Vegetable Seeds

Fast growing, sweet tasting roots with no bitter aftertaste. Can be eaten raw or cooked, the leaves can also be used as spinach. Excellent source of vitamin C

• 100 Turnip Seeds per packet
• Sow: March - July
• Harvest: June - October

With up to 7 different coloured stems, these chard seeds promise to grow into decorative and exciting vegetables, it is an ideal subject for the flower border. Enjoy its mild, sweet flavour when young and serve raw in salads or gently stemmed.

• 150 Chard Seeds per packet
• Sow: April - May
• Harvest: July - November

Non-bulbing salad onion with long white stalks. Most of the plant can be eaten with little waste.

Sow thinly in March - July 1.5cm deep directly into finely-prepared, well-dug, fertile soil which has been watered. Allow 15cm between rows. Early and late showings may benefit from cloche protection. Seedlings usually appear in 14-21 days. No thinning is required but keep well watered in dry spells. Regular sowings (every three weeks) will ensure a continuous supply through the summer. Harvest May - October

• 500 Onion Seeds per packet
• Sow: (See Above)
• Harvest: (See Above)

An excellent 'maincrop' snap pea producing high yields of sweet tasting stringless, fleshy pods produced in pairs. Shows resistance to powdery milldew and Fusarium.

• 150 Pea Jessy Seeds per packet
• Sow: March - June
• Harvest: May - September

'Chantenay Red Cored 2' is a popular maincrop variety with broad wedge-shaped roots. High yielding with crunchy flesh and a small core, it can be harvested from a small size and will store well. Prefers light, stone free soil not recently manured.

• 1500 Carrot Seeds per packet
• Sow: March - June
• Harvest: June - November

A new maincrop variety producing very high yields with smooth skins. Very good tolerance to canker & cavity spot. Grown for its sweetness, they are wonderful roasted, fried, boiled or mashed. Parsnips are easy to grow and stand in the ground over the winter and freezes well.

• 200 Parsnip Seeds per packet
• Sow: February - May
• Harvest: September - February

A vigorous, heavy cropper of long, smooth and slender beans which remain stringless even when quite mature. Exceptional heat tolerance and a good exhibition variety. 45 Runner Bean Seeds per packet.

Characteristics:

• Height: H 3m x S 0.3m
• Harvest: July to October
• Hardiness: Half-Hardy
• Light Requirement: Full Sun

Spinach is highly nutritious, full of iron and vitamins. Delicious when lightly steamed and becoming ever more popular used as a 'cut and come again' baby salad leaf for mixed salads.

Resistant to downy mildew races 1-10, slow to bolt. Fast growing, for baby leaf or mature plants.

Characteristics:

• Contents: 300 Seeds per packet
• Harvest: May - October
• Light Requirement: Full Sun or Partial Shade

A breeding breakthough in 'baby corn' has produced this superb white variety, being much earlier to crop with the most tender and delicious 'baby corns'. Sweetcorn Snobaby is tasty in oriental cooking, casseroles, stir fries, salads or a steamed vegetable.

Characteristics:

• Contents: 25 Sweetcorn Seeds Per Packet
• Height: 2m
• Harvest: August & September
• Hardiness: Half-Hardy
• Light Requirement: Full Sun

The vigorous, strong plants produce numerous mini, bitter-free cues. An 'all female' variety best grown in a greenhouse or tunnel.

Female Indoor Types - 'All female' F1 hybrids give the surest results, producing almost all female flowers virtually eliminating the need to remove male flowers (male flowers are generally only produced when plants become stressed).

• 5 Cucumber Seeds Per Packet
• Sow: February - May
• Harvest: July - October

Intensely bright, yellow-skinned, very straight fruits produced on compact, yet vigorous plants. Has the added bonus of tolerance to powdery mildew and is very high yielding.

Courgettes are hugely versatile and easy to grow. They need regular watering and picking for good crops. Some courgettes can be grown successfully in pots on the patio.

• 10 Courgette Seeds Per Packet
• Sow: March - May
• Harvest: July - October

Globe shaped with great tasting, deep red flesh. Lift young as 'baby beets' or leave to mature. Multigerm variety.

• 275 Beetroot Seeds Per Packet
• Sow: March - July
• Harvest: June - October

Try growing your own monster pumpkins Pumpkin 'Dill's Atlantic Giant' holds the Canadian and American records for size, with fruits weighing in at over 800 kg (1763lb). This spectacular variety will certainly impress the neighbours, but be sure to allow plenty of space for its long trailing stems. Even if you don't break any records, the large fruits will stand well for a long period making them perfect for carving with the kids.

• Height: 45cm (18").
• Spread: 400cm (157").
• Hardiness: Half-hardy annual
• Position: Full sun

Salad Leaves Lettuce Crunchy Blend Sku: AIT00348 From regular summer sowings, this quick growing blend will produce delicious crops of nutritious salad leaves in less than 30 days. Lettuce Leaves 'Crunchy Blend' is ideal for growing in containers close to the kitchen door, but can also be grown under cover for a tasty winter crop. Make regular sowings for a constant supply throughout the season. This attractive mix contains a blend of Lettuce 'Red Cos', Lettuce 'Green Cos', Lettuce 'Catalogna' and Endive 'Romanesco'. Perfect for adding taste and texture to your salads, garnishes and sandwiches. Height and spread: 15cm (6"). Direct sow lettuce seeds outdoors in spring and summer into well prepared, fertile, moist soil in sun or semi shade. Autumn sowings should be grown under cloches or in a cold greenhouse for overwintering. Sow seeds thinly at a depth of 1cm (1/2") in drills 30cm (12") apart in soil which has been raked to a fine tilth. When large enough to handle, thin out seedlings to 30cm (12") apart and cover with a protective netting or fleece to prevent attack from birds and insects. Make regular sowings for a constant supply.

Excellent coloured and shaped, purple topped roots with fine grained, good flavoured, yellow flesh, free from bitterness. Swede Magres is an excellent culinary swede, fully winter hardy, with mildew resistant foliage.

Companion planting: Try growing swede with Nasturtiums to draw cabbage white butterflies away from your crop, and mint to help deter flea beetles.

• Ideal For:kitchen garden
• Sowing Months: May, June
• Position: Full sun

Mini, sweet yellow, pear shaped cherry tomatoes with up to 80 fruits per truss. Tomato 'Ildi' is a cordon variety that naturally stops growing at 150-180cm (5-6') carrying 3-4 trusses per plant.

Trusses keep well and can be picked, hung in a cool garage, and kept for weeks without the fruit dropping. Perfect for containers or planters in the greenhouse or on the patio, but can also be planted in a sunny spot in the garden.

• 25 seeds per packet
• Plant Size: H: 180cm(70.9") , Spread: 50cm(19.7")
• Hardiness: Half-Hardy Annual
• Position in: Full Sun

• Delicious, bite-sized fruits
• Yield up to 500 tomatoes from just one plant!
• Perfect for growing in the greenhouse, or in a sheltered, sunny spot outdoors
• Contains 1 packet (10 Tomato Seeds)

• RHS Award of Garden Merit
• Crisp, Cruncy, cylindrical roots have a strong, clean flavour
• Ideal for the kitchen garden, containers, window boxes and greenhouse borders