Vegetable Seeds

Carrot ‘Paris Market Atlas’ is an improved variety of the 19th century French heirloom, an early Parisian Market-type carrot that feature the traditional globe shape roots. Smooth, round, bite-sized and instantly recognisable, this very flavoursome variety has a deep-crisp refreshing taste. They are ideal for growing in containers and shallow, hard...

Carrot 'Sweet Candle' is the variety to have if you want the best carrots on the allotment or in your garden! They produce an exceptional tasting and high yielding carrot with uniform cylindrical-shaped roots with rounded tips. Rich orange in colour with an extra sweet flavour. Excellent for late summer...

Cauliflower has lost much of its popularity recently which is a shame as it is one of the most successful veg that can grow all year round in Britain. Many chefs are promoting it with new imaginative recipes but 'cauliflower cheese' is still a tasty option just don't overcook it....

  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 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 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...

Chicory Variegata di Castelfranco is an ancient Heritage variety developed in the 18th century in the Castelfranco region of Northern Italy. One of the best for eating quality. A very decorative variety that produces attractive, rosette-shaped heads with an appearance is best described as a large, tie-dyed cricket ball, leaves are speckled...

Courgette All Green Bush is a very reliable, quick-growing, dark-skinned variety that's compact and so perfect for pots. Courgette All Green Bush is quick to mature and will crop all summer long and with regular harvesting. The abundant, dark-skinned fruits of Courgette 'All green Bush' should be harvested as baby courgettes...

Courgette Chiaro di Nizza is an Italian heritage variety that is easy to grow and very productive. It produces unusual pale green round courgettes that are their very best when about 10cm round cricket ball sized. Courgette Chiaro di Nizza is a compact trailing plant that requires little maintenance other...

Courgette Defender F1 is an excellent variety that produces lots of mid-dark green fruits with lovely firm flesh. It is a very easy to grow, compact plant with an open habit so the courgettes are easy to see & pick. Courgette Defender is a versatile gardeners' favourite because it is...

Courgette Early Gem F1 produces a very early crop of dark green fruits with a lighter green stripe. It is a dual-purpose plant as the fruits can be left to form good shaped marrows. The courgette is probably the most popular form of all the marrow family. Picked young it can...

Courgette Eight Ball F1 seeds germinate quickly, easily and grow to produce unusual top quality round, forest green courgettes that are at their best when picked at about 10cm round. Courgette Eight Ball F1 is a compact bush plant that doesn't sprawl like some courgettes and so does very well...

Courgette Gold Rush with its shining golden-yellow, banana-like fruits (best cut when between 10-15cm in length), with creamy-white, nicely flavoured flesh, prolifically produced on relatively compact plants, this is a very fine variety that should prove very popular. Try it raw, thinly sliced in place of cucumber, in a salad.  Gold...

Courgette One Ball F1 is an unusual round, bright yellow courgette that is a very easy to grow. It produces lots of uniform fruits on a compact plant from early July to October. This compact variety does not sprawl all over the veg plot like some courgette plants and as...

Courgette Tromboncino Albenga if the name of this Italian heritage variety didn't make you want to have a go at growing this easy to grow veg than maybe the fact it looks so fun (like a trombone) and is also so versatile in the kitchen will! Courgette Tromboncino Albenga can...

Daikon Radish, also known as Mooli is a long, large white radish with a sweet, light peppery taste similar to turnip crossed with radish. It is a root vegetable that grows to about 30cm long by 10cm wide and is very easy and quick to grow, taking 4-6 weeks from...

Dwarf French Bean Dior is a neat compact plant that produces a number of lovely crisp and crunchy mid- yellow round podded beans per plant. The French Beans measure 13cm long by 0.8cm wide. The French Beans are held off the ground on an upright sturdy plant that measures about...

An unusual dwarf bean with long round, glossy dark purple pods that make a beautiful display in the garden with purple flowers and pods. Although unusual it does not lack in flavour - in fact in is delicious. It turns dark green on cooking and is a stringless variety. It...