GARDENING PICKS

For all the year round production of delicious spring/bunching onions, Spring Onion Performer produces upright, dark green leaves and mild flavoured stems which do not bulb. You can successionally sow Spring Onion Performer throug…

Ideal for sowing in an unheated greenhouse. A mix of 4 ‘winter greens’ that can be sown for ‘salad leaves’ but are ideally module raised and transplanted for full sized plants. Delicious, fresh leaves and t…

"This innovative blend will add oriental flavours, colours and textures to your salads. Niche Oriental Mixed is ideal for sowing in succession, to pick leaves as you need them. Can also be grown under glass during the winter month…

Radish Scarlet Globe is a very popular and easy variety producing bright red, evenly shaped roots with pure white, crisp, moist flesh and mild flavour.  Height Up to 15cm (5.9in). Spread Up to 15cm (5.9in). 75…

The smallest lettuce. A compact, solid butterhead type with deliciously soft leaves just right for small families or restricted space. Lettuce Butterhead Tom Thumb can be grown as close as 15cm (6in.) apart and makes a useful earl…

An excellently flavoured Italian lettuce of the type used in salads and also in many other dishes as a tasty garnish. Lettuce Continental Looseleaf Lollo Rossa is compact, non hearting with a rosette of finely frilled leaves with …

One of the earliest varieties to mature. Lettuce Little Gem produces small compact plants which are packed with a crisp sweet heart and little outside leaf. Lettuce Little Gem is very useful for cloches too. Height and spread…

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. Height: 15cm (6"). Spread: 30cm (12"). 5…

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. Height: 15cm (6"). Spread: 30cm (12"). 1000 seeds approx.

Kale Dwarf Green Curled produces dark, tightly curled leaves. Excellent quality, very cold hardy, Kale Dwarf Green Curled is good for difficult or windswept gardens or poor wet soils. Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 45cm (18"). 4…

An old favourite for stews stuffings etc., mixed herbs and bouquet garni. Old English Thyme stimulates the appetite and helps the digestion of fatty foods. Helps repel cabbage root fly. Companion Plant: Grow Old English Thyme clos…

(French Parsley) The true variety, Plain Leaved Parsley is absolutely unsurpassed for flavour. Companion Plant: Said to improve the health and vigour of roses and tomatoes when grown next to them. Height: 30-60cm (12-24in). 1000 s…

A selected strain of Parlsey with tightly curled rich green leaf, ideal for garnishing, soups, stews etc. Parsley Champion Moss Curled is a fine windowsill pot plant which will supply fresh parsley on demand. Height and sprea…

British breeding on this essential and increasingly popular herb/salad leaf. Coriander Calypso is a 'cut 'n' come again' leaf, the plant can be cut back and allowed to re-grow at least 3 times through the summer due to its extreme…

"Approximate root length: 12-15cms (5-6 inches).British bred with partial Carrot Fly resistance, due to lower levels of chlorogenic acid within the developing roots. Carrot Flyaway is naturally sweet, producing early blunt ended r…

A reliable old favourite, Cabbage Greyhound produces early maturing pointed hearts of excellent flavour. Compact plants with very few wasted outer leaves. Height: 30cm (12"). Spread: 40cm (16"). 300 seeds approx.

An excellent resistance to bolting from an early sowing with the colour and the flesh as good as Detroit. Beetroot Boltardy has a sweet fresh flavour.  Height Up to 30cm (11.8in). Spread Up to 15cm (5.9in). 30…

Esteemed for its pale yellow tubers and dry mealy texture with pronounced flavour. A classic first early which if left develops into quality general purpose potatoes. Uses: New potato/general purpose.

Winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit it produces larger and better quality bulbs with reduced bolting incidence. The lovely golden brown skinned bulbs store well throughout the winter. Lovely mild taste

An ever popular variety producing firm, semi-flat bulbs with an excellent flavour. Onion ‘Stuttgarter Giant’ performed well in commercial assessments against ‘Red Baron’. Height: 45cm (18”). Spread: 1…