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Beetroot – Flaming Barrel (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£2.60 Add to basketBeetroot – Flaming Barrel (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
A new golden beet variety specifically bred for its sweet taste and less earthiness.
Named after the famous festival in Ottery St Mary, Flaming Barrel is our new favourite beet and we are very pleased to be able to offer it in our collection.
The roots are elongated and have a deep yellow/orange colour. When cooked they are deliciously sweet. A must have for the veg patch.
(Approximate seed count – 150)
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Carrot – Lila Lu (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£1.95 Add to basketCarrot – Lila Lu (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
Lila Lu is a purple carrot on the outside with a vibrant orange interior, sweet and crunchy. This is a modern European breed specifically developed for organic growing conditions. It has a crunchy texture and pleasantly sweet taste, the purple pigmentation is attributed to a higher levels of the potent antioxidant ‘anthocyanin’ alongside the usual beta carotene that orange carrots offer. Carrots have been bred since the 10th century in Asia, whilst we have come to know carrots in their orange standard, their ancestors were yellow and purple, we appear to have come full circle with this ‘new’ variety.
(Approximate seed count – 400)£1.95 -
Poppy – Amazing Grey (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£2.10 Read morePoppy – Amazing Grey (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
Mesmerising poppies with semi-doubled petals textured like vintage silk in stylish tones of stormy grey, delicate mauve and silvery white. These charismatic poppies float gracefully upon delicate stems providing a dreamy romantic atmosphere to your borders with a profusion of successional flowers. Whilst each flower is short lived, the statuesque seed pods can be admired long after the petals have scattered like confetti.
(Approximate seed count – 500)£2.10 -
Ground Cherry – Cossack Pineapple (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£2.10 Add to basketGround Cherry – Cossack Pineapple (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
Deliciously sweet half-inch diameter fruits on short bushy plants. Cossack Pineapple is a superb variety of ground cherry, very productive plants 12 inches high and 24 inches diameter.
The Pineapple-sweet fruits make a delicious and healthy snack and are especially loved by children. They are naturally high in pectin so are perfectly suited to making jams and preserves.
(Approximate seed count – 25)£2.10 -
Cucumber – Shintokiwa (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£2.25 Read moreCucumber – Shintokiwa (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
This cucumber is amazing, a new favourite, prized for an outstanding sweet flavour, delicious juiciness and crisp, crunchy texture.
Known for its vigorous growth and productivity, this variety makes dark green long and slender fruits. They are mostly straight (when trellised) and uniform with an occasional curve. It is the flavour that is so extraordinary sweet, almost floral and so delicious throughout the season like no other cucumber we’ve tasted. A beautiful crunch and no bitterness even when harvested on the ripe side or towards the end of the season.
Shintokiwa is valued for its disease resistance, a fine choice for the greenhouse as well as outside.
(Approximate seed count – 11)
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Cosmos – Apricotta (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£2.50 Add to basketCosmos – Apricotta (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
Apricot to peachy colours with a soft pink towards the centre. This cosmos is unlike any other we have seen. The blooms appear to have a iridescent glow which is quite remarkable. They are a head-turner to say the least!
(Approximate seed count – 35)
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Tomato – Sunfired Flare (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£2.40 Add to basketTomato – Sunfired Flare (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
Medium sized beefsteak tomato with dark, almost black colours streaking down into orange and red. This productive indeterminate tomato variety was bred by fellow seed enthusiasts at Wild Mountain Seed in the US. The anthocyanins causing dark purple to black shoulders that stripe down into red and orange make them a real head turner.
They have a deep sweet and slightly acidic flavour. We have enjoyed them with our lunches simply with a bit of olive oil and a sprinkle of salt on toast, yet they make a great tomato sauce too.
(Approximate seed count – 20)
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Pepper – Pepperoncini (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£1.95 Add to basketPepper – Pepperoncini (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
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 -
Climbing French Beans – Pea Bean (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£2.85 Add to basketClimbing French Beans – Pea Bean (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
Stringless flatish pods followed by plentiful fresh beans that turn maroon and cream once dried. This pretty heritage variety of bean has been passed through the weathered hands of generations of gardeners since the 16th century. It’s the ultimate all-rounder providing plentiful flat smooth skinned green pods. As the pods fill out with beans and dry they develop a delightful maroon and cream pattern, great for long storage and comforting winter stews. An easy to grow climbing bean with great drought tolerance and plentiful abundance.
(Approximate seed count – 60)£2.85 -
Yarrow – Summer Berries (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£2.25 Add to basketYarrow – Summer Berries (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
A breath-taking rainbow of pastel shades including buttercream, peach, coral, blush and raspberry. This is a truly stunning yarrow mix and such a joy to grow. Predominantly gentle shades punctuated by the occasional magenta shock.
Ideal for cutting due to their very long stems and vase life of up to 7 days.
(Approximate seed count – 350)£2.25 -
Sweet Pea – Nimbus (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£2.25 Add to basketSweet Pea – Nimbus (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
A striking flake variety with maroon-grey speckles on a white background. Nimbus is a real show-stopper variety producing a mass of bicolour blooms on very long stems. The petal edges have a dark maroon strip and their scent is delicious. Definitely a must-have variety.
(Approximate seed count – 23)£2.25 -
Nigella – African Bride (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
£2.25 Add to basketNigella – African Bride (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2024***
White petals with contrasting dark maroon spidery centres borne on delicate green foliage. We totally love this variety and regularly had to stop and admire it as we walked past it in the field. It’s a really prolific producer of some of the most elegant blooms we have ever grown.
The flowers have a great vase life and develop into striking dark ornamental seed pods after the petals have dropped.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.25
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