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 →Sungold gives small, golden-orange cherry tomatoes with a sweet flavour. Follow the plant from seedling to ripe truss and choose a sunny position where you can support this cordon tomato well.
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Read moreLong, thin yellow pods on a climber. Choose Sunshine for yellow colour on a tall bean support. The source mentions thin pods up to about eighteen centimetres; your own trial picking determines the best kitchen size.
Read moreAn early, yellow snack tomato from an organic outdoor-growing project. Choose Sunviva for small yellow fruit and a variety offered with an open-source seed licence. This concerns keeping the variety available; it does not guarantee flavour or yield.
Read moreTrade name of Levfiv; large fruit, few seeds, strong aroma.
Read moreLarge, ribbed tomatoes with dense, sweet flesh and few seeds. Choose Suzy for large fruit in the ribbed Marmande style. The source mentions exceptional specimens nearing a kilogram, a possible upper limit rather than an expectation for every tomato.
Read moreSlightly curved, long peppers ripening from pale yellow through yellow-orange to red: the banana name explains the shape. Choose Sweet Banana for curved shape and successive colours instead of long, straight pointed peppers.
Read moreRound fruits approximately 3–4 cm across turn from dark green to bright red; an early, sweet cherry pepper. Choose Sweet Cherry for round, sweet minis rather than the square fruits of Mini Bell rood.
Read moreAn early-ripening bell pepper with a striking chocolate-brown final colour and somewhat thicker skin. Choose Sweet Chocolate for early, brown bell-shaped fruits to contrast with uniformly red or yellow peppers.
Read moreGradual late ripening.
Read moreLate; glossy red fruit.
Read moreA traditional Moroccan courgette with elongated fruits and robust growth, interesting for a sunny trial corner. Choose Tabergmouzt to try a Moroccan selection in a warm position alongside a familiar courgette variety.
Read moreTaisai forms a rosette of dark green, spoon-shaped leaves with broad, white ribs. It does not form a closed cabbage head. Choose Taisai for white ribs and a full, green rosette. Red Inferno offers a visibly different colour form.
Read moreTall Utah is a named celery selection. The source gives growing instructions, but does not substantiate a unique rib colour or fixed plant size here. Choose Tall Utah as a recognisable celery selection, then assess it against your propagation space and intended use of the ribs.
Read moreSweet chestnut suits a larger garden or orchard where the tree can develop its crown. Its spiny husks and roasted harvest bring their own autumn character. Start with space and pollination; a large nut in a photo tells you nothing about suitability for your location.
Read moreBlood orange; red colouring depends on climate.
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This image was created with AI from described plant characteristics and growing advice. It shows a possible situation and is not a photograph of a verified cultivar.
Tatsoi forms low rosettes of dark green, spoon-shaped leaves. It is an attractive vegetable for a small leaf crop or a row of whole young plants. With suitable timing, it adds something new to your bed after the summer harvest.
Read the growing guide →Tayberry produces strikingly large, elongated fruit and makes a lovely addition to a raspberry row.
Read moreLow plant with fluffy double flowers.
Read moreYellow Belgian tomatoes with a striking point and plenty of flesh. Choose this vigorous Belgian selection for round, yellow fruit with a point. It combines a recognisable shape with a fleshy, mid-season meal tomato.
Read moreBushy and relatively slow-bolting.
Read moreThai basil with purple flower spikes.
Read moreWhite autumn garlic with a light purple tint. Choose Thermidrôme if you plant in autumn and have the bed available until next summer. The light purple tint aids recognition in a comparative garlic harvest.
Read moreThorin is described as a vigorous, relatively slow-growing Matador type. That type reference does not prove Thorin is the same variety as Matador. Choose Thorin for the described growth pattern and retain the name as a separate selection. Compare development under the same conditions.
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