A tasty winter salad vegetable which can even be picked with snow on the ground. The succulent leaves are a staple ingredient for winter salads. More...
Per Packet, £1.89
An all-the-year round, nutritious salad crop. Easy to grow outdoors in the summer and inside during the cold months of the year. More...
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Barbarea vulgaris. A new 100% variegated introduction. Winter cress is very popular as a salad ingredient with a taste and look reminiscent of watercress. Harvest virtually all the year round, if covered with cloches during severe winter weather.
Flavour guide: Crisp and tangy; alternative to watercress.
Per Packet, £1.09
A welcome addition for your salad leaves. Best grown outdoors. Quick maturing with an upright habit making large, dissected, slightly pungent leaves about 25 days from sowing. Sow in succession for a complete season of 'baby salad leaves'. Slow to bolt if kept well watered. More...
A delightful salad plant either by itself or tossed with other salad ingredients and delicious with cheese sandwiches or with a cheese dip - it even makes superb cold soups. The dark green peppery flavoured leaves are rich in vitamins and minerals including vitamin C and iron. Although usually grown commercially in water it can be grown in the garden soil provided it is given plenty of water and will crop from early summer till around Christmas if protected with cloches etc. You can also grow it in a container stood in a saucer of water. More...
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A fine lettuce known for its exceptional cold resistance and bred solely for autumn sowings. It is a large lettuce, light green in colour, with tasty, crinkled leaves. More...
This is a good variety for sowing at any time. It is slow to run to seed and will continuously provide you with compact, crisp, well-flavoured lettuces. More...
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The smallest lettuce. A compact, solid butterhead type with deliciously soft leaves just right for small families or restricted space. It can be grown as close as 15cm (6in.) apart and makes a useful early crop in a cold frame or cloches. Very fast growing, from an early spring it will be the first variety to harvest. More...
It has been called for good reason, the number one outdoor lettuce. Sown at any part of the season from early spring to mid summer it will produce consistently high quality firm well wrapped heads of bright green hearts which are slow to burst. The plants always look healthy due to its ability to resist mosaic virus More...
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An excellently flavoured Italian lettuce of the type used in salads and also in many other dishes as a tasty garnish. It is compact, non hearting with a rosette of finely frilled leaves with deep red edge. Very easy to grow and attractive in gardens, tubs, containers etc and in the salad. More...
One of the earliest varieties to mature. Little Gem produces small compact plants which are packed with a crisp sweet heart and little outside leaf. Very useful for cloches too. More...
Still the premier garden lettuce in most people's vegetable patch. It has large, wrinkled leaves with a big tight centre of crisp, white leaf. It is outstanding whether the summer is wet or dry and always slow to run to seed. More...
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Here is a high quality crisp head lettuce with small compact heads which are just the right size for the home gardener. The solid, crisp and tasty heads are quick to mature and slow to bolt. Recommended for harvesting in succession from spring to July and can also be sown in October in cold frames or the cold greenhouse for cutting in early May. More...
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Sweet, crisp flavour Perfect for containers. A special selection of the ever-popular Little Gem variety. Compact plants produce small, sweet, crisp hearts of outstanding flavour. Perfect for the garden or growing in containers. More...
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Sherwood' is a major breakaway in Lettuce breeding. At last there is a cos lettuce which is truly moreish. It is genuinely sweet in flavour with that all- important crisp and crunchy texture. Compared to other cos lettuce, there is less wastage as fewer leaves need to be stripped away and once cut, it will store longer in the fridge. In most cases, you won't want to store 'Sherwood' because once you start to eat it, you'll find it hard to stop! This variety also has a very high resistance to mildew. More...
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An exciting blend of 'salad leaves' to add something different' in colour, taste and texture to your Salads, The blend consists of Leaf Radish, Leaf Carrot, Wrinkled Cress, Kale Red Russian, Red Amaranth, Golden Purslane and Salad Burnet. Sow in succession, pick leaves as required. Can also be grown under glass during the winter months to provide a complete season of 'harvesting. More...
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All-American Gold Medal winner. Large, medium-green, slow bolting, non-heading and decidedly tender. Don't pull the whole plants — be selective — go down the row choosing only the largest, tenderest leaves. This way Salad Bowl will continue to replace itself the whole season More...
(Summer-Autumn) A separately packaged collection to provide different types, colours and textures and a longer harvest from one sowing. Ideal for small gardens, providing a great selection in a small space. More...
A reliable, simple, productive and space-saving method which can be tailored to your weekly requirements. Early sowings should mature in about 60 days, mid-season sowings in about 40 days. Valmaine is specially chosen because the young leaves have no bitterness. More...
One of the new wave of excellent salad crops. Highly attractive and delicious, Radicchio has really increased in popularity recently. A unique flavour to complement any dish, and also has good storage capabilities.
Harvest September to December. Prefers a well drained, rich, moist soil.
SERVING SUGGESTION: Can be dressed in oil and lightly grilled, serve warm with melted cheese More...
Combines the speed of Salad Rocket and the flavour of Wild Rocket. An upright habit, so keeps the attractive serrated leaves clean and disease free. Pungency increases as the plants develop. Best cut as small leaves. Slow to bolt. More...
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Ready in 6-8 weeks and crops for 6 months or more. A new application of an old European technique producing nutritious, tasty and tender leaves through many months of the year. Particularly valuable for producing tender young shoots in spring and a spring sowing should produce salad material through summer. More...
An alternative to the usual Rocket, with deep green, serrated foliage that makes an attractive garnish. Wild Rocket has a stronger flavour than standard Rocket, and the young leaves can be picked in succession and are perfect for salads. Easy to grow. Height 15-20cm (6-8in), prostrate habit. More...
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