Category Archives: Garden
Kale ‘KX-1’ – Seeds
A stunning variety that can be grown as baby leaves for salads or harvested at full maturity. Kale ?KX-1? is distinctive for its bright red, serrated, curly leaves which darken to deep purple-red with maturity. This showy vegetable is particularly high in iron making it a nutritious addition to your dinner plate.
Aglaonema ‘Christina’
Chinese Evergreen is a well-behaved, low maintenance house plant. The broad, sword shaped leaves form a neat and tidy plant with a slow growth rate that won?t get out of hand. Originating from the tropical rain-forests in Asia, it will certainly appreciate a warm room.
Spinach ‘Monnopa’ – Seeds
Spinach ?Monnopa? contains low levels of oxalic acid, giving it an excellent, sweet flavour. With an upright habit, it is easy to grow and harvest, providing you with a generous supply of rounded, pale green leaves. Perfect for harvesting as baby leaves or growing on as mature plants.
Squash ‘Griller’s Mix’ F1 Hybrid (Summer) – Seeds
As the name implies, this colourful mix of summer squash are perfect for grilling or barbecuing. Bushy, open plants produce superb yields of oval fruits with a lovely mix of green, grey and yellow skins.
Sweetcorn ‘Golden Gate’ – Seeds
A superb choice for growers on cool or wet soils, where Sweetcorn ‘Golden Gate? shows markedly better establishment over other varieties. The 22cm (8?) long cobs boast 20 rows of grains on each cob. This super sweet, mid season variety has a deliciously sweet flavour, which can be enjoyed barbecued, steamed or boiled.
Sweetcorn ‘Summer Glow’ F1 – Seeds
A supersweet, mid season variety, producing an attractive mix of yellow and white grains on the same cob. Sweetcorn ‘Summer Glow’ performs well in difficult, cool locations, producing plenty of 20cm (8) long cobs.
Sweetcorn ‘Tyson’ – Seeds
High yielding Sweetcorn ‘Tyson’ is a reliable and rewarding variety to grow in any kitchen garden or allotment. This disease resistant variety produces good-sized cobs with vibrant juicy kernels and great flavour.
Tomato ‘Red Profusion’ F1 – Seeds
Ripening up to 2 weeks earlier than the ever popular ?Tumbler?! Tomato ‘Red Profusion’ is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the best basket and container varieties available. This bush cherry tomato forms a neat and compact plant with a superb branching habit.
Onion ‘Hylander’ F1 Hybrid – Seeds
Exceptional resistance to fungal disease. Height 45cm (18in).
Spring Onion ‘White Star’ – Seeds
Add a powerful punch to salads and stir fries with the golf ball sized bulbs of Spring Onion ?White Star?. The rounded, white bulbs have a superb flavour and fabulous, crisp texture. When sown successionally throughout the summer, these onions produce excellent yields.
Parsley ‘Hamburg Arat’ – Seeds
An unusual ?eat-all? vegetable, closely related to traditional parsley. Parsley ?Hamburg Arat? is best grown for its delicious ?parsnip-like? roots which make a superb winter vegetable. The large, tapered, white roots have a strong, nutty, celery flavour when roasted.
Radish ‘Diana’ – Seeds
Radish ?Diana? is a summer radish with plenty of ?plate-appeal?! The rounded roots have a lovely purple colour, fading to white at the root tips. This colourful variety is ideal for adding a bright splash of colour and a peppery flavour to your salads. This quick maturing radish matures in just 25 days.
Tomato ‘Celano’ F1 hybrid – Seeds
An attractive, blight resistant variety producing long trusses of small, scarlet red, cherry plum tomatoes. The fruits are bite-sized, weighing in around 20g each, making them perfect for adding to salad bowls, lunch boxes or snacking on.
Tomato ‘Ruby Falls’ – Seeds
Dark red cocktail tomatoes, the size of a large cherry tomato, fall in long trusses. This compact cordon variety has been specially bred for a shorter stem length between each set of leaves, resulting in more fruits per plant. The fruits have a rich, sweet flavour, each weighing up to 40g.
Tomato ‘Divinity’ F1 hybrid – Seeds
Tomato ?Divinity? boasts a bushy habit and evergreen genes that keep its foliage looking fresh and green for longer. With built in resistance to late blight, this superb new variety can produce excellent yields of large, cherry tomatoes ? up to 4kg per plant, in fact!
Artichoke ‘Imperial Star’ – Seeds
Not only an impressive cropper but also an ornamental feature, you can grow tall and upright Artichoke ?Imperial Star? in rows on the allotments or as a dual purpose feature at the back of a sunny border. The flower buds are large and flavoursome, held above tall study stems during summer.
Artichoke ‘Italian Purple’ – Seeds
An attractive Cardoon with purple flower buds which provide good ornamental value as well as a tasty crop of fresh artichokes during summer. The purple-skinned flower buds of Artichoke ?Italian Purple? are generously large and can be removed from the stem when ready.
Beetroot ‘Morello’ – Seeds
A visually impressive variety which matures quickly from just 12 weeks after sowing! Beetroot ‘Morello’ produces rounded, purple roots with attractive white rings set within the dark flesh. The red stems and purple leaves can be eaten as well as the roots, making this a versatile ?no waste? vegetable.
Broccoli ‘Komodo’ F1 Hybrid (Calabrese) – Seeds
With strong clubroot resistance, Calabrese ‘Komodo’ F1 is a reliable variety that will guarantee a decent harvest. This F1 Hybrid is a vigorous grower that produces dense, dark green heads from July, and continuing well into the autumn.
Swiss Chard ‘Fire Fresh’ – Seeds
Gently wavy, dark green leaves boast prominent crimson stems that make a superb colour contrast and pleasing flavour. This vibrant vegetable can be harvested at all stages of maturity, giving each plant a long cropping period.
