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Rudbeckia – Hirta (Organic)
£2.50 Add to basketRudbeckia – Hirta (Organic)
A wonderful variety producing an abundance of yellow, crimson and mixed blooms over a long period. We love this rudbeckia for its bold flowers. They are a real eye catcher and keep giving over a long season. As a cut flower best picked when the buds are just about to open.
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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)
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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)
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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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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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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 -
Chicory – Pain De Sucre (Organic)
£1.60 Add to basketChicory – Pain De Sucre (Organic)
Mild tasting green leaves that form dense, conical heads; alternative to winter lettuce.. This is a more mild tasting chicory that is a superb substitute for lettuce in the winter. Indeed, this is a common practice in several rural parts of France and no doubt elsewhere, too. It can produce very large heads, with a tender green exterior and golden yellow hearts that have a real sweetness to them, hence the name!
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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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Onion – Red Baron (Organic)
£2.25Out of stock. Join the waitlist to be notified when this product becomes available.Onion – Red Baron (Organic)
A mid-late variety with deep red skin, suitable for storage as well as bunching when young. Red Baron is a classic red onion producing large globe-shaped bulbs with a punchy flavour. They can be grown as a main-crop onion but are also suitable for bunching when picked young.
(Approximate seed count – 350)£2.25 -
Celery Leaf – Early Bell (Organic)
£2.30 Add to basketCelery Leaf – Early Bell (Organic)
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 -
Chicory – Radicchio Treviso Late (SM4.75 – Forcing) (Organic)
£2.50Out of stock. Join the waitlist to be notified when this product becomes available.Chicory – Radicchio Treviso Late (SM4.75 – Forcing) (Organic)
A forcing chicory from Treviso for delicious winter eating. This variety of chicory has been bred for forcing through the winter months (Tardivo means late in Italian), and produces totally delicious ‘chicons’
To force chicory the plants should be left untouched in the field until winter time. When you wish to force them, pull up however many plants you need and replant the roots into a moist medium such as sand or spent compost. The plants then need to kept in total darkness for a few weeks and then beautiful chicons will grow from the roots.
They are generally eaten cooked in pastas and other dishes and were the first Italian vegetable to gain IGP, a European protected status for special food products specific to a place of origin.
(Approximate seed count – 100)£2.50
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