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Sikkim: discover its flavour and how to grow it

An old Himalayan variety with oval fruits that develop a thick, brown, netted skin when ripe: more of a discovery than a uniform supermarket variety. Choose Sikkim to learn about a cucumber with unusual ripe colour and skin, especially if you enjoy comparison and notes.

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Silver Queen: discover its flavour and how to grow it

An okra selected by Culinaris for outdoor growing, with striking leaves and flowers and paler fruits than Santa Cruz. Choose Silver Queen alongside Santa Cruz if you want to compare which okra grows best in your warm garden space.

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Sima: discover its flavour and how to grow it

Low-growing winter shelling pea for a possible early spring harvest. Choose Sima if you want to try winter growing in a sheltered position. This is an experiment aimed at an early harvest, alongside more usual spring sowing.

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Growing oranges: a garden full of flavour

Sweet navel oranges, blood oranges and marmalade types each have a different kitchen use.

Illustrative species image of Shallots: from one planting bulb to a cluster

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Shallots: from one planting bulb to a cluster

Shallots grow as a group of small bulbs around the original planted bulb. They make a useful storage crop for a sunny patch, and an attractive experiment in a wide container. The most important step comes after growing: harvest carefully and dry thoroughly.

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Lettuce: choose a whole head or keep picking young leaves

Lettuce need not be a row of identical green heads. Different leaf types make an attractive bed and a varied salad. First choose how you want to harvest: a whole head at once or a few leaves at a time.

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Rat-tail radish

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Slivovidny: discover its flavour and how to grow it

Many small, oval, yellow tomatoes on fan-branched flower clusters: striking trusses for small, fresh harvests. Choose Slivovidny for yellow minis and unusual branching trusses instead of pear-shaped Yellow Pearshaped.

Illustrative species image of Chard: colourful stalks and continual new leaves

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Chard: colourful stalks and continual new leaves

Chard looks attractive in a vegetable bed and can be harvested in small portions. You use both the leaves and stalks. With enough space and regular watering, a few plants can keep producing new leaves for a long time.

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Flat-podded beans: broad pods on a frame or low bush

Broad, flat pods make flat-podded beans recognisable among other beans. A climbing variety forms a green screen; a dwarf variety fits more easily in an open bed. Choose that growth habit before buying seeds.

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Leaf celery

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Snow White: flavour and growing

Large white garden strawberry.

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Snowman: growing cornflower

White brings calm among blue and dark flowers.

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Soissons: discover its flavour and how to grow it

Soissons is a French Batavia lettuce with large, firm, green heads. The lightly curled leaves fill a generous bowl. Choose Soissons for a summer-focused Batavia head. Sow fewer at once if you do not want a collection of large heads at one harvest time.

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Sonca Orange: discover its flavour and how to grow it

A Hungarian butternut selection with fruits of about 1.5–2 kg and firm orange flesh. Choose Sonca Orange when a described hazelnut note matters and you want to try a medium-sized butternut.

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Sonja: growing sunflower

Branching yellow sunflower for cutting.

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Soo Yoh Long: discover its flavour and how to grow it

Dark green, ribbed Chinese cucumbers approximately 30–40 cm long with thin skin and sometimes a slight curve. Choose Soo Yoh Long when length, ribbing and thin skin appeal more than smooth, uniform snacks.

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Sora: discover its flavour and how to grow it

Round, bright red radish with firm flesh. Choose Sora for a classic round, red radish and a compact harvest. Several small sowings let you keep tasting young roots.

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Sovereign Coronation: flavour and growing

Blue-purple, seedless; sweet musky aroma.

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Sparkler 2: discover its flavour and how to grow it

A short radish crop for a first harvest in a small space. Choose Sparkler 2 for a short crop on a balcony or in a small bed. A modest first sowing helps you learn to harvest without a large supply.

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Spartan: flavour and growing

Early to mid-season; large, sweet berries.

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Speckled Amish: discover the flavour and growing

Speckled Amish is a traditional butterhead lettuce with light green leaves and reddish-brown speckles. The head stays loose and the leaves are tender. Choose this selection if you want to compare speckled butterhead leaves with the firmer cos lettuce Queue de Truite. Leaf shape is the concrete difference.

Illustrative species image of French beans: a small sowing, a basket of summer harvest

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French beans: a small sowing, a basket of summer harvest

A row of French beans needs little ground and gives you a clear picking moment time after time. Some varieties stay low; others climb. Choose according to your space and how you want to harvest.

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Illustrative species image of Spinach: a quick leaf crop for cool gardening weeks

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Spinach: a quick leaf crop for cool gardening weeks

Spinach grows well when the season stays cool. A small row gives young leaves for the kitchen and makes room for a following crop. Choose seeds for your sowing time, as summer and winter growing need different varieties.

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