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Discover round, striped, yellow and trailing courgettes, their flavours and ways to grow them.
Discover courgettes →Rubine brings reddish sprouts and leaves to the cabbage bed. The product source describes later development than a quick green harvest. Choose Rubine for colour and when you have enough time for a later cultivar. Planning for winter calls for space and patience.
Read moreCompact; suitable for a pot.
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A few rocket leaves immediately give a salad character. Sow short rows for young leaves or choose wild rocket, which grows differently. Bear that difference in mind: one general sowing calendar does not suit both types.
Read the growing guide →Ruffec is curled endive with strongly divided leaves. Fleshy ribs give more structure than fine cutting lettuce. Choose this variety mainly for its strongly curled leaves and described suitability for cooler conditions, not for unproven sweetness.
Read moreRumba has a British variety profile with round yellow-brown bulbs. Learn to read a comparison with Sturon carefully, then follow your own row, maturity and storage quality.
Read moreHybrid; soft fruit reminiscent of apricot.
Read moreGreen, flat-podded bean for strips or pieces. Choose Sabre for a green, flat climbing bean clearly intended for slicing. The stringless description reduces preparation as long as you harvest young pods in good time.
Read moreGreen Salad Bowl has oakleaf-shaped leaves and is intended for picking. You do not have to wait for a compact, closed heart. Choose this selection for a manageable green picking rosette. Its demonstrable difference from Red Salad Bowl is leaf colour.
Read moreCulinary sage combines soft grey-green leaves with a distinctive aroma. Purple, yellow-variegated and tricolour forms immediately add variety to a herb garden. Keep the botanical identity clear: not every plant sold with sage in its name is ordinary culinary Salvia officinalis.
Read moreBlue; fruity.
Read moreSalvia offers much more than culinary sage from a herb container. A low-growing perennial selection makes purple lines among vegetables and grasses; a shrubby form remains a loose cloud of flowers for longer; a tender blue species deserves a pot you can move. The botanical group on the label determines overwintering and pruning. Do not give all salvias the same maintenance.
Read moreA classic Italian, elongated plum tomato with firm flesh: mainly a choice for homemade sauce. Choose San Marzano when processing matters rather than only snacking on whole cherry tomatoes.
Read moreGreen-yellow; very sweet, milder aroma.
Read moreAn upright-growing okra selection with attractive flowers and young edible pods; suitable for comparing warm outdoor and greenhouse growing. Choose Santa Cruz for a documented selection that can also be tried outdoors. The grower expects more vigour and harvest in a greenhouse.
Read moreFirm, cream-coloured flesh with a sweet, fruity aroma and a red blush.
Read moreLong cucumbers approximately 30–40 cm long with few seeds give this Asian variety a practical salad identity. Choose Satsuki Madori for long cucumbers with few seeds rather than round fruits or mini snacks.
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The deeply crinkled leaves make Savoy cabbage recognisable from a distance. With a suitable autumn or winter variety, your garden remains productive after summer. Give plants enough room to form a head and avoid interruptions to growth.
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Scorzonera takes patience but provides a harvest when many summer crops have gone. A long, dark root grows beneath the narrow leaves. Give it deep, loose soil and take your time lifting it intact at harvest.
Read the growing guide →Blue-black; dessert and wine grape.
Read moreRounder fruit, compact, leaf spot tolerance.
Read moreAutumn onion sets for an early harvest next season. Choose Shakespeare for autumn planting and an earlier following harvest. The indicated storage life is average, so reserve some for immediate consumption.
Read moreTrade name of Wansevwan; mild, sweet, reminiscent of lychee.
Read moreJuicy, modest aroma.
Read moreSiber Frill has blue-green, strongly curled leaves. The firm leaf structure gives a distinctly different appearance from flat-leaved cabbage types. Choose this variety for strongly curled leaves and described suitability for cold conditions. Winter hardiness still depends on position and weather.
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