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No. of Varieties: 281
Mountain Savory, Garden Savory

Winter savory, the perennial savory has the same properties as its summer relative Summer savory, although it has a heavier aroma and a sharper pine type flavour. The small perennial shrubs are semi-evergreen, retaining their leaves in all but the coldest gardens and remain useful all year round.

French Sorrel
Heritage (French 1730's)

Sorrel De Belleville is a small French cultivar. It is hardy and well-proven to be productive under almost any conditions with an excellent lemon flavour. One of the earliest green crops and embarrassingly easy to grow, it needs no attention other than when you want to eat it.

French Sorrel
Heritage (French 1730's)
Sorrel De Belleville is a small French cultivar. It is hardy and well-proven to be productive under almost any conditions with an excellent lemon flavour. One of the earliest green crops and embarrassingly easy to grow, it needs no attention other than when you want to eat it. Organic Seed.
True French Sorrel
Ancient Crop

Buckler leaf sorrel is a superb salad crop, with all the best qualities of common sorrel it has the same vibrant, lemony taste but is less sour with a softer texture. Its distinct leaves are shaped like a shield.

Micro Glitter Spinach

Mexican Tree Spinach is the latest ‘new’ arrival on the veg-growing scene. A beautiful plant to have in the garden or allotment. Vivid pink tinged triangular bright green leaves with each new set of leaves blushed a shocking magenta.

'Squashkin' (Butternut x Crown Prince F1)

‘F1 Autumn Crown’ is a new butternut crossed with a Winter squash, Crown Prince F1, which produces the shape of one parent and the buff colour of the other. More importantly, it has inherited early ripening from Crown Prince, setting fruits at least a month before the previously available fastest butternuts.

Gem Squash

‘F1 Rolet’ is a Gem type squash, small and round and about the size of a cricket ball, its deep green smooth skin sets it apart from other squashes. Early maturing and high yielding, it is very easy to cook and has a incredible nutty, warm flavour.

Winter, Onion, Hokkaido or Potimarron Squash
Most people initially grow Uchiki Kuri squash because of its similarity to the familiar pumpkin. What they will not have anticipated is finding it a far superior squash to pumpkin. If you believe that they are only fit for Halloween lanterns allow yourself to be converted. Organic Seed.
Winter Squash

‘Waltham’ is an improved version of the common Butternut squash. First bred in the 1960’s they are reliable, productive and a long-keeper. It has very little seed cavity, thicker & straighter necks, fruits earlier, and produces more flesh per fruit.

Strawberry Sticks, Beetberry, Strawbini

‘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 salads and the greens are deliciously edible.

Strawberry Sticks, Beetberry, Strawbini

‘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 salads and the greens are deliciously edible. Organic Seeds.

Garden Myrh, Anise

Sweet Cicely is an attractive plant that is a striking component of herb gardens and hedgerows. Growing to around 90cm, umbels of tiny white flowers appear from spring to early summer. Formerly a widely cultivated culinary herb, the fern-like leaves are deeply divided and smell of aniseed when crushed.

French Marigold
Tagetes patula ‘Queen Sophia’ is an extremely popular, award winning variety that was introduced in the early 1900’s. Gorgeous to the point of excess, it produces semi-double blooms. Deep orange-to-russet petals that are intricately edged with russet and gold.
Rosette Pak Choi, Spoon Mustard.

Tatsoi or Rosette Pak Choi is among the most popular of oriental greens. The spoon-shaped, dark green, evenly spaced leaves form a plant worthy to be grown for its decorative value alone. Given enough room the plants will form beautiful wide rosettes of regular, concentric circles.

Red Top Turnip. Heritage (Italy pre 1888).

Purple Top Milan is a classic Italian heirloom variety and is still as popular as ever. Highly ornamental, it has smooth creamy-white flat roots with bright purple shoulders and pure white flesh. A strap-leaved variety, quick to mature and early cropping, it is an ideal ‘catch crop’ between slower growing vegetables.

Red Top Turnip. Heritage (Italy pre 1888).
Introduced before 1888 Purple Top Milan has smooth creamy-white flat roots with bright purple shoulders and pure white flesh of choice quality. Quick to mature and early cropping, it is an ideal ‘catch crop’ between slower growing vegetables. Organic Seed.
Japanese Type. Heritage (Pre 1885)

Turnip ‘Snowball’ is a very popular first-class, globe variety with solid flesh and a juicy, sweet, mild flavour. They are a fast crop, being ready in just five to eight weeks from sowing. With pure white flesh as its name suggests, Snowball is superb for both table and exhibition and is recommended by the N.I.A.B

Ramsons Garlic, Wild Garlic, Broad Leaved Garlic
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland

Until a few years ago you would never have seen wild garlic on a menu, but these days is definitely a chefs’ favourite. The whole plant is edible, the flavour is softer, more pleasant than cloves from garlic bulbs. The leaves have a vibrant colour that brings food to life, use sparingly in salads, or add to sauces and dressings. It also makes splendid pesto.

Calaloo , Chinese Spinach, Yin choi, Lin Choi

Amaranth ‘Green Giant’ is a vigorous selection that produces slightly savoyed, large mid green leaves. The popular Calaloo in Caribbean cuisine, the leaves have a mild spinach flavour and can be harvested when plants are just 20cm tall.

Chinese Spinach, Yin choi, Lin Choi

Amaranth tricolor ‘Variegated’, also known as ‘Red Leaf’ 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, it melts delectably when cooked.

Chinese Spinach, Calaloo, Yin choi, Lin Choi

A favorite with chefs, Amaranth tricolor ‘Red Army’ is an intense cherry red selection that grows to around 35cm tall. The attractive leaves have a delicate pea-like flavour and can be used at babyleaf stage for salad or garnish, or can be left to mature for steamed vegetable or soups.

Holy Ghost, Archangelica officinalis

Angelica archangelica is a majestic plant that deserves a prominent position at the back of a border or in a wild part of the garden. All parts of the aromatic plant have culinary or medicinal uses, but it is best known for its candied stems, used as a cake decoration.

Baby Leaf Salad Mix
Not overwhelming by any means but certainly friskier than the lettuce mixes, this classic Asian Mix contains Taisai, Mizuna, Swiss chard, Chinese cabbage and frilly mustards. Sow little and often for continuity. Organic Seeds
Baby Leaf Salad Mix
A Classic mix of lettuce varieties that can be used for both baby leaf or for growing to maturity. Including ‘Red Salad Bowl’, ‘Marvel of Four Seasons’ , Lettuce ‘Suzan’ and ‘Little Leprechaun’ – Try it, you are bound to be delighted! Organic Seeds
Six Packs of Exciting Salad Mixes

The Baby Leaf Salad Mix Collection contains six packets of seeds. They can be grown all year round, for a continuous supply of tasty and nutritious baby leaves. They can be grown in the home, on windowsills or raised in pots in glasshouses or polytunnels in cooler areas for winter early spring crops.

Cylinder Beetroot
Beetroot Cylindra is a dark red, cylindrical root. This unique variety has a fine, smooth texture with little fibre, the root maintains its sweetness and tenderness over a long growing season. With an earthy-caramel taste, they are especially lovely when roasted.
Cylinder Beetroot

Popular and productive, beetroot ‘Forono’ forms a uniform, elongated, dark-red root that has a fine, smooth texture with little fibre and maintains its sweetness and tenderness over a long growing season. Awarded the RHS AGM. Organic Seeds.

Maincrop Beetroot
Heritage (USA 1940's)

Neat and globe-shaped, with smooth orange skin and rich golden flesh Beetroot ‘Burpee’s Golden’are full of sweetness with a mild, gentle flavour. Cooked, they deepen to a warm turmeric gold, while eaten raw, they bring colour and sweetness to salads. Even the foliage is handsome, with light green leaves beautifully traced in gold.

Starflower, Bee Bread, White Borage

The herb borage is a well known annual with beautiful sky blue flowers and succulent foliage. Not so well known and not often written about is the equally beautiful form ‘alba’ which boast pure white, perfectly star-shaped flowers. This mixed pack of seeds gives both blue and white forms.

Savoy Cabbage, Winter Savoy

Savoy cabbage ‘Vertus’ produces heads of finely blistered, dark green ruffled leaves that have a sweet, subtle flavour. This mid-late, frost hardy variety produces cabbages that have the ability to withstand even severe cold weather. Sow April to early June, harvest October to February.

Savoy Cabbage, Early Winter Savoy

Savoy cabbage ‘Vertus’ produces heads of finely blistered, dark green ruffled leaves that have a sweet, subtle flavour. This mid-late, frost hardy variety produces cabbages that have the ability to withstand even severe cold weather. Sow April to early June, harvest October to February.

Pot Marigold, English Marigold. Herb Marigold
Calendula officinalis is prolific and durable and so are perfect candidates for cutting and flower arrangements. Sprinkle salads and decorate cakes with the edible tangy petals. Organic Seed.
Maincrop
‘Lila Lu’ is a stunning deep purple carrot with a vibrant orange centre. The wildly unique colour and and sweet taste make this a must grow for both home gardeners and market farmers. Sow May to July for harvesting September to end of October. Organic Seeds.
Maincrop

Carrot ‘Purple Sun F1’ is a conical, Nantes-type carrot, with intensely coloured dark purple skin and purple centre. An early-maturing hybrid that is uniform and compact. Seeds can be sown successionally almost all year, or sown directly May to July for harvesting September to end of October.

Extra early variety, Early Nantes type.
This is the extra early carrot that organic gurus rave about. With incredibly sweet flavour and uniform growth, ‘Napoli F1’ has assumed cult status. Sow in August in a raised bed or beneath a cloche and experience the full flavour of winter ‘candy carrots’. Organic Seeds.
Maincrop

Carrot ‘Yellowstone’ is one of the most attractive and versatile carrots you can grow. They can be sown successionally almost all year from February. Slightly tapered with smooth skin and crunchy texture, honey roasted carrots have never looked, or tasted so good.

Late Season, European Heirloom (C 1900's)
‘Giants of Colmar’ is a late-season carrot that reliably produces magnificently large roots with juicy, sweet flesh. Sow from May onwards, they are ideal for winter harvests and renowned for their excellent storage properties. Organic Seeds.
Four Colourful Varieties
With their compelling health benefits and a thumbs-up from taste testers, colourful varieties of carrots have quickly established themselves to be de rigueur for both home growers and market gardeners. This season we are offering a mix of four rare and unusual, heirloom varieties. Organic Seeds.
Heirloom French Variety
Carrot ‘Jaune du Doubs’ is a beautiful old French gourmet variety that produces cylindrical roots 20 to 25cm (8 to 10in) in length with a rounded tip, a smooth surface and thick foliage. Suitable for fresh consumption, it is recognised throughout France as having a good sweet flavour. Organic Seeds.
Second Early & Maincrop
Heritage (1927)

Carrot ‘Nantes 2’ is an excellent variety for early and successional crops producing uniform blunt-ended cylindrical roots. With good carrot fly resistance, it matures in 110 days in a warm climate and reaches an average size of 15cm. Sow February to August, for harvesting June to October.

Maincrop

Launched in 2005, Carrot ‘Purple Dragon’ caused a great stir at grower’s and farmers markets. With compelling health benefits and a thumbs-up from taste testers, it has quickly established itself. A Danver’s type carrot with a sweet flavour and beautiful purple skin, the deep velvety exterior gives way to a starburst of brilliant orange at the core.

Chicory / Radicchio, Late variety.
Heritage (Italian 18th C.)

Chicory Variegata di Castelfranco has a beautiful form with wavy leaves that are flecked with purple. Incredibly hardy and totally invaluable, this traditional variety is one of the easiest to grow at any time in the year.

Chinese, Mexican or Indian Parsley

Coriander ‘Slobolt’ is a variety for leaf production that is resistant to bolting and running to seed. It isn’t a hard plant to grow and of course, fresh herbs and spices have far better flavours than dried ones. Home grown herbs are infinitely superior, the difference can be quite startling.

Dwarf Lemon or Zesty Lemon Parsley

‘Dwarf Lemon’ Coriander is a delightful and refreshing combination that brings together the sharp zest of lemon and the aromatic, citrusy undertone of coriander. This pairing is cherished in a variety of global cuisines for its ability to lift and brighten dishes.

Compact, Slow bolting variety.

A modern coriander variety, fresh ‘Hacor’ leaves are bright, citrusy and slightly peppery, with a hint of spice and a touch of sweetness. The flavour is clean and full rather than harsh, holding up well in both raw and cooked dishes. The seeds are warm, nutty and aromatic, with a lemony undertone once toasted.

Pop corn or Popping corn

The whole process of growing Popcorn is much the same as growing Sweet corn. Sown in May to June, when the soil has warmed to harvest in August to September. Popcorn ‘Cinema’ has a high starch content and so its glassy kernels pop very well when heated. Perfect for any party or home movie night. Organic Seed.

Pop corn or Popping corn

‘Plomyk’ is a corn variety that is grown for its dried seeds that are later used to make delicious, home-made popcorn. Usually sown in May to June and harvested August to September. Perfect for home made popcorn at a party or movie night!

Courgette, Marrow, Squash, Zucchini
There is a growing interest in the light green courgettes in international markets and Italy has been working hard to meet the demand. Once mainly grown in the south of the country, this courgette has now expanded into new markets. Expect Courgette ‘Alberello’ to produce tasty, green-skinned fruits with beautiful light green flecks. Resistant to a multitude of diseases, reliable and easy to harvest, they will bear fruits in prolific quantities. Organic Seeds
Courgette, Marrow, Squash, Zucchini

Courgette ‘Black Beauty’ is a reliable variety that produces fruits with a very dark green skin, giving it its ‘black’ name. It is a compact, open bush and starts bearing zucchini around 45 to 50 days to maturity, and will produce throughout the season. If continuously harvested, they will bear handsome oblong dark green fruits in prolific quantities.

Costata Romanesco

Courgette ‘F1 Atena’ is a heavy cropping, early variety of courgette with tender flesh and an abundance of bright yellow fruits. A semi-compact, non training bush variety, the plants yield prolifically and are ideal for smaller gardens or pots. It produces extremely beautiful fruits with smooth, thin golden-yellow skins and crisp flesh.

Zucchini, Summer Squash, Marrow

Courgette ‘Gold Rush’ is an extremely beautiful variety with smooth, thin yellow skins and crisp flesh. It is an early, rich cropping courgette with tender flesh and an abundance of bright yellow fruits. The compact plants yield prolifically and are ideal for smaller gardens or pots.

Seakale, Wildflower of Britain and Ireland
Ancient Crop.

Crambe maritima is a lovely dual purpose plant. This delicacy from the olden days has a unique delicate flavour, forced Seakale is a real delicacy. In the garden, it can be grown as an eye-catching and fragrant border plant. It has perhaps the most beautiful of all large glaucous leaves

This fabulous range of Edible Flowers and Herbs give decorative petals and leaves for use as garnishes and flavourings. Some are spicy, and some herbaceous, while others are floral and fragrant, the range is surprising. They will bring a stunning finish to the food and drinks you that you love.

Price range: €3.95 through €23.95

Blue Hyssop
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland
Hyssop famously attracts bees, hover-flies and butterflies. It makes excellent honey and is a must for any wildflower garden. Some beekeepers rub the hive with it to encourage the bees to keep to their home. In cooking, use the same way you would Rosemary. Organic Seed.
Pink Hyssop

Hyssopus officinalis ‘Alba’ is a much less well known variety of hyssop. Also known as ‘White Hyssop’ the plants sport bright white flowers from July to October. Widely used as a ‘taste enhancing’ herb or wildlife plant, the plants are a dark, vibrant green with a spiky, upright habit and narrow tongue-like leaves which have a peppery scent when stroked.

Blue Hyssop
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland

Hyssop is a strong-flavoured aromatic herb which is enjoying a revival with home gardeners. An ideal plant for use in containers or as a low hedge or border within the herb garden. Highly attractive to bees, it makes excellent honey and is a must for any wildflower garden.

Price range: €3.95 through €23.95