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  • Black Beauty AubergineBlack Beauty Aubergine

    Aubergine – Black Beauty (Organic)

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    Aubergine – Black Beauty (Organic)

    The classic open-pollinated aubergine, heavy crops of striking black-skinned fruit on vigorous plants. Black Beauty is as good as its hybrid sister varieties! In the right conditions (light, greenhouse/polytunnel) they fruit abundantly and the plants grow tall and strong. The aubergines themselves are all shapes, sizes and shades of purple which prove popular at markets or in the kitchen! They fruit early to mid season with aubergines from July – September. This is our favourite variety to grow, and most importantly the fruit tastes fab!
    (Approximate seed count – 18)

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    £2.10
  • Blauwschokker PeasBlauwschokker Peas

    Peas – Blauwschokker (Organic)

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    Peas – Blauwschokker (Organic)

    A stunning heritage pea variety with dark purple pods and bright green peas inside. This ornamental pea is an old European heritage variety. It has attractive pink flowers followed by lots of dark purple pods that contain tender, sweet, green peas.

    The delicious peas can be eaten fresh green and podded or allowed to mature for shelling and drying.

    Being mostly culitvated in North Germany and Holland, it is a robust and very productive variety. Traditionally this pea is eaten as a dry pea in a soup or stew but it’s also very tasty and tender when eaten fresh.

    (Approximate seed count – 80)

    £2.45
  • Meruhen Winter squashMeruhen Winter squash

    Winter squash – Meruhen (Organic)

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    Winter squash – Meruhen (Organic)

    Discover the incredible Meruhen winter squash, originally from Japan. It’s a truly special variety with exceptionally sweet and rich flavour—possibly even sweeter than butternut! Its flesh is slightly starchier, giving it a velvety texture that particularly shines in hearty soups and luscious sauces. The fruits are beautifully round, with dark green skin sometimes accented by pale green-grey stripes. Whether you’re growing for the kitchen or simply admiring its beauty, Meruhen promises to deliver both flavour and style.
    (Approximate seed count – 10)

    £2.50
  • Groninger Brussels sprouts

    Brussels sprouts – Groninger (Organic)

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    Brussels sprouts – Groninger (Organic)

    An excellent, reliable variety, steadily producing from November up until the end of January. Groninger is a great-tasting Brussel sprout variety, with improving flavour as the cold draws in. It is an ideal choice for your garden, giving a steady supply of small to medium sized sprouts with tight heads just in time for Christmas dinner.
    This variety has received the RHS Award of Garden Merit and is tried and tested, sturdy and reliable.
    (Approximate seed count – 100)

    £2.35
  • Scarlet Emperor Runner beanScarlet Emperor Runner bean

    Runner bean – Scarlet Emperor (Organic)

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    Runner bean – Scarlet Emperor (Organic)

    A heritage variety of vigorous growth and productivity. Harvested young as snap beans or matured to be dried and shelled. Scarlet Emperor beans are an old favourite. They are often just grown for their beauty – how great that they can be eaten as well!

    The plants have bright red flowers and grow up to 3m tall, producing masses of smooth-textured long green pods that can be eaten as a snap bean. When left to mature they form seeds of a purple colour with black dapples and also make a delicious drying bean.
    (Approximate seed count – 30)

    £2.80
  • Ratio Broad beanRatio Broad bean

    Broad bean – Ratio (Organic)

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    Broad bean – Ratio (Organic)

    Ratio’ is a fantastic spring sown broad bean with very attractive, well-filled pods.  Sow outdoors from March to mid April. Early, productive broad bean with an excellent pod shape, good pod set and a delicious flavour. Thanks to its branching habit, the crop stays short and is at less risk of lodging. Very flavoursome and suitable for freezing.

    (Approximate seed count – 40)

    £2.90
  • Sweet Horizon PeasSweet Horizon Peas

    Peas – Sweet Horizon (Organic)

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    Peas – Sweet Horizon (Organic)

    Mangetout pea variety with tasty, flat, almost stringless pods with a long harvest window. Sweet Horizon will grow up to 1.2m tall, producing large and very sweet pods over a long period of time. We found this variety to have good resistance to powdery mildew, and exquisite flavour either raw or cooked. We love grazing on mangetouts in the garden, so much so that they rarely make it to the cooking pot!
    (Approximate seed count – 60)

    £2.30
  • Marmande Tomato

    Tomato – Marmande (Organic)

    Price range: £2.30 through £4.20
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    Tomato – Marmande (Organic)

    Classic French beefsteak variety with mildly ribbed fruit. Marmande is a fantastic variety producing fruits between 60g and 120g on semi-determinate vines which need support and pinching out. The fruits are very tasty raw or grilled on the barbecue.

    Price range: £2.30 through £4.20
  • Padron ChilliPadron Chilli

    Chilli – Padron (Organic)

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    Chilli – Padron (Organic)

    A classic Spanish tapas variety, mild when picked young, very hot if left to mature. Padron is a stand-out favourite pepper variety for us. Traditionally the fruits are picked when small and green before they have developed much heat. If left on the plant a bit longer they will get very hot, and sometimes one slips through the net, hence the Russian roulette associated with this variety.

    As the fruits do not need to ripen you can start picking them early in the season so Padron is a good choice for the UK climate where some peppers struggle to ripen in our short and cool growing season.

    Pick when the fruits are between 1.5 and 3 inches long, the longer they are the more chance of a hot one!

    Price range: £2.10 through £4.00
  • Chicory - Radicchio Rosa 'Jolanda' (Organic)Chicory - Radicchio Rosa 'Jolanda' (Organic)

    Chicory – Radicchio Rosa ‘Jolanda’ (Organic)

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    Chicory – Radicchio Rosa ‘Jolanda’ (Organic)

    A beautiful and early salmon-pink radicchio variety forming loose heads from October. This one is a real show-stopper! A really unique radicchio making the most exquisitely pink leaves unlike no other leafy veg we have grown before.

    ‘Jolanda’ is an early selection of Rosa (which often tends to be a later-cropping type) so it’s much better suited to the UK climate.

    Bred by our friends and plant breeding wizards at Smarties.bio in Italy. (Approximate seed count – 100)

    £2.20
  • Borage

    Borage (Organic)

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    Borage (Organic)

    Adored by bees and humans alike, borage produces an abundance of delicate, edible blue flowers. No nature-friendly garden is complete without this wonderful annual flower. It is a prolific self-seeder so you may only need to sow it once to have it forever.

    Try freezing the flowers into ice cubes for jazzing up your summer drinks.

    (Approximate seed count – 60)

    £1.60
  • ChivesChives

    Chives – Common Chives (Organic)

    Price range: £2.30 through £4.50
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    Chives – Common Chives (Organic)

    Delicious and easy to grow, compact plants producing an abundance of edible stems and flowers. Without a doubt one the most versatile herbs! Chives are so easy to grow and can be added to just about any dish. We put them in soups, salads, omelettes, stir fries, etc. The flowers are also delicious and make a very attractive addition to summer salads, with their mild onion flavour.

    Chives are perennial which means once you have them established you’ll never need to sow them again. They can be propagated equally easily by division or from seed.

    Price range: £2.30 through £4.50