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Emir

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Ogen

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Vegetables

A ripe melon from your own garden starts with a warm spot and a variety that fits your season. Let vines run over the ground or grow vertically with separate supports for the fruits. In the Netherlands, a hobby greenhouse generally gives more certainty than an open bed.

Nottingham

More compact tree, small flavoursome fruit.

Iranian

Relatively early, heavy cropping.

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Fruit trees

Medlar

Crataegus germanica

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Mizuna

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Vegetables

Mizuna

Brassica rapa

Mizuna's deeply cut leaves bring an ordinary salad to life. Grow young leaves close together or let individual plants develop into large rosettes. A balcony planter or salad table keeps picking within reach, especially in the cooler parts of the season.

Chelsea

Large, intensely flavoured fruit.

Charlotte Russe

Compact; suitable for a pot, fruits young.

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Fruit trees

Mulberry

Morus

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Gele mosterd als groenbemester

This selection is intended as fast-growing ground cover. The aim is an occupied bed and green plant material, rather than a collection of cabbage heads.

Mosterdkers als kiemgroente

Mustard cress is sold here as sprouts. You harvest small seedlings, so this offering follows a different course from green manure.

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Vegetables

Mustard (green manure/sprouts)

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Spearmint

Mentha spicata: the fresh classic kitchen mint.

Peppermint

Mentha × piperita: a stronger cooling character.

Apple mint

Mentha suaveolens: softly hairy leaves.

Chocolate mint

A peppermint form for a different scent trial.

Pineapple mint

Variegated mint for visible contrast.

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Herbs

Mint

Mentha

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Hosui

Round, sweet and juicy; vigorous growth.

Shinko

Juicy, modest aroma.

Chojuro

Crisp white flesh; thinning sometimes needed.

Niitaka

Very large, dark skin.

Early Shu

Pale green, inverted pear shape; fine, juicy flesh.

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Fruit trees

Nashi

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Lord Napier

Pale yellow skin with a red blush.

Early Rivers

Relatively early selection.

Humboldt

Orange flesh.

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Fruit trees

Nectarine

Prunus persica

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New Zealand spinach

This leafy vegetable fills the warm season, when ordinary spinach can be difficult. Botanically it is a different species from Spinacia oleracea.

Vegetables

New Zealand spinach

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Crimson & Gold

Red-yellow oca selection

Heirloom Pink

Pale pink marbled New Zealand selection

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Unusual crops

Oca

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Santa Cruz

An upright-growing okra selection with attractive flowers and young edible pods; suitable for comparing warm outdoor and greenhouse growing.

Silver Queen

An okra selected by Culinaris for outdoor growing, with striking leaves and flowers and paler fruits than Santa Cruz.

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Vegetables

Okra

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Elephant garlic

Large cloves with a mild aroma from a relative of leek.

Vegetables

Elephant garlic

Allium ampeloprasum

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Empress of India

Dark foliage with intensely red flowers.

Alaska

Cream-variegated foliage with mixed flower colours.

Jewel of Africa

Climbing choice with striking variegated foliage.

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Flowers

Nasturtium

Tropaeolum majus

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Common oregano

Origanum vulgare: the perennial green basic form.

Country Cream

Cream-green variegated leaves intended for culinary use.

Syrian oregano

Origanum syriacum: a separate species within the culinary group.

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Herbs

Oregano

Origanum vulgare

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Taisai

Taisai forms a rosette of dark green, spoon-shaped leaves with broad, white ribs. It does not form a closed cabbage head.

Red Inferno

Red Inferno is a small pak choi with red, spoon-shaped leaves and light green veins. Colour identifies young rosettes.

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Vegetables

Pak choi

Brassica rapa

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Nero di Toscana

These Tuscan black kale names describe the same dark long-leaved type. French and Italian names are combined as search terms.

Vegetables

Cavolo nero

Brassica oleracea

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Sweet Chocolate

An early-ripening bell pepper with a striking chocolate-brown final colour and somewhat thicker skin.

Corno di Toro geel

Elongated Italian sweet peppers ripening yellow: a horn-shaped alternative to square bell peppers.

Mini Bell rood

Small, square sweet peppers of approximately 3–5 cm on a low plant around 40 cm tall: a true miniature.

Jubilandska

A relatively low-growing sweet pepper with elongated fruits turning green to red; a manageable greenhouse variety.

Chinese Giant Sweet

Large bell peppers with abundant flesh: an old variety for generous portions and a substantial greenhouse position.

Flynn

Small snack peppers on a fairly compact plant, suitable for a pot on a warm balcony or patio.

Long des Landes

An early, old Basque variety with fleshy, elongated, red fruits around 15 cm.

Mandarine

A very early variety with orange fruits shaped like flattened tomatoes: clearly different from a long, pointed sweet pepper.

Pantos

A vigorous mid-late variety with conical, red fruits and thick, juicy flesh.

Piquillo

A sweet pepper with a rich, full flavour for anyone wanting to use the harvest in a cooked dish.

Rosso

An early variety with conical fruits turning red at maturity: an easily recognised red sweet pepper shape.

Sweet Cherry

Round fruits approximately 3–4 cm across turn from dark green to bright red; an early, sweet cherry pepper.

Red Augsburger

Elongated, pointed sweet peppers turning green to bright red: a traditional European variety with a recognisable slender shape.

Sweet Banana

Slightly curved, long peppers ripening from pale yellow through yellow-orange to red: the banana name explains the shape.

Ampuis

An old French mid-season variety with red, strongly wrinkled, lantern-shaped fruits and thin skin.

Marconi Rosso

A red, sweet, pointed pepper for frying and stuffing: the long shape makes generous culinary halves.

Arwen

Red snack peppers approximately 7–8 cm long on strong, fairly short plants, developed for professional organic growing.

Radja

Yellow snack peppers about 7–8 cm long on strong, short plants: a sunny colour for small fresh portions.

Madame Paraplü

An ornamental and snack pepper developed especially for balcony gardens, with marbled foliage and colourful striped fruits.

Kyra

An orange, sweet, pointed pepper approximately 20–22 cm long with rapid colouring and a strong, open crop.

Mini Bell mix

A mixture of red, orange and chocolate Mini Bell peppers for different small fruits in a row of pots.

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Vegetables

Sweet pepper

Capsicum annuum

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Guernsey

Pale parsnip root for a sweet autumn meal.

Long Turga

Even, long roots of approximately 25–30 centimetres.

White King

Long, cream-coloured roots with smooth skin.

Round early

A short, pointed carrot type for shallower soil.

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Vegetables

Parsnip

Pastinaca sativa

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Orange

Bright orange domed discs with fairly thick dark yellow flesh: a colourful summer squash for young harvests.

variegated

Cream-coloured fruits with green stripes give this pattypan type an ornamental pattern beside plain white or orange forms.

white

Milky-white thick discs with lobed edges on a non-trailing plant: the classic pattypan shape.

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Vegetables

Pattypan

Cucurbita pepo

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Sunflower

Few seeds; the nursery reports self-setting.

Prima 1216

The nursery reports self-setting; a higher harvest with a second cultivar.

Shenandoah

Trade name of Wansevwan; mild, sweet, reminiscent of lychee.

Susquehanna

Trade name of Levfiv; large fruit, few seeds, strong aroma.

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Fruit trees

Pawpaw

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Conference

Sweet and juicy; can set without pollination.

Concorde

Compact growth and relatively early fruiting.

Doyenné du Comice

Melting flesh; needs sun.

Beurré Hardy

Vigorous upright growth.

Beth

Small, sweet, juicy fruit.

Joséphine de Malines

Late dessert pear with buttery, juicy flesh and a rich aroma.

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Fruit trees

Pear

Pyrus communis

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Cayorange

A very early-ripening chilli with bright yellow-orange fruits, also selected for promising warm outdoor growing.

Westlandse Lange Rode

A familiar elongated, pointed chilli that ripens from green to red, suitable for fresh picking and drying.

Lombardo

A second-early variety with long, slender, pointed fruits, light green turning bright red, on a heavily branched plant.

Black Hungarian

Purple flowers and cone-shaped, Jalapeño-like fruit ripening from almost black to dark red make this Hungarian variety distinctive.

Variegata

An early, compact chilli with variegated green-white-purple leaves and small, elongated fruits eventually ripening red.

Jalapeño

The familiar Mexican chilli for green picking and fully red ripening; one plant provides two recognisable kitchen stages.

Late Ancho Gigantea

Fairly large, ribbed, heart-shaped Mexican chillies approximately 7–10 cm long, dark green turning dark red.

Pepperoncini

An old Italian selection with fruits approximately 7–10 cm long, green-yellow turning red, on a vigorous, compact plant.

Cayenne Long Slim

A hot cayenne chilli for anyone wanting a clearly spicy flavouring, also in a pot or under glass.

Padrón

The Galician tapas chilli is usually picked young and green: a variety for small pan-cooked portions.

Koh Chang

Straight, yellow chillies approximately 13 cm long on a relatively short crop with early fruit set.

Koh Tao

Straight, orange chillies approximately 14 cm long on a strong, taller crop: a colourful counterpart to Koh Chang.

Bishop Crown

A striking red crown-shaped chilli on a vigorous crop, with an unusual eating experience within one fruit.

Numex Twilight

Small upright chillies about 1–2 cm long change from purple through yellow and orange to red on a bushy plant.

Purple

Purple-brown fruits with thick flesh: a dark chilli for substantial, hot sauces.

Habanero chocoladebruin

Wrinkled lanterns about 5 cm long turn from green to chocolate brown: a habanero type for strong-chilli enthusiasts.

Spaanse peper uit Cayenne

A cayenne offering with long slender red fruits about 15–20 cm long, intended for pungent seasoning and drying.

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Vegetables

Chilli

Capsicum

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Jubilandska

A relatively low-growing sweet pepper with elongated fruits turning green to red; a manageable greenhouse variety.

Chinese Giant Sweet

Large bell peppers with abundant flesh: an old variety for generous portions and a substantial greenhouse position.

Flynn

Small snack peppers on a fairly compact plant, suitable for a pot on a warm balcony or patio.

Corno di Toro geel

Elongated Italian sweet peppers ripening yellow: a horn-shaped alternative to square bell peppers.

Long des Landes

An early, old Basque variety with fleshy, elongated, red fruits around 15 cm.

Mandarine

A very early variety with orange fruits shaped like flattened tomatoes: clearly different from a long, pointed sweet pepper.

Mini Bell rood

Small, square sweet peppers of approximately 3–5 cm on a low plant around 40 cm tall: a true miniature.

Pantos

A vigorous mid-late variety with conical, red fruits and thick, juicy flesh.

Piquillo

A sweet pepper with a rich, full flavour for anyone wanting to use the harvest in a cooked dish.

Rosso

An early variety with conical fruits turning red at maturity: an easily recognised red sweet pepper shape.

Sweet Cherry

Round fruits approximately 3–4 cm across turn from dark green to bright red; an early, sweet cherry pepper.

Red Augsburger

Elongated, pointed sweet peppers turning green to bright red: a traditional European variety with a recognisable slender shape.

Sweet Banana

Slightly curved, long peppers ripening from pale yellow through yellow-orange to red: the banana name explains the shape.

Sweet Chocolate

An early-ripening bell pepper with a striking chocolate-brown final colour and somewhat thicker skin.

Ampuis

An old French mid-season variety with red, strongly wrinkled, lantern-shaped fruits and thin skin.

Marconi Rosso

A red, sweet, pointed pepper for frying and stuffing: the long shape makes generous culinary halves.

Arwen

Red snack peppers approximately 7–8 cm long on strong, fairly short plants, developed for professional organic growing.

Radja

Yellow snack peppers about 7–8 cm long on strong, short plants: a sunny colour for small fresh portions.

Madame Paraplü

An ornamental and snack pepper developed especially for balcony gardens, with marbled foliage and colourful striped fruits.

Kyra

An orange, sweet, pointed pepper approximately 20–22 cm long with rapid colouring and a strong, open crop.

Mini Bell mix

A mixture of red, orange and chocolate Mini Bell peppers for different small fruits in a row of pots.

Cayorange

A very early-ripening chilli with bright yellow-orange fruits, also selected for promising warm outdoor growing.

Westlandse Lange Rode

A familiar elongated, pointed chilli that ripens from green to red, suitable for fresh picking and drying.

Lombardo

A second-early variety with long, slender, pointed fruits, light green turning bright red, on a heavily branched plant.

Black Hungarian

Purple flowers and cone-shaped, Jalapeño-like fruit ripening from almost black to dark red make this Hungarian variety distinctive.

Variegata

An early, compact chilli with variegated green-white-purple leaves and small, elongated fruits eventually ripening red.

Jalapeño

The familiar Mexican chilli for green picking and fully red ripening; one plant provides two recognisable kitchen stages.

Late Ancho Gigantea

Fairly large, ribbed, heart-shaped Mexican chillies approximately 7–10 cm long, dark green turning dark red.

Pepperoncini

An old Italian selection with fruits approximately 7–10 cm long, green-yellow turning red, on a vigorous, compact plant.

Cayenne Long Slim

A hot cayenne chilli for anyone wanting a clearly spicy flavouring, also in a pot or under glass.

Padrón

The Galician tapas chilli is usually picked young and green: a variety for small pan-cooked portions.

Koh Chang

Straight, yellow chillies approximately 13 cm long on a relatively short crop with early fruit set.

Koh Tao

Straight, orange chillies approximately 14 cm long on a strong, taller crop: a colourful counterpart to Koh Chang.

Numex Twilight

Small upright chillies about 1–2 cm long change from purple through yellow and orange to red on a bushy plant.

Purple

Purple-brown fruits with thick flesh: a dark chilli for substantial, hot sauces.

Spaanse peper uit Cayenne

A cayenne offering with long slender red fruits about 15–20 cm long, intended for pungent seasoning and drying.

Amy

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Apache

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Astor

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Basket of Fire

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Bolivian Rainbow

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Corno di toro giallo

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Corno di toro rosso

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Diablo

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Friggitello

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Fuego

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Hamík

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Loco

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Mohawk

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Redskin

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Reggae

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Topepo rosso

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Vegetables

Chillies & sweet peppers

Capsicum annuum

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