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Discover round, striped, yellow and trailing courgettes, their flavours and ways to grow them.
Discover courgettes →Long, yellow, fleshy pods on a climbing bean. Choose Neckargold for yellow climbing beans with a fleshy pod wall. Along a tall support, you can harvest a different colour and texture from thin green French beans.
Read moreEarly climber with long, green, fleshy pods. Choose this variety for an early green climbing bean harvest. The long pods offer a different kitchen idea from the broad, flat shape of a classic slicing bean.
Read moreNeckarperle is a very early selection with relatively small, cone-shaped heads. A smaller cabbage can suit a modest household well. Choose Neckarperle for an early, compact harvest. A growing calendar still depends on raising conditions, protection and the local spring.
Read moreNectarines are appealing if you have room for a warm growing space and can pay attention to ripening. A greenhouse or sunny fan-trained plant offers different possibilities from an open-grown tree. Start with the warmth available, then choose a variety that suits the space.
Read moreRed; very sweet.
Read moreBlue; large berries, aromatic.
Read moreYellow, firm flesh for everyday meals and storage. Choose Nicola if you want to store a firm potato for various dishes. Earliness descriptions differ between sources; plan harvesting around your own plants' development.
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This leafy vegetable fills the warm season, when ordinary spinach can be difficult. Botanically it is a different species from Spinacia oleracea.
Read the growing guide →Very large, dark skin.
Read moreHybrid; eat when soft.
Read moreLarge, very dark red tomatoes with abundant fleshy pulp, little juice and few seeds: a dark choice with substantial culinary bulk. Choose this variety for large, dark fruit and a less juicy portion rather than small, refreshing cherries.
Read moreLow-growing mangetout with broad, flat pods. Choose Norli for a pea-pod garden without a tall climbing support. The low form is manageable in a small space, with different support needs from Heraut.
Read moreMore compact tree, small flavoursome fruit.
Read moreSmall upright chillies about 1–2 cm long change from purple through yellow and orange to red on a bushy plant. Choose Numex Twilight if a pot of many small, colourful fruits should also give an edible, hot harvest.
Read moreAn early beefsteak tomato selection from Culinaris, with fruits ripening from yellow through orange to red. Choose Oaxacan Jewel for early beefsteak tomatoes and a mild profile, particularly if large fruits should not arrive very late.
Read moreLarge, pink, slightly flattened, thin-skinned beefsteak tomatoes come from a Mexican variety tradition with mid-season development. Choose Oaxacan Rose for a pink beefsteak tomato with a described sweet-fresh balance rather than a drier paste tomato.
Read moreOca produces small, colourful tubers beneath a plant with clover-like leaves. The flavour is very different from an ordinary potato: refreshingly tart with a citrus-like note and a potato-like base after cooking. The late tuber season makes it an enjoyable trial for a sheltered garden, with a real chance of a disappointing harvest.
Read moreGreen when ripe; milder blackcurrant flavour.
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Okra combines upright growth with graceful flowers and young edible pods. It is a warmth-loving trial crop: start with a small group of plants in the greenhouse and only try a selected variety outside in your warmest spot.
Read the growing guide →A genuinely trailing courgette with dark green fruits: suitable for covering a fence or frame with edible growth. Choose Ola Escaladora for vertical growing; this differs from training an ordinary bush courgette along a stake.
Read moreRound, light green courgettes with white speckles on a bushy plant: precisely the shape for small stuffed rounds. Choose Ola Redonda for stuffed courgettes and a manageable bush habit rather than long grilling slices.
Read moreYellow tomatoes with fine red-orange stripes for a colourful harvest platter. This choice centres on a yellow base colour with thin, warm-toned stripes. It suits a trial bed where appearance receives as much attention as maximum possible yield.
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A large clove of elephant garlic grows into a striking broad-leaved plant and later a sizeable bulb. Its mild aroma offers different kitchen possibilities from ordinary garlic. Grow it for enjoyment and an unusual harvest, with enough room and soil that drains winter rain well.
Read the growing guide →Early, dark pink, medium-sized oval fruits with a small point give a clearly different shape from round slicing tomatoes. Choose Olirose for an early, pink, oval tomato instead of large, later-ripening pink beefsteaks.
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