These extraordinary fruits are yellow with green stripes when ripe, with the flesh remaining beautiful bright green with a characteristic, pleasant tangy flavour. The 5-7cm tomatoes weigh up to 100g and are ideal for slicing into wedges in a salad and make wonderful tasting tomato soup.
A 'blue-green winter' variety. Performs well in bad and cold weather. Tasty, medium long white stems. High yielding and uniform. Resistant to bolting. Harvest November-December.
From recent European breeding of open-pollinated sweet corn. Excellent quality, stocky, juicy cobs remain sweet after harvest. Pick in approximately 95 days.
A fine quality parsnip with long roots at least 7cm across at the top. One of the best-flavoured parsnips with good resistance to canker. (Earliest known date 1897).
Gardeners Delight Gardener’s Delight produces long trusses of small cherry-type fruit with outstanding flavour. These delicious organic tomatoes are ideal for salads, and an exceptional cropper outdoors or under glass. With over 15 million organic gardeners in the UK and the number growing year on year, we’re keen to support growers produce the varieties they love, organically.
Superb long pods with 8-9 good flavoured beans in each. These are compact plants, perfect for anyone with limited space. Aguadulce is the hardiest variety for autumn or early spring sowing. Broad beans are a nutritious and valuable source of protein. Bacteria in their roots take up nitrogen from the air, which feeds the plants. Delicious when eaten young and tender.
Creamy flesh (similar to that of the avocado), with a strong, pleasant taste, ideal for making soup: simply puree the cooked flesh in a mixer and add tomato sauce, butter and salt. Stores well.
A hardy herbaceous perennial. The leaves have a celery-like flavour and can be used in soups, stews and casseroles. Seeds and roots can also be eaten. Harvest June-August.
A special selection for leaf production. Used mainly in salads or in Indian and Chinese dishes. Broadcast thinly and cut when 15cm high. May be cut several times. Best sown in spring and early summer. Will eventually run to seed.
An Ormskirk type with the ability to stand severe frosts. An excellent green vegetable when little else is available. Sow May-June plant 60cm apart harvest Dec-Feb. Try lightly braised in butter with a twist of freshly ground pepper! 190 seeds.
(1869) One of the most productive sources of fresh greens. Young leaves can be harvested all year round and they will regrow. Cook like spinach. Good resistance to drought and bolting. Sow April-August. Later sowings will provide fresh greens through the winter.
Delicious sweet flavour due to its naturally high sugar content. Uniform, intense red globe shaped roots, retaining a smooth texture grown to full size, but also suited for baby beet. Good disease and bolting tolerance. With over 15 million organic gardeners in the UK and the number growing year on year, we’re keen to support growers to produce the varieties they love, organically. Part of our range of organic seeds, Beetroot Rhonda looks as good as it tastes.
A delicious organic carrot variety, bred for carrot fly resistance. The medium cylindrical roots are smooth-skinned, and have a sweet flavour, being especially crisp and tasty when raw.With over 15 million organic gardeners in the UK and the number growing year on year, we are keen to support growers as they grow the varieties they love, organically.
Much thinner-leaved than the cultivated variety, but with a more pungent peppery flavour. Less prone to bolt. A perennial, but best grown as an annual.
Yellow-podded version of Neckar Queen with the same robust qualities. Lots of tasty, stringless, bright yellow, pencil pods, borne on vigorous plants which can tolerate unfavourable and variable weather conditions - just right for growing in the UK! Good for freezing. Resistant: bean mosaic virus.
Gives a steady supply of delicious, shiny deep green courgettes throughout the summer months. A strong growing, reliable variety. Easy to pick and ideal for slicing and freezing. (Earliest known date 1927).
A greenhouse type cucumber that you can actually grow outdoors (provided the position is not too exposed). Medium-short fruited (22-25cm). Parthenocarpic means it sets fruit without pollination which means you'll always have a reliable crop. Smooth skinned with slight ribbing. High yielding. Harvest July-September. Height 100-150cm (39-59); spread 40-50cm (16-20cm).
Productive, late maturing. Tight, tasty sprouts from December to February. Strong stem and root system, stands well in the cold. Coated seeds to aid visibility when sowing.
A very popular and reliable variety. The large plants produce a steady supply of mature shoots throughout March. The purple colour turns bright green when cooked. Harvest March-April.
A bushy, early courgette with medium-long fruits that are slender and cylindrical in shape. Very tender-skinned that are bright gold in colour and with distinctive, delicious zucchini flavour.
Early maturing, ideal for growing two crops a year with spring and summer sowings. Fleshy 13-14cm pods on strong bushy plants. Can be picked young as filet beans. Resistant to bean mosaic virus.