Category Archives: Garden
Tomato ‘Suncherry Premium’ F1 Hybrid – Seeds
A superb RHS AGM variety, Tomato ‘Suncherry Premium’ is one of the sweetest tasting, red-skinned cherry tomatoes available, making the perfect complement to our ever popular orange-skinned variety ‘Sungold’. Huge crops of shiny, bite-sized red fruits ripen early and continue to be produced throughout the summer. This cordon variety is best grown in the greenhouse,
Lettuce ‘Arctic King’ (Butterhead) – Seeds
A fine lettuce known for its exceptional cold resistance and bred solely for autumn sowings. Lettuce Arctic King is a large lettuce, light green in colour, with tasty, crinkled leaves
Tomato ‘Country Taste’ F1 Hybrid – Seeds
CordonTomato ‘Country Taste’ produces meaty, delicious fruits, which can easily attain weights over 227g (0.5lb) if trusses are trimmed to allow 3 or 4 fruits to ripen per truss. This fantastic beefsteak tomato is particularly early to set and ripen when grown under glass. An excellent cordon tomato for exhibition and competitions – you could
Lettuce ‘All The Year Round’ (Butterhead) – Seeds
Medium heads with solid, crisp hearts. Lettuce All The Year Round is very hardy, reliable and dry weather tolerant. Ideal for successional and autumn sowing.
Sorrel – Seeds
This hardy perennial herb is easy to grow and adds leafy texture and a tart flavour to a mixed leaf salad. Young sorrel leaves are used extensively in French cuisine, being particularly flavoursome in fish dishes, soups, stews and sauces. Height and spread: 30cm (12).
Strawberry ‘Florian’ F1 Hybrid (Everbearer/ All season) – Seeds
The attractive blossom pink flowers of Strawberry ‘Florian’ are followed by a heavy crop of good sized, juicy, red fruits from July to September. This delicious everbearing variety can be grown outdoors or under glass, but as it fruits from its runners as well as the main plant, Strawberry ‘Florian’ is ideal for growing in
Thyme ‘Old English’ – Seeds
One of the most useful kitchen herbs for stews, stuffings and bouquet garni. This aromatic, evergreen thyme will grow almost anywhere in containers, rock gardens, borders, and even cracks in paving. Ideal for creating low, matt forming groundcover that will attract bees to the tiny, pink blooms. Thyme is particularly useful in coastal areas where
Chervil – Seeds
Curled chervil is one of the few hardy annual herbs for all-year-round use. The leaves can be chopped and used in salads, stews, and dressings, or used as a garnish in the same way as parsley. Widely used on the continent for its rich savoury flavour resembling that of caraway, which blends well with fish
Sage – Seeds
The soft blue-green leaves of sage are ideal for adding their rich flavour to meats and stuffing. This hardy sub-shrub is an essential herb for adding to the Sunday roast but also makes an attractive plant in the perennial border. The flavour of the leaves will be best when growing sage in warm, dry conditions.
Coriander – Seeds
A quick growing, dual purpose annual herb that is grown for its seeds or fresh young leaves. Coriander seeds are delicious in cakes, and when crushed add an orangey flavour to meat dishes. The young leaves of coriander (often called ‘Cilantro’) can be finely chopped and added to curies, sauces, chutneys and salads. Height: 60cm
Sweet Marjoram – Seeds
With a mild flavour, Sweet Marjoram herb is delicious in stuffings, soups, stews, omelettes, cheese dishes, fish sauces and salads. Sprinkle over pork, before roasting or add to melted butter to garnish vegetables. Recommended by herbalists to lower high blood pressure and combat headaches, and neuralgia. Sweet Marjoram plants are most often grown as annuals,
Dill – Seeds
This aromatic annual can be grown for its seeds or its rich, aniseed flavoured foliage that compliments fish dishes particularly well. The feathery dill leaves make an attractive addition to a sunny herb garden. This easy to grow herb is tolerant of most conditions and requires little maintenance. Height: 90cm (35). Spread: 30cm (12).
Chives – Seeds
This perennial member of the onion family is undemanding and easy to grow, returning year after year, and attracting bees and butterflies to its pretty pink blooms. Chives are an essential addition to the herb garden. Their leaves and edible flowers make them indispensible for garnishing potato salad, soups and other savoury dishes. Chives are
Basil ‘Sweet Green’ – Seeds
With a flavour that tastes of mint and cloves, Basil ‘Sweet Green’ compliments courgette and tomato dishes and is quite legendary in pesto. Large aromatic leaves are produced on neat bushy plants. The fresh basil leaves make a delicious addition to salads and pasta dishes. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 40cm (16)
Lettuce ‘Tom Thumb’ (Butterhead) – Seeds
A fabulous tiny Butterhead lettuce that is perfectly proportioned for individual salads. Remarkably quick maturing, Lettuce ‘Tom Thumb’ produces solid heads of deliciously soft and juicy leaves that can be grown just 15cm (6) apart. Its tiny size and good vigour make this an ideal variety for early crops under cloches for the earliest harvests.
Shallot ‘Figaro’ – Seeds
Long, banana-shaped shallots from seed, as used by many celebrity chefs. Shallot ‘Figaroproduces attractive, shiny, copper brown-skinned bulbs with crisp white flesh and a very distinct flavour. Sowing densities will determine the size of bulbs you harvest. Stores well for winter use in the kitchen
Cauliflower ‘All The Year Round’ (Spring/ Summer/Autumn) – Seeds
A very useful, very white, dwarf variety that can be sown and harvested at most of the cauliflower harvesting periods of the year. Cauliflower All The Year Round will make very large, tight heads and is one of the easiest to grow as well. A very useful cauliflower for frame culture and successional sowings. Prefers
Beetroot ‘Rubidus’ (Globe) – Seeds
Bolting is almost a thing of the past with this excellent globe beetroot! Detroit 6 : Rubidus will be ready to harvest over a week earlier than ‘Boltardy’, which it supersedes in all respects. Firm, smooth, deep red flesh without a hint of fibre, even when 125cm (5in) in diameter. Vigorous, high yields which are
Cauliflower Romanesco precoce – Seeds
Created a great deal of interest when grown at the Scottish Horticultural Research Institute, yet it is very widely grown in Northern Italy. The ‘spears’ can be snapped off individually or all together. Broccoli Romanesco has a taste and texture exceeding the finest broccoli and to really appreciate the flavour it should be cooked and
Carrot ‘Chantenay Red Cored 3 – Supreme’ – Seeds
A well known, blunt ended variety that is ideal for early and successional sowings. Carrot ‘Chantenay Red Cored 3 – Supreme’ is popular for its red fleshed roots with a bright orange skin and a crisp, sweet flavour. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6)
