Pak Choi Red Choi F1 is a colourful purple/red leaved variety with bright green stems that looks as attractive in the garden as on a dinner plate. It is easy to grow, slow to bolt and quick to crop, a tasty little leaf with a mild cabbage flavour. Pak choi...

Mibuna is very similar to Mizuna but the leaves have a milder mustard flavour & are strap like with rounded ends. Mibuna seeds are very quick & easy to grow. It's young leaves are great for baby-leaf production & used raw in mixed salads or left to grow on for...

Phacelia Tanacetifolia is a quick growing hardy annual green manure that germinates at low temperatures and is ideal for sowing from March until September. It will grow up to 1m in height and is tolerant of cold temperatures and may over-winter if it's not too cold. It suits most soil...

Carrots are one of the best tasting veg to pick fresh from your garden. Carrot Early Nantes 2 will not disappoint as it has a lovely sweet flavour with very little core and is a blunt end variety that can reach a length of 15cm. It is a 2nd early/maincrop...

Kale Black Tuscany, also known as Cavolo Nero, is a great easy-care veg that is packed full of vitamins. It has a long harvest period from the summer through the winter (it is hardy to -15C) to early spring when it will bolt and flower. The flowers can be eaten...

Spring/Salad Onion White Lisbon is an excellent salad onion that is relatively low maintenance and not only suited to overwintering producing early crops but good for successional spring/summer cropping too (sow at 3 weekly intervals). Salad Onion White Lisbon is very quick growing and produces the classic bulb type salad...

Radish Malaga has a dark purple exterior that contrasts really well against the clean white inner making an attractive veg to perk up the salad bowl. Radish Malaga Violet produces crisp, peppery roots that are ready to eat about 4-6 weeks. Radish Malaga Violet are at their best picked when...

The flowers in the Bees & Butterfly Wildflower Meadow seed mix will help you create a flower-rich meadow with a particular emphasis on species that are known to be important as sources of nectar for bees, butterflies and other insects. If you ever wondered what beekeepers sow to attract the...

Endive Encornet de Bordeaux Seeds are the fine old French heirloom variety with large broad leaves. Extremely hardy, making it particularly suitable for early spring sowing directly into the ground, and lasting well for picking into autumn and winter. It's a fantastic addition to any salad and you may find other...

Endive Pancalieri Seeds are not commonly available in shops, so it's a great vegetable for you to grow for yourself to enjoy. This is a lovely, ornamental variety with broad, bulky heads with an abundance of dark green, very frizzly-edged, outer leaves and, almost self-blanching, contrasting creamy-white, pink-tinged hearts. Cropping...

Radish Watermelon is a Chinese heritage Radish with a surprise...the lovely smooth white globes are cut open to reveal bright pink centres - no surprise they are also known as "Beauty in the Heart". The flavour is milder than other radishes - sweeter, less spicy. Thin slices look really amazing...

Radish Black Spanish is the counterpart to Black Spanish Long. It has crisp tasty flesh which can be sliced or grated for use in winter salads. This Heritage variety extends the radish season well into the winter period. Also known as 'Noir Gros Rond d'Hiver'. Grown since the 16th Century or...

Swiss Chard Bright Yellow has gorgeous dark green leaves with vibrant yellow stalks & veins that brighten up your veg patch, your dinner plate & maybe your flower beds too! This superb RHS AGM variety is slow to bolt and has good winter hardiness. Initially cropping from mid-summer to late...

Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant has gorgeous dark savoy green leaves with vibrant ivory stalks & veins that brighten up your veg patch, your dinner plate & maybe your flower beds too! Despite its size, it is a very easy to grow vegetable. The flavoursome leaves are thick and tender, making...

  Chicory Pain de Sucre, also known as Sugarloaf,  is a large, leafy variety of chicory which resembles a cos lettuce. It is a good alternative for late-season salads but it will only stand mild frosts. As the name suggests it has a sweeter taste than most chicories which tend to...

  Chicory Brussels Witloof is a heritage variety of chicory which resembles a cos lettuce. Excellent for forcing and easy to grow, the seed is sown in spring in a shallow drill.  The carrot-like roots are harvested in November and stored in a cool place. 3 or 4 weeks before...

  Chicory Palla Rossa is a traditional Radicchio type. It has firm, cabbage-like hearts with red-maroon and white leaves giving colour and crunchiness to salads. Palla Rossa has probably the best colour of all the radicchio types and can also be grown as baby-leaf for salad mixes. It matures in...