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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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Ammi majus/ Bishop’s Flower (Organic)
£1.95 Add to basketAmmi majus/ Bishop’s Flower (Organic)
Popular filler for flower arrangements with lacy flower heads.
This tall, branching plant with crisp white flower heads and finely feathered foliage provide invaluable additions to late spring and early summer bouquets. Ammi majus is one of the most useful and productive filler flowers you can grow from seed. Air dry flowers for two to three weeks in a dark, dry place for making dried flowers. Darkness is necessary to keep the flowers white.
(Approximate seed count – 500)
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Helichrysum – Dragon Fire (Organic)
£1.95 Add to basketHelichrysum – Dragon Fire (Organic)
A dried flower enthusiast’s favourite in a gorgeous vibrant hue. Known for its delicate, papery flowers, this variety is a must have for any flower arrangement with tall stems that are long lasting and keep their vibrant colour once dried. They are also an excellent addition to the garden border, adding beautiful contrast and structure. They are a fantastic choice for pollinators are easy to grow and drought-tolerant.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£1.95 -
Courgette – Tondo di Nizza (Organic)
£3.00Out of stock. Join the waitlist to be notified when this product becomes available.Courgette – Tondo di Nizza (Organic)
A round pale green courgette with a delicate skin and fine flavour. If you’re looking for something a little bit different in your courgette patch, Tondo di Nizza would be a good choice. It is an Italian heritage variety that provides you with an abundant crop of round courgettes. Best harvested when approximately 10cm in diameter, just before the skin darkens in colour.
(Approximate seed count – 12)£3.00 -
Amaranth – Green Tails (Organic)
£1.95 Add to basketAmaranth – Green Tails (Organic)
A beautiful annual amaranth variety with lengths of ornamental tassels in a vibrant chartreuse. They are heat-loving and fast growing and bloom throughout the summer. They are an exotic and dramatic addition to the cutting garden, great for adding texture to flower arrangements.
(Approximate seed count – 1000)£1.95 -
Helichrysum – Silvery Rose (Organic)
£1.95 Add to basketHelichrysum – Silvery Rose (Organic)
Delicate papery blooms of pink through to white, equally at home in the border, the vase, or as a dried bunch. This is a new variety for us and we totally love it! The pale blush pink petals are borne on good strong stems, and if flowers are either cut or deadheaded the plants will keep producing over a very long period.
A top favourite for wedding bouquets due to the exquisite delicate and unfolding nature of the blooms.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£1.95 -
Lettuce – Really Red Deer Tongue (Organic)
Price range: £1.80 through £3.90Out of stock. Join the waitlist to be notified when this product becomes available.This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageLettuce – Really Red Deer Tongue (Organic)
Very dark red loose-leaf variety, with striking arrow-shaped leaves. This is definitely one of our favourite varieties of lettuce. It is productive and easy to harvest as well as being crunchy and extremely tasty. It adds a real depth of colour to any salad with leaves that are almost black!
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Celosia – Flamingo Feather (Organic)
£2.50 Add to basketCelosia – Flamingo Feather (Organic)
A beautiful variety producing white flower spikes with striking pink tips. We love this variety for its feathery plumes which make a great cut flower for bouquets. Bunches can also be hung and dried upside down as everlasting flowers for winter decoration.
(Approximate seed count – 75)
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Amaranth – Hot Biscuits (Organic)
£1.95 Add to basketAmaranth – Hot Biscuits (Organic)
An annual beautiful copper amaranth variety producing spires of ornamental spikes . Hot Biscuits is a fantastic addition to any cutting garden, producing tall blooms of striking copper plumes that look fantastic fresh or dried in a bouquet or arrangement. It’s easy to grow and produces an abundance of stems that pair fantastically with dahlias, sunflowers and rudbeckias. Standing up to 120cm tall, it’s also an edible plant with leaves that can be cooked like spinach and seeds which can be used as a gluten-free flour or cooked as a nutritious grain.
(Approximate seed count – 1000)
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Turnip – Goldana (Organic)
£1.65 Add to basketTurnip – Goldana (Organic)
An improved version of the Golden Ball turnip, creamy-yellow flesh, suited for spring and autumn sowing. Turnips are very traditional vegetables which, unlike most of the vegetables we eat, are native to Europe. For some reason they are not as popular as they used to be.
Goldana is a tasty maincrop variety with a uniform golden round shape, probably one of the mildest and sweetest varieties that you can find. It is quick to grow and doesn’t need much attention. “Get them in, get them out” is what Fred says. He likes them in soups or stews but they can also be roasted, mashed or grated into a slaw or salad.
(Approximate seed count – 400)£1.65 -
Helichrysum – Strawflower (Organic)
£1.85 Add to basketHelichrysum – Strawflower (Organic)
A beautiful mix of white, pink orange and yellow flowers on plants 40cm tall. Strawflowers (also known as ‘everlasting flowers’) are a beautiful addition to the garden. They are perfectly suited for drying, just cut the stem before they are fully open and hang in bunches upside down in a dry place out of direct sunlight. They are also great as a fresh flower for use in bouquets. We love the bright colours in this mix, they remind us of colourful boiled sweets!
(Approximate seed count – 200)£1.85 -
Borage – White (Organic)
£1.95 Add to basketBorage – White (Organic)
*** This year’s crop is currently being processed and tested – we hope to get everything ready for 1 November catalogue launch ***
Adored by bees and humans alike, this variety of borage produces an abundance of delicate, edible white flowers. Borage is a must-addition for any ornamental or kitchen garden, with its tall stems, abundant flowers and edible petals. 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.
(Approximate seed count – 60)£1.95 -
Chard – Rhubarb (Organic)
£2.30 Add to basketChard – Rhubarb (Organic)
A very striking variety of chard with dark green leaves and bright red stalks. This ornamental looking chard is worth just growing for its beauty! It can be used like any other chard or spinach.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.30 -
Climbing French bean – Borlotti (Organic)
£2.95Out of stock. Join the waitlist to be notified when this product becomes available.Climbing French bean – Borlotti (Organic)
Produces gorgeous bright pink-dappled pods with beans to be used either fresh or dried. Borlotti is one of the most beautiful climbing French bean varieties available. The pods have a stunning colour with dapples of bright pink and white. The bean itself is creamy white with maroon speckles.
We love them for their excellent taste, colour and versatility. Either eat the young pods raw or cooked, or the beans when matured. Just shell and use like a dry bean.They are one of the most popular heritage varieties in Italy and our favourite in the Vital Seeds 2019 bean trials.
(Approximate seed count – 60)£2.95 -
Asian Greens – Kizuna Mix (Organic)
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We are really excited about this one!
This is a diverse breeding population derived from a cross between Dazzling Blue Kale and Beni Houshi Mizuna. We found the first individual of this cross between where the two parents had been flowering. These seeds are from the F2 generation which means the second generation after the original cross happened. There is a beautifully diverse mix of quite round leaves, and very feathery and frilly leaves and everything in between.
The texture is somewhere in between Red Russian kale and Pak Choy so the leaves have a bit of body to them but are also very soft and are delicious both raw and cooked like spinach.
(Approximate seed count = 200)
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Beetroot – Bull’s Blood (Organic)
£2.30 Add to basketBeetroot – Bull’s Blood (Organic)
A variety with extremely dark red leaves, usually grown as a salad leaf. The leaves are exceptionally dark red, almost purple colour and very tender and sweet, especially as baby-leaf. They can be cut up to 4-5 times and will grow back.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.30
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