Onion ‘Bedfordshire Champion’ has retained its popularity for over a hundred years. This heavy cropping variety produces large globe shaped, golden brown skinned bulbs with crisp white flesh and a mild flavour. This reliable onion is well suited to the UK climate with late summer maturity and excellent storing capabilities. Height: 45cm (18″). Spread: 10cm...
Grow a variety of tasty onions in four different colours! Comprising both mild and strong flavoured types this Onion ‘Four Colour Bulb Mix’ caters to every taste. Including (in equal quantities) ‘Red Tide’ F1 – a recently introduced red variety from new breeding, ‘Isobel Rose’ which is pink to start with and then deepens in...
A red F1 hybrid onion from British breeding. Onion ‘Red Herald’ produces deep red, rounded bulbs with a uniform shape and crisp, tasty flesh. The flavour is strong and distinctive. This high quality variety has a longer storage potential than the popular red variety, ‘Red Baron’. Crops also show excellent resistance to bolting. Height: 45cm...
An excellent performer during trials, Parsnip ‘Warrior’ F1 Hybrid is a British-bred variety producing flavoursome, chunky, gradually tapering roots which measure up to 28cm (11”) in length. Strong and reliable ‘Warrior’ has also shown strong resistance to root canker. Lift the parsnips as and when needed throughout autumn and well into winter to get the...
Easy to grow and with a fantastically long cropping season, Chilli Pepper ‘Spangles’ provides summer-long harvest of sweet, mild chillies for multiple culinary dishes. Not only productive but also highly ornamental, this variety provides a four-colour display with masses of neat cone-shaped chillies which emerge purple before gradually changing to white, then orange and finally...
Early fruit setting and produces abundantly throughout the summer if grown in the greenhouse. Green fruits up to 25cm (l0in) in length, turn glossy yellow, red or purple. Superb cut lengthwise for grilling, stuffed, stir fried or sliced for salads. Height: 90cm (36″). Spread: 50cm (20″). 6 seeds approx.
Quicker maturing and with a slightly milder taste than Radish ‘China Rose’. Earliest sowings of Radish ‘Dragon’ are ready in 50 days whilst later sowings provide delicious ‘winter radishes’. Fully winter hardy, producing smooth, pinky-red skinned roots that are superb sliced in salads and stir fries. Height and spread: 15cm (6″).
Enjoy the refreshing, crisp and clean flavour of Radish ‘Flamboyant 3’. These cylindrical roots have attractive rose red skins with pure white tips that make a lovely addition to summer salads. Sow this RHS AGM variety regularly for ongoing crops of tasty roots throughout summer. Height: 15cm (6″). Spread: 10cm (4″).
This enticing blend of salad leaves brings together colour, texture and flavour for year-round harvesting. Mizuna gives the mixture colour and texture with its jagged leaves, while the mustards, rocket and Greek cress add a spicy, peppery flavour! Ideal for salads, sandwiches and garnishes, grow Salad Leaves ‘Frilly Mixed’ in the vegetable plot, containers or...
Our attractive Salad Leaves ‘Mesclun’ Mixed combines an eye-catching blend of lettuce varieties with a leafy texture and mild flavour. Perfect for adding to mixed salads, sandwiches and garnishes. Sow all the year round for a constant supply of freshly picked salad leaves. Height and spread: 15cm (6″).
Oriental Mustards add tastes and textures to your mixed salads, sandwiches and garnishes and also stir fries. Sow regularly all the year round for a constant supply of ‘salad leaves’. Pick the nutritious leaves of Oriental Mustards in under 30 days from sowing during summer months.
A decorative spinach variety bringing flavour and colour to the plate. Unusual red veining and red stems make this a stand out variety on the veg patch. Excellent as a baby leaf for salad use, when picked around 35 days from a spring sowing. The leaf veining becomes more pronounced as the plants mature into...
Tomato ‘Alicante’ is a generally superior variety possessing all the things we look for in a tomato, including an RHS AGM! Early in the season it produces heavy crops of medium sized, greenback free fruits with a superb sweet flavour. This productive and reliable tomato is best grown as a cordon either in the greenhouse...
Enjoy heavy crops of these large, tasty beefsteak tomatoes throughout summer and into autumn. Ideal for growing in the greenhouse or against a sunny wall, Tomato ‘Buffalosteak’ F1 hybrid produces a steady and long lasting crop of large red tomatoes which are packed full of flavour and have a lovely firm but juicy texture. Ideal...
An outstanding beefsteak tomato variety which produces attractive oxheart-shaped fruits with exceptional flavour, all summer long. Early ripening and extremely productive, you can enjoy the rewards of Tomato ‘Gourmandia’ from July right through to autumn, the chunky fruits each weighing up to 300g (10oz) when ripe. A firm texture with the juice held well within...
‘- Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit – Superb sweet flavour – Bolt-resistant One of the best known and most popular varieties available, Beetroot ‘Boltardy’ produces good yields of deep red, globe shaped roots with a superb sweet flavour and tender, ring free flesh. This RHS AGM variety is bolt-resistant making it ideal for...
‘- An improved strain of the ever popular ‘Detroit’ – Rich maroon colouring and a good flavour – Ideal for successional sowing to produce high yields An improved strain of the ever popular ‘Detroit’. Beetroot ‘Detroit 2 Crimson Globe’ produces globe-shaped roots with rich maroon colouring and a good flavour. Ideal for successional sowing to...
‘- Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit – Oval, high quality roots with a dark red colour – A very strong grower This main crop variety produces round to oval, high quality roots with a dark red colour. The hybrid vigour of Beetroot ‘Red Ace’ makes it a very strong grower which will do...
‘- A gardeners’ favourite – Best broad bean for autumn sowing – Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit A gardeners’ favourite. Broad bean ‘Aquadulce Claudia’ is the best broad bean for autumn sowing, overwintering plants on the plot outside, for an early harvest the following spring. Slender pods of 23cm (9″) long, are full...
‘- A gardener’s favourite for over 100 years – Heavy cropper – Excellent flavour – Ideal for freezing A gardener’s favourite for over 100 years for its reliable performance on most soils and heavy crops of delicious beans. Broad Bean ‘Bunyards Exhibition’ produces long pods containing an average of 6 to 8 beans per pod....
‘- Stunning crimson flowers – A good crop of short, upright pods – Delicious beans A heritage Broad Bean variety with stunning crimson flowers, followed by a good crop of short, upright pods and delicious beans. Broad Bean ‘Crimson Flowered’ is ideal for growing in containers as well as in the garden, or as an...
‘- The fastest maturing variety available – Easy for all to Grow – Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit As its name suggests, Broad Bean ‘Express’ is the fastest maturing variety available and an early spring sowing will out yield all others. This winter hardy, RHS AGM variety produces up to 34 tender, tasty...
‘- Arguably the best green-seeded variety – Grow’s well in most conditions – Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit Arguably the best green-seeded variety, growing well in most conditions, and producing good pod lengths with up to 7 beans per pod. Broad Bean ‘Masterpiece Green Longpod’ has remarkable flavour and table qualities. This superb...
‘- Dwarf variety – Pods containing five small, but deliciously tender beans – Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit – Excellent for freezing An excellent dwarf variety that produces plenty of 15cm (6″) pods each containing five small, but deliciously tender beans, which are excellent for freezing. Broad Bean ‘The Sutton’ is ideal for...