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Discover round, striped, yellow and trailing courgettes, their flavours and ways to grow them.
Discover courgettes →Pale yellow slender tubers; also offered as Yellow Banana
Read moreAn early, old Basque variety with fleshy, elongated, red fruits around 15 cm. Choose Long des Landes for early, elongated, sweet peppers. Earliness combined with fleshy fruit makes it practical.
Read moreLong shallot with copper-red skin and a pink-purple core. Longor suits a storage supply and elongated shape. The coloured core distinguishes it from round, red shallots.
Read moreA modern, productive variety with long, ivory fruits: white fruit with a different shape from Casper. Choose Longue de Dourga for white aubergines that are easy to cut into long slices.
Read morePale yellow skin with a red blush.
Read moreLorient forms large, flat heads with lightly blistered leaves and purple-green shades. The source emphasises a firm structure. Choose Lorient for a larger cabbage and uses welcoming firm leaves. Consider available space and portions.
Read moreYellow-to-red beefsteak tomatoes with indigo accents give a vigorous selection a striking, warm colour display. Choose Lucid Gem for a described fruity-sweet beefsteak profile and indigo accents, with few seeds in each portion.
Read moreLarge white fruit; pink blush.
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Luffa produces long fruits that develop a fibrous interior as they ripen. You can make a plant-based sponge from it.
Read the growing guide →Taiwanese aubergines approximately 20–30 cm long and only 4–5 cm thick: long, purple and slender. Choose Ma-Zu Purple for its length-to-thickness ratio: a clearly different cut from a round, fleshy aubergine.
Read moreAn ornamental and snack pepper developed especially for balcony gardens, with marbled foliage and colourful striped fruits. Choose Madame Paraplü when both foliage and harvest should be attractive. It offers more than uniformly red snack fruits.
Read moreA satsuma by the patio is appealing for its scent, foliage and easy-peel fruit.
Read moreA very early variety with orange fruits shaped like flattened tomatoes: clearly different from a long, pointed sweet pepper. Choose Mandarine for early development and a broad, orange shape alongside red and yellow sweet peppers.
Read morePerpetual-fruiting; soft fruit for fresh eating.
Read moreMarathon is broccoli with a central, dense main head and its own British variety profile. Discover the F1 designation, give space and follow how harvest stage matters more than a fixed date.
Read moreHybrid, large nuts; produces pollen.
Read moreElongated, white turnip radish for a different harvest shape. Choose Marché de Zurich if you want to try a white, elongated radish. The source also mentions sheltered growing; the retail term winter does not replace suitable sowing timing.
Read moreA red, sweet, pointed pepper for frying and stuffing: the long shape makes generous culinary halves. Choose Marconi Rosso for long, red fruits and versatile cooking use, contrasting with yellow Corno di Toro.
Read moreMaribor is a small red butterhead lettuce with a growing emphasis on winter and early spring. The source describes heads of about two hundred grams. Choose this selection for a winter-focused schedule with suitable protection. The German calendar advice is not an automatic Dutch yield guarantee.
Read moreSelf-pollinating musk strawberry.
Read moreHybrid, large fruits; sensitive to late frost.
Read moreDark green-blue ribbed squash with warty skin and a turban-like top: an unusual Italian autumn form. Choose Marina di Chiogga for a heavy decorative shape and storage harvest, allowing room for fruits weighing a few kilos.
Read moreMarjoram introduces you to the gentler side of Mediterranean herbs. The small, pale leaves of sweet marjoram create a different look from a larger pot marjoram. Choose the form carefully: related plants with different hardiness are sold under the same Dutch name.
Read moreLarge, dark blue-purple cooking plum.
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