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African Marigold – Crackerjack (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2025***
£2.40 Add to basketAfrican 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)
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Radish – Black Spanish (Organic)
£2.30 Read moreRadish – 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 -
Lettuce – Moonred (Organic)
£1.95 Read moreLettuce – 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.
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Tomato – Berner Rose (Organic)
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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 -
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 -
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 -
Chard – Magenta Sunset (Organic)
£2.30 Add to basketChard – Magenta Sunset (Organic)
This chard makes a stunning leafy green with stems of orange and magenta . ‘Magenta Sunset’ has its name from the showy coloration that ranges from bright pink over crimson to deep burgundy contrasting the dark green leaves typically growing to a height of 30-60 cm. It is versatile that adds ornamental and culinary value to gardens and container growing. It can be harvested throughout the growing season and makes a delicious and nutritious addition to salads, soups, and stir-fries.
Our favourite way of eating it is as a side dish steamed with melted butter and a pinch of pepper and salt.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£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 -
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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Chard – White (Organic)
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A classic variety with glossy dark green leaves and thick white stems. If you need a leafy vegetable that ‘just grows’ Swiss Chard is a garden essential. From two sowings, one in the Spring and one in the Autumn, you can have chard almost all year round. In Fred’s words “Chard is just always there, even if you don’t want it, it’s still there”.
This variety is robust, vigorous and very productive. You can use the stem and the leaf separately as they have different cooking qualities. Ronja’s favourite recipe is with the whole plant. Sauté onions in some oil with a bit of chilli and the Swiss chard, add some cooked white butter beans, serve with cheese on top – just delicious!
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.30 -
Cornflower – Black Ball (Organic)
£2.25 Add to basketCornflower – Black Ball (Organic)
A quirky variety producing very dark maroon double blooms. The flowers are so dark they are almost black and have a very dramatic appearance. They make a great cut flower, as well as looking fantastic in the garden. As with all cornflowers, they are edible too.
(Approximate seed count – 130)£2.25 -
Dwarf French Beans – Brittany Haricot (Organic)
£2.95 Add to basketDwarf French Beans – Brittany Haricot (Organic)
Plump round bean with purple marbled pods best enjoyed half-dry . If this bean was grown in the Cotes d’Amor region of Brittany, it would be called Coco di Paimpol. With a creamy nutty flavour this Haricot bean is traditionally sold at French markets demi-sec in pods and enjoyed in hot and cold dishes.
We received a packet of seeds in the post from one of our customers with a note saying that they had been saving their own seed from this variety for over 6 years since they lived in Brittany.
Best harvested when the beans in the pods are fully formed and semi-ripe. It freezes really well, avoiding the need for
soaking overnight if dried. Great as a warm salad or in casseroles.
(Approximate seed count – 60)£2.95
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