Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Cucumber ‘Mini Munch’ F1 Hybrid
The ideal lunchbox snack, with optimum flavour, crunchy but juicy picked and eaten straight from the plant. Wash if necessary but no need to peel these 7cm (3) ‘mini munch cukes’. Each plant is prolific fruiting if picked every other day throughout the summer.
Parsnip ‘Albion’
Long, smooth, white-skinned, tapering roots of uniform size with a delicious sweet flavour and good texture. Good canker resistance, especially from later sowings. Lifted roots store well for winter use
Iris Tiger Mixed
Uniquely coloured dutch iris mix. These hardy, low maintenance bulbs, are ideal for cutting.
Swan Gourd
I’m a fun plant to grow as I have spotted fruits with a long neck that make me look like an elegant swan. When my fruits are dried you can paint me with faces or leave me looking like a swan. Height: 2m. Why Not invite your friends round to see who can paint the
Ageratum houstonianum ‘Dwarf Ball Mixed’
This pretty combination of dwarf Ageratum provide long-lasting colour to beds, borders and containers all through the summer months and into autumn. Ageratum houstonianum ?Dwarf Ball Mixed? creates soft cushions of harmonious colour with their dense flower clusters which have a unique, fluffy appearance.
Tomato ‘Roma Nano’ – Vita Sementi® Italian Seeds
Semi-BushTomato ‘Roma Nano’ is a traditional plum tomato producing juicy, fleshy fruits with very few seeds, making them ideal for pastes, soups, sauces and sun drying. This semi-bush variety can be grown in the greenhouse but will have a richer, fuller flavour if grown outdoors. Grown as a semi-bush variety, it is easy to grow
Dwarf Bean ‘Impero Bianco’ (Cannellini Bean) – Vita Sementi® Italian Seeds
Each pale creamy yellow pod contains 6 or 7 large white cannellini beans that are delicious when added to soups and casseroles. Dwarf Bean ‘Impero Bianco’ is compact and late maturing – harvest the fully mature seeds autumn for the largest, tastiest cannellini beans. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
Radicchio ‘Orchidea Rossa’ – UK Mo Italian Range
Radicchio ‘Orchidea Rossa?, also known as Red Orchid chicory, produces succulent rosettes of deep red leaves which are perfect for use in salads with a tangy dressing and also delicious when fried or filled and roasted. This versatile summer crop is reliable and easy to grow.
Pepper Jolly Il ‘Carnoso Da Arrostire’
Traditional blocky green pepper with fruit that turns to red.
Cultivated Rocket – Vita Sementi® Italian Seeds
Very quick growing, Rocket Cultivated Rucola Coltivata is a vigorous, robust plant with pungent leaves. Use as a main ingredient of a mixed green salad to add zest and texture
Tacca chantrieri
In Malaya they call it the Devil’s Flower and strange, fascinating stories surround it. Originating, no doubt, from the malevolent way the eyes in the bloom seem to be following your every move! It grows to about 2ft. in height with flowers complete with filaments or whiskers 12in. long forming a flowing forked tail
Turnip ‘Rapa De Lodi’
This compact Turnip ‘Rapa De Lodi’ has an excellent taste and a crisp white colour. It prefers a full sun position and is great choice for growing on the patio and also in the border.
Tomato ‘Yellow Stuffer’ – Heritage
CordonThis cordon variety produces blocky, firm, thick walled, shiny yellow fruits, each weighing up to 200g (7oz). The central core is easily removed making this one of the best beefsteak tomato varieties for stuffing and baking. Fruits of Tomato ‘Yellow Stuffer’ will keep up to 4 weeks in the refrigerator. An outstanding variety that is
Clarkia ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’
A special combination of soft and rich pinks, reds and salmon. The exquisitely formed azalea-like blooms add grace and colour to the garden. Great value for money! Height: 30-38cm (12-15in)
Lettuce ‘Relic’ (Loose-leaf)
A breeding development of the heirloom ‘Deer’s Tongue’ to give improved uniformity and good mildew resistance. A distinctive and attractive, eye-catching loose leaf plant habit with reddish maroon, narrow pointed leaves with a pleasant taste and texture. Recommended for successional sowingsStands well in condition without bolting during hot weather. Prefers a moist, well-drained soil in
Morning Glory ‘Carnevale di Venezia’
A vigorous climber producing masses of spectacular, striped blue and pink blooms with intricate markings, as if painted individually. Flowers all summer, transforming your garden with all the dazzling colours of the Venice Carnival. Twining climber to 2m (6ft)
Celery ‘Tango’ F1 Hybrid (Self blanching)
A self-blanching variety with beautiful apple-green, smooth stems with good flavour and texture for that all important celery crunch. Celery Tango has good bolting resistance and stands well during hot weather for reliable crops
Beetroot ‘Paonazza d’Egitto’ – Vita Sementi® Italian Seeds
Ideal for early sowings as they mature quickly, Beetroot Bietola da Orto Paonazza d’Egitto producies unusual flatter roots with deep red flesh and a sweet flavour
Kale ‘Cavolo Palmizio Senza Testa’ – Vita Sementi® Italian Seeds
Increasingly popular, Cavolo Palmizio Senza Testa can be used as a ‘baby salad leafto add colour, texture and taste to mixed salads. The mature plant of Kale Cavolo Palmizio Senza Testa can also be used as a winter hardy vegetable when fresh produce is in short supply.
