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 →Red selection.
Read moreA strongly trailing, late selection with broad, flattened, deeply ribbed fruits; dark green skin later takes an ochre tint. Choose this offering when a long, warm season is available and the musky profile appeals. The name resembles other Provence selections without a proven separate identity.
Read moreA green gherkin for a sheltered outdoor bed: a practical variety if you want to pickle small batches regularly. Choose Hokus for open-ground growing in a warm, sheltered position. Long vines still need space or training.
Read moreHollandse middelvroege is a named forcing chicory selection for forcing with or without covering soil. Growing consists of a root stage and a forcing stage. Choose this variety if you want to follow the two growing stages and try forcing. A short forcing period is not the total growing time.
Read moreEarly; firm, large fruit.
Read moreJuicy, slightly astringent; berries remain on the plant.
Read moreA small butternut with orange flesh: the manageable size suits preparing in halves. Choose Honeynut for small butternuts and pronounced sweetness rather than one large storage fruit per harvest.
Read moreElongated blue berries are an early, distinctive alternative to classic currants.
Read moreA pale yellow star with narrow rolled petals.
Read moreRound, sweet and juicy; vigorous growth.
Read moreLoose bush form with red-and-white lipped flowers.
Read moreBlue-grey, elongated, spindle-shaped fruits with rough, thick skin and excellent culinary flesh inside. Choose Hubbard blauw for blue skin and plenty of flesh per fruit. The large size is less convenient for small individual portions.
Read moreOrange flesh.
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Ice plant has fleshy leaves with shiny, crystal-like bladders. It is a different plant from summer purslane or winter purslane.
Read the growing guide →Yellow-green variegated foliage for light accents.
Read moreAn early, compact plant with apricot-sized, bright orange tomatoes. Choose Ida Gold if you want an early harvest and a low, bushy plant. The producer mentions suitability for a cooler climate; it still needs a frost-free, sunny position.
Read moreImperial Star is grown for round flower buds. The large plant also provides a clear vertical form outside the vegetable bed. Choose it if you want to start early and have room for a large plant. A first-year yield is possible, not guaranteed.
Read moreA vigorous sweetcorn selection with white, yellow, red and dark kernels on plants approximately 1.5–2 metres tall. Choose Inca Rainbow for a multicoloured harvest and tall crop. It is a named selection, not an arbitrary seed mix.
Read moreThe deep red flower spikes make crimson clover a green manure that is a pleasure to look at. It is a legume crop with a different appearance and growth rhythm from rye. Give it its own patch with time to develop.
Read moreWarm orange upper side and dark underside; longer stems.
Read moreDark purple to almost black shoulders above an underside that turns red when ripe. For growing where you want to follow colour formation through sunlight. The documented distinction lies in the fruit shoulders and the two colours.
Read morePink early blossom; edible nuts. RHS lists hybrid/synonym Prunus × amygdalopersica.
Read moreProductive cooking cultivar; some mildew tolerance.
Read moreRelatively early, heavy cropping.
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