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 →Savory is a lovely discovery if you already know thyme and oregano. Choose an annual summer plant, a perennial winter shrub or a low creeping form. The difference also affects how you design a herb bed.
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Tree spinach combines green leaves with striking pink young shoots. Despite the word ‘tree’, it is a tall annual leaf crop.
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Beans can fill a low row or turn a climbing frame into a green wall. Then choose your harvest: young pods, flat-podded beans or ripe seeds. This guide covers common garden beans of Phaseolus; broad beans have their own cooler growing route.
Read the growing guide →Aromatic; pollinator for the Boreal series.
Read moreLater, firm, broad berries.
Read moreNoticeably large fruit; relatively low acidity.
Read moreBonte korrels met rode peulen van een lage plant. Kies dit ras voor een kleurrijke droge bonenoogst op lage planten. Het past bij voorraadteelt wanneer je na de verse zomerbonen nog een bed wilt laten afrijpen.
Read moreBlauw; dunne schil.
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Spring onions need little width and provide a familiar harvest: a pale stem with green leaves. Sow small batches to spread the supply. Some varieties barely form a bulb, while others swell a little more; choose the type and pick at the young stage you want to use in the kitchen.
Read the growing guide →Hybrid, productive; no pollen.
Read moreRonde gladde raap met geel-oranje vruchtvlees. Kies dit ras voor een gladde ronde vorm en een beschreven zoet aroma. Het past bij een vroege verse oogst en verschillende kleine zaairondes.
Read moreEen oud Frans ras met groene lange dunne, licht behaarde vruchten en twee bruikbare oogstformaten. Kies Bourbonne als je graag experimenteert met zowel augurkformaat als tafelkomkommer, zonder daarvoor twee gewassen te planten.
Read moreA thornless blackberry can form an edible boundary. The fruit hangs freely along wires, without having to search through a wild bramble hedge.
Read moreLangwerpige kleine pruimtomaten combineren paarse, groene, rode en blauwe nuances: een veelkleurig ras, geen zaadmengsel. Kies Brad’s Atomic Grape voor een lang mini-model en meerdere kleuren binnen één ras, in plaats van een mix met onbekende planten.
Read moreCooking apple; triploid.
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Good King Henry is a perennial vegetable that does not need sowing again each spring. Young leaves and spring shoots are usable.
Read the growing guide →Curled leaves with a classic culinary character.
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The first broccoli head is not always the end of your harvest. Many summer broccoli varieties produce smaller side shoots after the main head. Sprouting types have a different growing cycle again. Look at the variety, keep growth steady and check the bed regularly as heads form.
Read the growing guide →Large dark brown fruit; vigorous growth.
Read moreBrunswick is a late white cabbage with broad, flat, large heads on a short stem. The exterior is described as green. Choose this cultivar for a late, substantial cabbage harvest and possible processing. The name white cabbage does not mean the outer leaves have to be white.
Read moreEen zeer vroeg compact ras uit Zuid-Rusland met gladde donkergroene snackvruchten van ongeveer 8–12 cm. Kies Bushy voor compactere groei en vroege snacks; de aanbeveling voor koelere streken maakt hem nog niet vorstbestendig.
Read moreRoomwit met zacht roze/perzik, zeer grote gevulde bloemen.
Read moreEen vroege rode tomaat met onregelmatige, iets afgeplatte vruchten. Kies voor grillige vormen en vroege oogst. Ondanks de winkelnaam kerstomaat noemt de beschrijving middelgrote vruchten; verwacht dus geen uniforme kleine snackbolletjes.
Read moreA small citrus with lots of tiny fruits provides balcony fruit for drinks and preserving.
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