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Lettuce – Fine Speckled Oak (Organic)
£2.00 Add to basketLettuce – Fine Speckled Oak (Organic)
Fantastic and unusual oak-leaf lettuce, covered thickly in fine speckles of crimson. Fine Speckled Oak was one of Fred’s favourites in our 2018 lettuce trials. It was super healthy and had very consistent growth throughout the population. At full maturity it forms a dense colourful heart. An attractive and vigorous lettuce bred by Wild Garden Seed in Oregon, USA, that we are very pleased to offer in our catalogue.
(Approximate seed count – 175)
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Sunflower – Vanilla Ice (Organic)
£2.25 Add to basketSunflower – Vanilla Ice (Organic)
Multi branching variety with creamy lemon yellow blooms and dark centres. This is a special sunflower with lots of smaller, very pretty blooms. The pale lemon yellow colour deepening towards the centre which is a dark brown add a delicate touch as a cut flower and in bouquets. It makes a great garden plant too as it flowers over a long time.
(Approximate seed count – 24)
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African Marigold – Crackerjack (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2025***
£2.40 Read moreAfrican Marigold – Crackerjack (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2025***
A marigold variety that is great for natural dyeing and has gorgeous blooms in orange and yellow. Loved by pollinators for their strong scent, they are a reliable workhorse in the garden producing masses of cheerful blooms on slightly longer stems from July long into September. This variety is often grown as a dye plant, producing a deep and colourfast golden mustard on plant and animal fibres.
(Approximate seed count – 100)£2.40 -
Ashwagandha (Organic)
£3.50 Add to basketAshwagandha (Organic)
Important herb from the Ayurvedic tradition with great health benefits.
A tender plant which grows in temperate climates as an annual. Ashwagandha is a well regarded medicinal herb from the Ayurvedic tradition. It is now widely used in Western herbal medicine as “adaptogen” and to support the body’s defences and resilience. It will grow undercover in a greenhouse, polytunnel or large pot in a conservatory. Roots can be harvested at the end of the season. Grows 80 – 120cm tall.
(Approximate seed count – 50)
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Lettuce – Little Leprechaun (Organic)
£1.98 Add to basketLettuce – Little Leprechaun (Organic)
A small to medium sized dark red-maroon flushed cos lettuce with crunchy leaves forming a tight centre. Cos or romaine lettuces are probably one of the oldest types of cultivated lettuce, originating in the Mediterranean. Little Leprechaun is popular as a salad leaf crop forming a compact, upright, dense lettuce with crunchy and tasty leaves, slightly tangy and very delicious. It can be grown outdoors throughout the growing season and is an old-time favourite amongst growers, gardeners and us.
(Approximate seed count – 300)£1.98 -
Tomato – Berner Rose (Organic)
£2.45 Read moreTomato – Berner Rose (Organic)
Heritage variety from Switzerland with pink coloured fruits of aromatic flavour. A indeterminate tomato that produces round medium-sized beefsteak tomatoes of a light red/ pink colour. Fleshy, thin skinned and with the most exquisite tomato flavours this tomato is a firm favourite amongst gardeners and growers. This traditional Swiss variety is rather late ripening but very worth waiting for. Best grown under cover.
(Approximate seed count – 22)£2.45 -
Asian Greens – Mizuna (Organic)
£1.68 Add to basketAsian Greens – Mizuna (Organic)
A variety of mustard greens. Mizuna is a vigorous grower, producing an abundance of stalks with green deeply serrated leaves. Mizuna has a mild piquant almost peppery taste and can be used raw in salads and also as a cooked green. It is highly resistant to the cold and can be grown throughout the winter, making those cold, short days and long nights feel healthier and a little bit spicier! The pretty yellow sprays of flowers can also be a bright addition to a salad with the same mustardy hit.
(Approximate seed count – 275)£1.68 -
Lettuce – Moonred (Organic)
£1.95 Add to basketLettuce – Moonred (Organic)
A little gem type lettuce with deep red tops to the leaves graduating to a bright green at the base. Also known as Red Little Gem, this is a stunning variety producing small compact heads which are aesthetically beautiful, deliciously sweet and with the same crunchy freshness of standard little gem.
(Approximate seed count – 250)£1.95 -
Swede – Willhelmsburger (Organic)
£1.60 Add to basketSwede – Willhelmsburger (Organic)
A well-formed, firm-fleshed and smooth-skinned swede, refined in taste and with good keeping qualities. Swede is a very valuable winter vegetable and easy to grow.
Wilhelmsburger is a German variety from 1935 bred for culinary use. Ronja’s favourite recipe for swede is a bake with a creamy sauce and goats cheese. It will also make a great addition in stews or just roasted.
(Approximate seed count – 275)£1.60 -
Cosmos – Velouette (Organic)
£2.30 Add to basketCosmos – Velouette (Organic)
An interesting variety with a striking colour scheme of reds, pinks and whites. This cosmos is a real eye catcher, and produces a range of different flower types. Some are red with clear white stripes, others are white with pink edges, the rest are somewhere in between.
(Approximate seed count – 100)£2.30 -
Radish – Black Spanish (Organic)
£2.30 Add to basketRadish – Black Spanish (Organic)
Large round winter radish with thick black skin and white flesh. This radish is an old variety that is easy to grow and makes an excellent winter vegetable. It is larger than the standard radish with a spicy taste and crisp texture. It’s great eaten raw in salads or cooked in a stew, stir-fry or used like a turnip. It’s a reliable and robust radish that will keep throughout the winter outside or in storage, staying tender and without getting woody.
Sow thickly in July or August and thing out for small early harvests.
(Approximate seed count – 250)£2.30 -
Zinnia – Dwarf Mix (Organic)
£1.85 Read moreZinnia – Dwarf Mix (Organic)
A staple flower for the garden, bright coloured blooms on straight stalks. This dwarf mix of Zinnias grow to around 30cm tall. They produce blooms of varying shades of pink, adored by bees and butterflies. We love to plant zinnias in among our vegetable crops. The dwarf varieties take up less space but are equally beautiful to their taller cousins.
(Approximate seed count – 100)£1.85
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