bok Choi Organic
Dwarf White Stem, Taisai€2.65With round, smooth leaves that broadening out into a distinctive soup spoon shape, Pak Choi is a most popular vegetable, that is very easy to grow and vigorous. It has a delicate taste and crunch that can enhance everything from soups to stir-fries. Organic Seeds. -
Pak Choi 'Dwarf Canton White'
Baby Bok Choi, Pak Choy,
Spoon cabbage, Taisai, Chinese mustard.Starting at: €1.95
Dwarf Canton White is a short and squat variety, often known as Baby or Squat Pak Choi. Tender and delicious, with a compact habit, this fast growing vegetable can be harvested at any stage, for 'baby leaf or left to mature to thick succulent white stems.
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Oriental Cabbage 'Tokyo Bekana' Organic
Oriental Cabbage€2.75'Tokyo Bekana’ is a fast-growing leafy green prized for its soft, frilly lime-green leaves and crisp white stems. Its mild, sweet flavour and tender texture make it feel more like a buttery lettuce than a typical brassica. Organic Seeds. -
Orach 'Red' Mountain Spinach, Organic
Mountain Spinach€2.45 Colourful Red Orach used to great effect in ‘edible landscape’ plantings, mingled with flowers, vegetables and herbs. Whether in salad mix, cooked like spinach or as a micro-green, the heart-shaped leaves have a pleasant flavour and the colour is always spectacular. As beautiful as any floral bouquet. Organic Seed -
Orach 'Green' Mountain Spinach, Organic
Mountain Spinach€2.45 Known as Mountain Spinach, Orach is a heat and cold tolerant green for all seasons. A handsome plant and very suited to growing in the flower garden, the flavour has a nice citrus touch. Use individual leaves in salad mix, cook like spinach or as a micro-green. Organic Seed -
Mustard 'Rouge Metis', Organic
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€2.55 Mustard ‘Rouge Métis’ is a striking red-leaved variety grown for its finely frilled foliage and mild, peppery flavour. The leaves are a rich burgundy to wine-red, often with flashes of green near the base, and bring both colour and texture to salad mixes. Organic Seeds -
Mustard 'Red Frills'
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€1.75Leaf mustard comes in an array of shapes and sizes, but if you want colour, choose the beautiful Mustard ‘Red Frills’. True to its name, the attractive and sweet leaves are finely serrated. The fringed burgundy-red leaves add the taste of mustard and horseradish to salads, stir fries and sandwiches.
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Mustard 'Purple Frills', Organic
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€1.95 Easy to grow, Mustard Purple Frills is a good-looking plant, the large, red-tinged leaves intensifying to deep burgundy purple in cold weather. It is both ‘cold and bolt’ tolerant and often to be found in the ornamental garden or the potager. Organic Seeds -
Mustard 'Green Frills'
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€1.75Out of stock
Mustard 'Green Frills' has attractive and sweet leaves that are fringed and finely serrated with the tangy flavour of gourmet mustard. Use it with other salad leaves to create your own bistro salad to suit your tastes. They are fantastic when lightly steamed, stir-fried or sautéed.
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Mustard 'Golden Frills', Organic
Oriental or Leaf Mustard€1.95 Mustard 'Golden Frills' has attractive and sweet leaves that are fringed and finely serrated with the tangy flavour of gourmet mustard. Use it with other salad leaves to create your own bistro salad to suit your tastes. They are fantastic when lightly steamed, stir-fried or sautéed. Organic Seeds -
Mizuna 'Purple Stem' Organic
Oriental Greens, Japanese Greens€2.75 Mizuna ‘Purple Stem’ is a striking Japanese variety recently developed to enhance anthocyanin expression. It retains the classic deeply serrated leaves and mild mustard flavour of green mizuna, but with a touch more sweetness and less bite. Organic Seed. -
Mizuna 'Kyona' Organic
Oriental Greens, Japanese Greens€2.20The marvelous Mizuna is an oriental wonder - it thrives in cool climates and can be grown year-round. Especially suited to spring and autumn cultivation, it matures quickly, often ready to harvest in just 40 days. It is a reliable crop for gardeners and farmers. Organic Seed. -
Mizuna 'Kyona'
Oriental Greens, Japanese Greens, Kyona€1.95The marvellous Mizuna is an oriental wonder! It grows as a large rosette of finely serrated, feathery leaves, which are dark, glossy green, similar to rocket leaves. A very hardy plant, being both heat and cold tolerant, it usually grows better in moist conditions.
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Minutina, 'Erba Stella'
Herba Stella, Bucks Horn€2.35Minutina, also known as Erba Stella is a unique, cold weather salad green prized in Italy for its mild nutty flavour and crunchy texture. This perennial can be grown all winter in temperate climates. With a mild nutty flavour and crunchy texture it is a great addition to salad mixes or for stir-frying.
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Mibuna
Kyona, Japanese Greens€1.40Out of stock
Mibuna is a delicate and unusual plant that has been grown for centuries in Japan. It is best enjoyed in baby leaf salads where its addictive flavour can shine, or in stir-fries for a milder taste. Perfect for “cut and come” scissor harvest.
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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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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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Lettuce - 'Gourmet Lettuce' Mix
Baby leaf or for growing to maturity.€1.75 Lettuce 'Gourmet Salad Mix' is a mixed blend of the very best tasting, and most beautiful lettuces. These award winning varieties provide a colourful mix of textures and tastes that is a treat for the eye as well as the tongue, and can be grown all year round. Harvest for babyleaf or grow to maturity. -
Lettuce 'Suzan', Organic
Butterhead Lettuce. Summer Lettuce variety€2.85 Lettuce '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. -
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 '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.
