SeedStepsYour vegetable garden, one step at a time.My gardenVegetables, fruit, flowers and herbs. Start with a plant and discover its varieties.
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Discover round, striped, yellow and trailing courgettes, their flavours and ways to grow them.
Discover courgettes →Speckled Amish is a traditional butterhead lettuce with light green leaves and reddish-brown speckles. The head stays loose and the leaves are tender. Choose this selection if you want to compare speckled butterhead leaves with the firmer cos lettuce Queue de Truite. Leaf shape is the concrete difference.
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A row of French beans needs little ground and gives you a clear picking moment time after time. Some varieties stay low; others climb. Choose according to your space and how you want to harvest.
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Spinach grows well when the season stays cool. A small row gives young leaves for the kitchen and makes room for a following crop. Choose seeds for your sowing time, as summer and winter growing need different varieties.
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Very pale lilac tones with a white eye.
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Pointed cabbage forms a head with a distinctive point. A few plants make a manageable crop to follow from the first leaf to harvest. Choose a variety and sowing time that go together.
Read the growing guide →Tall climber with green pods tinged pink. Choose Spring Blush for strongly developed tendrils, bicoloured flowers and a striking climbing patch. Kokopelli describes plants two to three metres tall, so allow genuinely tall supports.
Read moreTall sugar snap climber with green pods with pink shades. Choose Spring Blush for strongly developed tendrils, two-coloured flowers and a striking climbing patch. Kokopelli describes plants of two to three metres, so reserve genuinely tall support.
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Brussels sprouts form one by one in the leaf axils of a tall stem. They need a long season, with harvest extending into the cooler months. Pick the lower ripe sprouts while those higher up keep growing.
Read the growing guide →St Victor is a winter-focused leek with upright blue-purple leaves. The source describes a medium-length shank and compact winter development. Choose this variety for a longer winter schedule and a distinctly different leaf colour. Allow for slower growth in the cold months.
Read moreMid-season; deep red.
Read moreBlack-and-white marked beans from a bush plant. Choose Yin Yang for striking beans in a low storage crop. The source mentions several harvest stages, letting you use some fresh and leave some to dry.
Read moreDark red; self-fertile.
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Bunching onions are harvested for their tender white bases and green leaves, without waiting for a large storage bulb. Make a short row among slower-growing vegetables or place a container near the kitchen. Small successive sowings give more practical portions than one overcrowded row.
Read the growing guide →Named cultivated variety; further distinguishing features still need verification.
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Climbing beans make use of height and let you harvest along a green wall. Build the support at the start of the season and choose a variety whose young pods or mature beans you enjoy eating.
Read the growing guide →A very old, white sweetcorn with cobs around 20 cm long on tall plants: a pale counterpart to Golden Bantam. Choose Stowells Evergreen for white sweetcorn and large plants. It needs more vertical space than low vegetables alongside it.
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Dwarf beans stay low and make it easy to get started. A short row gives you a crop that is easy to keep an eye on, and another small sowing keeps the kitchen supplied later in summer.
Read the growing guide →Round, yellow spring onion sets for storage after summer. Choose Sturon for large, round storage bulbs. According to the source, it is a selection from Stuttgart, with a separate variety name and its own planting stock.
Read moreFlattened onion with a copper-coloured exterior. Choose Stuttgart if you want to grow storage onions from seed. The source also mentions raising onion sets; that requires a different desired final size.
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Sugar snap peas combine a juicy pod wall with young peas. Their tendrils grip a support, making them ideal for growing upwards. Match the variety’s height to your space and pick regularly once the pods are rounded but still tender.
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A group of sweetcorn gives the vegetable garden striking summer height. Good cobs depend mainly on the layout: grow plants in a block so pollen can reach the silks. Choose an early variety for our growing season and harvest close to cooking time.
Read the growing guide →A named annual Helianthus annuus selection from the RHS list.
Read moreFew seeds; the nursery reports self-setting.
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