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 →Hybrid; eat when soft.
Read moreLarge, very dark red tomatoes with abundant fleshy pulp, little juice and few seeds: a dark choice with substantial culinary bulk. Choose this variety for large, dark fruit and a less juicy portion rather than small, refreshing cherries.
Read moreLow-growing mangetout with broad, flat pods. Choose Norli for a pea-pod garden without a tall climbing support. The low form is manageable in a small space, with different support needs from Heraut.
Read moreMore compact tree, small flavoursome fruit.
Read moreSmall upright chillies about 1–2 cm long change from purple through yellow and orange to red on a bushy plant. Choose Numex Twilight if a pot of many small, colourful fruits should also give an edible, hot harvest.
Read moreAn early beefsteak tomato selection from Culinaris, with fruits ripening from yellow through orange to red. Choose Oaxacan Jewel for early beefsteak tomatoes and a mild profile, particularly if large fruits should not arrive very late.
Read moreLarge, pink, slightly flattened, thin-skinned beefsteak tomatoes come from a Mexican variety tradition with mid-season development. Choose Oaxacan Rose for a pink beefsteak tomato with a described sweet-fresh balance rather than a drier paste tomato.
Read moreOca produces small, colourful tubers beneath a plant with clover-like leaves. The flavour is very different from an ordinary potato: refreshingly tart with a citrus-like note and a potato-like base after cooking. The late tuber season makes it an enjoyable trial for a sheltered garden, with a real chance of a disappointing harvest.
Read moreGreen when ripe; milder blackcurrant flavour.
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Okra combines upright growth with graceful flowers and young edible pods. It is a warmth-loving trial crop: start with a small group of plants in the greenhouse and only try a selected variety outside in your warmest spot.
Read the growing guide →A genuinely trailing courgette with dark green fruits: suitable for covering a fence or frame with edible growth. Choose Ola Escaladora for vertical growing; this differs from training an ordinary bush courgette along a stake.
Read moreRound, light green courgettes with white speckles on a bushy plant: precisely the shape for small stuffed rounds. Choose Ola Redonda for stuffed courgettes and a manageable bush habit rather than long grilling slices.
Read moreYellow tomatoes with fine red-orange stripes for a colourful harvest platter. This choice centres on a yellow base colour with thin, warm-toned stripes. It suits a trial bed where appearance receives as much attention as maximum possible yield.
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A large clove of elephant garlic grows into a striking broad-leaved plant and later a sizeable bulb. Its mild aroma offers different kitchen possibilities from ordinary garlic. Grow it for enjoyment and an unusual harvest, with enough room and soil that drains winter rain well.
Read the growing guide →Early, dark pink, medium-sized oval fruits with a small point give a clearly different shape from round slicing tomatoes. Choose Olirose for an early, pink, oval tomato instead of large, later-ripening pink beefsteaks.
Read moreSoft pink flowers for a calm border.
Read moreA good storage harvest starts with careful picking and sorting. Leaves, roots and dry bulbs do not all belong in the same basket or storage conditions.
Read moreRound leaves, cheerful flowers and a peppery surprise on your plate: nasturtiums instantly give a vegetable garden a relaxed, lively look. Choose the growth habit first. A compact variety stays rounded in a pot, while a long-trailing type tumbles over a container edge or covers a frame. More fertiliser does not automatically make the plant more attractive: too much feed can mainly produce lots of leaves.
Read morePurplish-red skin, yellow flesh.
Read moreSmall, juicy, bright orange cherry tomatoes add warm colour beside red and dark snacks. Choose Orangette for orange colour and a described sweet-acidic note rather than large, orange beefsteak tomatoes.
Read moreOranje Sunset combines light green leaves with orange stalks. This gives even a simple leafy harvest a clear colour accent. Choose this variety for orange stalks rather than a variable colour mixture. The confirmed colour is its strongest distinction.
Read moreOregano can give a sunny herb border scent, flowers and a kitchen supply all at once. Look beyond the cushion of pink flowers: a culinary green form, a variegated selection and a related species really do look different in the garden. Buy a culinary plant when flavour is your aim.
Read moreOrange snack tomatoes of approximately 12–18 grams on an open plant with often-branched trusses. Choose Ormato for orange fruit and a manageable, open crop beside yellow or dark cherry tomatoes.
Read moreBlue; large sweet berries.
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