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Alisanders, Black Lovage
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland
Alexanders are an ancient food source, cultivated for many centuries. This biennial wild flower, with dark green, shiny leaves and umbels of yellow-green flowers can be grown as an ornamental or can be put to use as a culinary herb or spice, the flavour is said to be similar to myrrh.
Baby Leaf Salad Mix
The Bright and Spicy Leaf Salad mixture contains a well balanced salad mix that is rich in colour and taste. The mix includes Greek Cress, Tatsoi, Pak Choi and the Mustards Red Zest and Red Frills. The attractive flavoursome leaves need only the lightest dressing.
Baby Leaf Salad Mix
This salad mix is comprised of a dynamic array of niche varieties. The vivacious colours along with its well loved taste, makes this mix wonderfully enticing. The mix contains American or Land Cress, Kale Red Russian , Red Chard, Salad Rocket and Spinach.
Baby leaf vegetables
The Frilly Leaf Salad Mix is a new blend that contains an attractive blend of salads with frilled or indented leaves, an explosion of tastes and colour that is perfect for micro leaf or baby leaf production. Juicy, crisp and fast-maturing, they can be grown all year round.
Baby Leaf Salad Mix
Mesclun Mix has been made for hundreds of years around Nice in Southern France. The idea was to make a salad that touches upon every taste and texture sensation: bitter, sweet, tangy, crunchy and silky. This mix is based on the traditional recipe and is a treat for the eye as well as the tongue.
Baby Leaf Salad Mix
The Oriental Salad Mix is one of a series of six blends which provide a wide variety of colourful and tasty salads. The mix includes Mizuna, Mibuna, Red and Green Mustards, Pak Choi and Tatsoi. The vivacious colours along with its well loved taste, makes this mix wonderfully enticing.
Baby vegetable, Pak Choi
The Pak Choi Colour Crunch Mix is a new blend that contains a colourful array of pak choi varieties, an explosion of tastes and colour. Juicy, crisp and fast-maturing, they can can be eaten in salad or cooked in stir-fry dishes and can be grown all year round for a continuous supply of tasty baby leaves.
Baby Leaf Salad Mix
The Provence Salad mix has a light texture enriched with striking red stems portioned throughout. Containing Sorrel de Bellevile, Corn Salad Verte de Cambrai, Lettuce Rougette de Montpelier and Chervil. A tasteful mix with a warming sensation to assist any appetite.
Baby Leaf Salad Mix
This is an exiting mix of vibrant colour and incomparable textures of salad in its youth. Containing Chicory Italico Rosso, Rocket Dentellata, Kale Nero de Toscana, Lettuce Lollo Rossa and Catalogna Cerbiata – Classic Italian leaves that will enhance presentation and flavours of any dish.
Large Leaf Basil or Crispum Basil
Heritage (Italian)
Lettuce 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.
Purple Basil
Basil ‘Red Rubin’ is a purple version of Italian large leaf basil, a multi-purpose variety that is one of the mainstays of many herb gardens. Distinguished from other purple basils by its sweeter aroma and flavour, the rich, dark purple leaves are more consistent in colour than some of the other purple basils.
French Bean, Dwarf Bean
‘Purple Queen’ French beans are the sort of fun, sassy crop every stylish gardener wants to grow in their good-looking veg plot. They race up their supports, burst into shocking magenta flower, and then produce hundreds of gorgeous regal purple beans which are a pure pleasure to eat.
Baby Beetroot, Baby Leaf, Micro Leaf.
Beetroot Pablo F1 produces exceptional quality, perfectly round beets with a wonderfully attractive colour and excellent skin quality. Sow in the open from mid-April to July for a regular supply of tasty roots. They can be also be used for storing for winter use. RHS AGM. 
Cardamom
Black cardamom or Nepal cardamom is are very popular in Indian cuisine and is the world’s third-most expensive spice, outstripped in price per weight only by saffron and vanilla.
Maincrop / Late variety
One of the best main crop varieties available, with a consistent deep red colour and conical roots, carrot ‘Autumn King’ can be grown as a maincrop or late variety and is an excellent variety for storing. RHS AGM. 
Maincrop / Late variety
Unless you have tasted the stunning sweetness of a carrot pulled from your own garden in the dead of winter, you haven’t really tasted a carrot. Autumn King resists splitting and stores well just left in the ground. RHS AGM. Organic Seed.
Maincrop & Successional
Heritage (France mid 1800's)
Originating from the Chantenay region of France. Carrot ‘Chantenay 2’ is deservedly well known, a popular small variety of carrot with orange-red flesh and a fine crisp texture. Particularly popular with children because of their sweet crunchiness and small size, one carrot is perfectly designed to fit snugly into the hand of a small child.
Self blanching, Summer celery.
Heritage variety (1886)
‘Golden Self Blanching’ produces thick, crisp, juicy, aromatic stalks of celery with solid hearts that have no hint of bitterness or stings. This dwarf variety is ideal for smaller gardens and does not need blanching. It produces naturally cream-coloured stalks with a crisp, crunchy texture and mild flavour.
Cutting or Soup Celery. Chinese Kintsai
Cutting celery or Leaf celery is the type that is used in Europe. It looks similar to parsley but tastes like regular stalk celery, but with a slightly stronger, herbier taste. It is a darker green, with thin, rounded, flexible stalks and curly, aromatic leaves; it is much easier to grow than its big brother.
Leaf Beet, Ruby Chard
With more colours than Joseph’s Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Swiss Chard ‘Bright Lights’ is so beautiful to look at that its easy to forget that its real strength is as a vegetable. RHS AGM.
Leaf Beet, Heritage (Italian 1914)
Producing wonderful, heavily crumpled green leaves with white mid-rib and veins, Swiss Chard ‘Lucullus’ is a particularly prolific, hardy variety. Deliciously succulent simply cooked and served with butter. RHS AGM.
Leaf Beet, Ruby Chard.
Swiss Chard is probably the most under appreciated of all vegetables. One of the easiest of all vegetables to grow with a long cropping season, it tolerates poor soil and inattention. With crimson-stemmed leaves, it makes a striking contrast in any salad. RHS AGM.
Leaf Beet, Ruby chard
Worth growing for the colour alone, Red Chard will give tasty spinach type leaves for up to 12 months from a single sowing. It is a good choice for the beginner or busy gardener. The striking deep green leaves with red veins are a beautiful addition to any garden. RHS AGM. Organic Seed.
Brusseler Winter
Chervil ‘Massa’ has a sophisticated yet gentle, aniseedy warmth. It is a dark green selection with smooth leaves and good plant vigour, it has better cold tolerance than standard Chervil and is used for autumn sowings, it also bolts much later.
‘Fine-leaved’ chives have a delicious, mild onion flavour. They keep their slender shape and do not get course or tough with age. The narrow linear leaves are snipped and used primarily fresh, stirred into uncooked foods, such as soft cheeses or salads.
Chives
These easy to grow chives are one of the famous fines herbes of French cuisine. Easily raised from seed, they are perennial bulbs that spread to form neat tufted clumps, ideal for edging beds and paths. They are particularly attractive when in flower and are a favourite of bees and other pollinating insects.
Chives
The organic version of the easy to grow chives. These are one of the famous fines herbes of French cuisine. They are a good source of vitamins A and C, and are also said to stimulate the appetite and strengthen the stomach. Organic Seed. 
Chinese, Mexican or Indian Parsley
Most gardeners appreciate that home grown herbs are infinitely superior, but try growing Coriander – the difference can be quite startling. “Slobolt” is a variety for leaf production that performs well under organic production techniques and is resistant to running to seed. Organic Seed.
Mí¢che, Lambs Tongue
Vit is an easy to grow, vigorous variety for spring and autumn crops. This French variety is mildew-resistant with long, oval, glossy green leaves which form a heavy bunch, They have a tender, delicate nutty, minty flavour. An excellent winter gap filler, both in the vegetable garden and at the dining table.
Mí¢che, Lambs Tongue
In France this humble plant is called la mâche and enjoys an elevated gourmet status. Vit is an easy to grow, vigorous variety. Mildew-resistant with long, oval, glossy green leaves with a tender, delicate nutty, minty flavour. Organic Seed.
Mí¢che, Lambs Tongue
Heritage variety (French)
Corn Salad ‘Verte de Cambrai’ is a traditional old French variety, the compact plants have good colour and small leaf shape. It is among the softest and most tender of all greens, the leaves have a sweet buttery flavour which almost melt in the mouth.
Herbe Sainte-Marie, Alecost
Costmary is one of the most interesting and complex of all herbs. With an aroma which has been described as like garden mint with hints of balsam it can be used for many purposes, culinary, medicinal or ornamental.
Cress, Microleaf
I don’t really see the point of growing cress only to scythe it down when it’s barely got going, and I’m moderately confident that, once you’ve tried the grown-up version, neither will you. With a sweet nutty flavour with a slightly spicy kick and lingering peppery taste, Greek Cress is one of the finest selections available.
American Cress or Upland Cress
Once very popular for winter salads, Land Cress has the same pungent nip that Watercress does but can be grown directly in the garden. Leaf production is at it’s highest during the summer and autumn, but it will happily carry on growing right through the winter. It deserves to be far more widely grown.
European watercress.
Watercress has recently risen to a starring role in elaborate culinary preparations. This highly nutritious aquatic herb has a lovely mustardy bite most commonly served raw as a garnish or as part of a salad.
True Samphire, Sea Fennel
For centuries, Samphire was food for the poor, free to ordinary people living by the sea. It is ironic that today it is regarded as a specialty food, often served with an accompanying price tag.
Also marketed as Crystal Apple
Heritage (1894)
Lemon Cucumbers are a very old variety cultivated since in 1894. Each fruit is the size of a small apple, hence it was known as ‘Apple Cucumber’, but as its fruit is a pale yellow in colour it is often called ‘Crystal Lemon’. Very similar to a typical cucumber, with tender pale greenish skin and sweet flesh.
Jira or Zi yar
Cumin has a richness of history that gives it a special place in the world of spices. It has a distinctive flavour and aroma and is easily grown in cooler climates. The seeds are typically dried and used as a condiment.
Dill Seed, Dill Weed
Dill ‘Diana’ is a very upright and stable selection. Especially robust against bolting, it is very leafy with an attractive dark green colour. The plants have a compact growth habit and are suitable for windowsill or container use. Organic Seed.
Broad-leaved endive
‘Cornet de Bordeaux’ is a very fine old French variety of endive that produces looser, wavier interior foliage that flares into a veritable cornet. The thick, buttery yellow leaves are very succulent and delicious, they have that special thick crunch of Italian endives, but with a sweeter flavour.
Chinese leek, Oriental garlic chives, Ku chai, Koo chye or Gau choy
A relatively new vegetable in the English-speaking world but well-known in Asian cuisine, the flavour of garlic chives is more like garlic than chives, though much milder. Both leaves and the stalks of the flowers are used a stir fry ingredient. The flowers may also be used as a spice.
Chenopodium bonus-henricus (An Ancient Crop)
Poor-man's Asparagus, Lincolnshire Spinach.
Good King Henry was once a common sight in every garden. He 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. Organic Seed.
Mustard Spinach
Komatsuna is possibly Japan’s most beloved vegetable – An all-season green that is easy to grow and can be used in all kinds of cooking. While Japanese people have eaten Komatsuna since the olden days, many people now use Komatsuna to make smoothies – A chilled komatsuna and banana smoothie is lovely morning drink.
Bee Balm Sweet Balm, Balm Mint, Blue Balm.
Melissa officinalis or ‘Lemon balm’ is a highly-scented herb, best known for its use in tea, but this very special herb has a number other uses. If you enjoy the liquors Benedictine and Chartreuse you may find the taste familiar as lemon balm is an ingredient in both.
Bee Balm, Sweet Balm, Balm Mint, Blue Balm.
Lemon balm is a very special herb with a number other uses. The leaves have the scent of lemon with a hint of mint. It is refreshing served in summer drinks such as Pimms or lemonade, use to flavour fruit, in sorbets and deserts or with a green salad. Organic Seed.
Lemon Grass, Cochin Grass or Malabar Grass
Lemon 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.
Butterhead Lettuce.
Heritage variety (pre 1870)
As its name suggests, this classic butterhead lettuce can be the basis of fresh daily salads throughout the year. This is no ‘supermarket’ variety, but rather a proper lettuce with an exquisite flavour unavailable from anywhere but from your own vegetable patch.
Loose Leaf Lettuce
Heritage variety (Introduced in 1952)
Salad 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. Organic Seed.
Romaine, Cos, Semi-Cos
Heritage (1880's)
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. NIAB Accreditation and RHS AGM.
Green Continental, Curly Lettuce
Lollo 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.
Loose Leaf or Continental Red Lettuce
Lollo 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. 
Loose Leaf or Continental Red Lettuce
Lollo 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.
'Merveille des Quatre Saisons' Butterhead Lettuce.
Heritage variety (French 1885)
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.
'Merveille des Quatre Saisons' Butterhead Lettuce.
Heritage variety (French 1885)
Also 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.
Marvel of Winter, Butterhead, Winter variety.
Lettuce Meraviglia d’Inverno is truly a ‘Marvel of Winter’, it is from one of the coldest regions of Italy and is hardy to around minus 10°C (14°F). Compact and tender, it will stand in perfect condition right through winter and can be harvested from September right through to March.
Romaine or Cos
Heritage (USA 1950)
Parris 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. Price range: €1.65 through €3.95
Price range: €1.65 through €3.95
Price range: €1.65 through €3.95
Price range: €1.65 through €3.95
Price range: €1.65 through €3.95
Price range: €1.65 through €3.95
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