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Discover round, striped, yellow and trailing courgettes, their flavours and ways to grow them.
Discover courgettes →Large white fruit; pink blush.
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Luffa produces long fruits that develop a fibrous interior as they ripen. You can make a plant-based sponge from it.
Read the growing guide →Taiwanese aubergines approximately 20–30 cm long and only 4–5 cm thick: long, purple and slender. Choose Ma-Zu Purple for its length-to-thickness ratio: a clearly different cut from a round, fleshy aubergine.
Read moreAn ornamental and snack pepper developed especially for balcony gardens, with marbled foliage and colourful striped fruits. Choose Madame Paraplü when both foliage and harvest should be attractive. It offers more than uniformly red snack fruits.
Read moreA satsuma by the patio is appealing for its scent, foliage and easy-peel fruit.
Read moreA very early variety with orange fruits shaped like flattened tomatoes: clearly different from a long, pointed sweet pepper. Choose Mandarine for early development and a broad, orange shape alongside red and yellow sweet peppers.
Read morePerpetual-fruiting; soft fruit for fresh eating.
Read moreMarathon is broccoli with a central, dense main head and its own British variety profile. Discover the F1 designation, give space and follow how harvest stage matters more than a fixed date.
Read moreHybrid, large nuts; produces pollen.
Read moreElongated, white turnip radish for a different harvest shape. Choose Marché de Zurich if you want to try a white, elongated radish. The source also mentions sheltered growing; the retail term winter does not replace suitable sowing timing.
Read moreA red, sweet, pointed pepper for frying and stuffing: the long shape makes generous culinary halves. Choose Marconi Rosso for long, red fruits and versatile cooking use, contrasting with yellow Corno di Toro.
Read moreMaribor is a small red butterhead lettuce with a growing emphasis on winter and early spring. The source describes heads of about two hundred grams. Choose this selection for a winter-focused schedule with suitable protection. The German calendar advice is not an automatic Dutch yield guarantee.
Read moreSelf-pollinating musk strawberry.
Read moreHybrid, large fruits; sensitive to late frost.
Read moreDark green-blue ribbed squash with warty skin and a turban-like top: an unusual Italian autumn form. Choose Marina di Chiogga for a heavy decorative shape and storage harvest, allowing room for fruits weighing a few kilos.
Read moreMarjoram introduces you to the gentler side of Mediterranean herbs. The small, pale leaves of sweet marjoram create a different look from a larger pot marjoram. Choose the form carefully: related plants with different hardiness are sold under the same Dutch name.
Read moreLarge, dark blue-purple cooking plum.
Read moreA familiar cucumber variety for a greenhouse or sunny garden position, aimed at regular summer harvesting. Choose Marketmore for a familiar slicing cucumber and regular, usable fruits.
Read moreFairly large, lightly ribbed beefsteak tomatoes on a plant needing support: a classic shape for thick slices. Choose Marmande for a familiar beefsteak tomato without the pronounced heart shape of Coeur de Boeuf.
Read moreA selection with deep reddish-purple to purple cobs, listed separately as Martian Purple Red alongside Martian Purple. Choose this offering for the red-purple cob appearance. The similar name to Martian Purple does not prove an identical selection without further documentation.
Read moreSweetcorn with purplish-red plants and purplish-red kernels, selected from Double Red; colour also shapes the crop's appearance. Choose Martian Purple for colour on both plant and cob. It is a selection from Double Red, without the two therefore being proven synonyms.
Read moreMashua combines a climbing plant with gracefully lobed leaves, late trumpet flowers and edible tubers. Its peppery flavour is a real discovery beside an ordinary potato. Choose an identifiable variety and a sheltered trial space: late tuber formation makes autumn weather important.
Read moreMatador is offered as productive spinach with large leaves. The variety suits a bed where you want to build up a usable portion of leaves. Choose this variety for leaf size and production. Its broad sales calendar is not adopted as an unlimited year-round guarantee.
Read moreUpright plant with green pods above the leaves. Choose Maxi if easy finding and picking matter. Pods grow above the foliage; the source mentions lengths around twenty centimetres, without making this a harvest requirement.
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