Culinary herbs
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Fennel – Fino (Organic)
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A reliable, early Florence fennel producing smooth, round white bulbs with a mild, sweet flavour. ‘Fino’ is well suited to organic growing, best sown from late spring onwards to avoid premature flowering. Enjoy raw in salads for its crisp aniseed freshness, or roasted slowly to bring out its natural sweetness. A productive variety for summer and early autumn harvests.
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Chilli – Criolla Sella (Organic)
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A Bolivian variety suited to cooler climates producing abundant yellow chillies with a citrus punch. Criolla Sella is a prolific producer, rewarding growers with an abundance of colourful, elongated pods throughout a long growing season. With a delicious flavour and moderate heat the chillies are perfect for salsas or sauces but can also be dried and ground into a flavourful powder. The plants are robust and easy to grow, making them an excellent choice for both novice and experienced chilli enthusiasts. SHU of around 25,000 to 30,000 on the Scoville Scale.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£1.95 -
Chilli – Aleppo (Organic)
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*** This year’s crop is currently being processed and tested – we hope to get everything ready for 1 November catalogue launch ***
A Syrian variety that produces dark red chillies ideal for drying and crushing into a powder. Named after the Syrian city for its place on the Silk Road, the ripe fruits have a sweet, fruity, cumin-like flavour with a moderate heat. The plants are quite squat and robust and are easy to grow, making them an excellent choice for both novice and experienced chilli enthusiasts. SHU of around 10,000 on the Scoville Scale.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£1.95 -
Basil – Greek (Bush) (Organic)
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Fantastic variety of basil with a bushy growth habit and small leaves. Greek basil (or ‘bush basil’) is a great addition to the plot, its bright green foliage makes it as ornamental as it is delicious. It works really well in containers and crops well over a long period. Can be used like other basils, in sauces, salads or as a garnish.
(Approximate seed count – 400)£2.00 -
Basil – Red (Organic)
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Beautiful deep red purple foliage with similar taste and properties to common green basil. Red basil has both ornamental and culinary uses. We use it as garnish or to add colour to salads or made into pesto. It will look great in your garden, not to forget the amazing sweet scent of goodness when you walk past.
(Approximate seed count – 350)£2.00 -
Hyssop (Organic)
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Semi-evergreen perennial, with aromatic leaves and flowers. Hyssop has traditional medicinal uses, particularly related to the respiratory system, and is also a great plant for pollinators. This is the traditional blue hyssop, which has beautiful bright blue flowers from summer to early autumn, up to around 80cm tall. It likes similar conditions to Rosemary and Thyme, so sunny and well drained.
(Approximate seed count – 300)£1.50 -
Basil – Lemon (Organic)
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This unusual basil will enchant you with its wonderful lemony basil fragrance that is caused by a high content of citral and limonene. It has a milder taste than ordinary basil and can be used in cooking or to make a herbal tea. It also goes exceptionally well in sweet dishes adding a citrusy twist.
The plants have small, green leaves with slightly serrated edges. We just love having it growing in our polytunnel or garden and think it’s worth a try if you haven’t already.
(Approximate seed count – 350)
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Pepper – Pepperoncini (Organic)
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Small sweet pepper variety from Tuscany traditionally used for pickling. An Italian pepper with the occasional hint of spice. Pepperoncini are often pickled in vinegar, made into delicious antipasti or cooked whole, served with classic Italian foods like pizza or pasta dishes.
This variety belongs to the same family as bell peppers and hot tobasco chillies. Pepperoncini is an annual that favours hot, fairly dry summers. Normally harvested when glossy green, the pretty long wrinkly peppers turn red and exquisitely sweet if you leave them on the plant. Perfect for a little snack straight off the plant and a favourite when roasted or barbecued, served with olive oil and flakes of sea salt.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£1.95 -
Celery Leaf – Early Bell (Organic)
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A ‘cutting’ celery variety of which the leaves are harvested instead of the stalks. Growing cutting celery is a great alternative to stem celery if you just want to add a bit of that delicious celery flavour to your cooking! Cutting celery is more closely related to wild celery, and has a stronger flavour. The leaves can be chopped and added to stocks, soups, and stews. As there is no need to wait for the plant to mature, the leaves can be harvested before traditional celery is ready. The plants are very hardy and will withstand a decent frost. If left in the ground over winter the plants will flower in spring producing many flowers which the bees will love!
(Approximate seed count – 1350)£2.30 -
Fennel – Perfektion (Organic)
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Just the right blend of dependability and flavour creating attractive white bulbs with the signature anise flavour. Perfektion creates a succulent, round, white bulb with fine flesh. It has a delicious anise flavour and is reliable in its growing pattern. This variety also has attractive fern-like foliage which is also edible and good for adding a hint of anise to your cooking. Suitable for early or late cultivation.
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Shiso – Purple (Organic)
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A culinary herb from Japan, Shiso produces deep purple leaves with serrated patterning and an aromatic taste profile of cumin, cinnamon and anise. Shiso can be used as both a garnish and as a colourful and flavoursome addition to your salad mix or stir fries. It’s also traditionally used in pickling, including umeboshi, the Japanese sour plum pickle and tinges everything a plum purple.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.50 -
Chilli – Basque (Organic)
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A superb early chilli with mild heat which is a cornerstone ingredient in Basque cuisine. If these seeds were produced in French Basque they would called “Piment d’Espellete”. This fantastic variety has P.O.D. status (Protected Designation of Origin) which means that the name can only be used where the variety is produced in the specific region where it is registered. Hence we are referring to this chilli as ‘Basque’ as the seeds were produced in Devon.
The plants are tall and produce an abundance of large conical, deep red fruits about 15 cm long and 3cm wide at the top.
When eaten raw they can be quite hot but once cooked they are very mild. The traditional use of these peppers in Basque is dried and powdered, but we have just eaten them like other chillies and totally love them.
(Approximate seed count – 25)£1.95 -
Chilli – De Cayenne (Organic)
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Absolute classic red hot chilli pepper, ideal for drying and making chilli powder or flakes. Cayenne peppers are one of the best known chillis and rightly so. The abundance of hot, thin long fruits with great flavour and a thin skin make them perfect for making fresh hot sauce, pickling or dried and ground up into your own chilli powder.
The plant itself is super productive, upright growing and reaches about 60cm in height.
SHU of around 30,000 to 50,000 on the Scoville Scale.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£1.98 -
Chilli – Habanero Magnum (Organic)
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Bright orange, very hot and fruity, a variety that is productive and does better in cooler climates than most other chillies. Habanero Magnum rates between 200,000 and 325,000 SHU on the Scoville scale and is therefore on the hotter end of the spectrum. A fruity almost floral flavour can be tasted when the initial spice has faded. It is a great ingredient for hot sauces or when powdered. A way of controlling the heat when cooking with it is to make a couple of holes in the chilli and then add it to the sauce (or whatever it is your cooking) as a whole and remove after a certain amount of time determining the degree of fieriness.
(Approximate seed count – 20)£1.95
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