April
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Chives 'Medium Leaved'
Chives€1.50These easy to grow chives are one of the famous fines herbes of French cuisine. Easily raised from seed, they are perennial bulbs that spread to form neat tufted clumps, ideal for edging beds and paths. They are particularly attractive when in flower and are a favourite of bees and other pollinating insects.
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Choy Sum 'Fuubi'
Choi Sum, Yi Choy, Flowering Cabbage€2.10Out of stock
One of the most instantly recognisable vegetables in Cantonese cuisine. Choy Sum ‘Fuubi’ is one of the most uniform and productive, widely grown by the specialist producers of this crop. This slow flowering, late maturing variety is tolerant of low temperatures. It has good holding ability with deep green leaves and a quality stem that is smooth and fleshy.
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Choy Sum 'Gunsho'
Choi Sum, Yi Choy, Flowering Cabbage€1.95Out of stock
Choy Sum is one of the most popular vegetables in China and is now also widely used in the western world. With tender, delicious stems and flower buds, the flavour can be described as midway between cabbage and spinach. Choy Sum 'Gunsho' is a vigorous and productive 80 day type.
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Choy Sum 'Purple Stem'
Choi Sum, Yi Choy, Flowering Cabbage€2.05Out of stock
Instantly recognisable in Cantonese cuisine. Choy Sum 'Purple Stem' is an absolute fabulous vegetable. You use the whole plant: Flowers, buds, leaves and stems, and if allowed to mature and bolt, yellow flowers will shoot and the plant becomes sweeter and more succulent.
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Comfrey, Symphytum officinale
Knitbone, Bruisewort, Healing herb, Miracle herb.€2.35To the organic gardener, Comfrey is invaluable. It’s easy to grow, easy to use and incredibly beneficial to the garden. Leaves can be used as a top dressing or chopped and mixed with leaf mould to make a base for potting compost. You can make your own organic liquid feed or use as a compost activator.
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Comfrey, Symphytum officinale, Organic
Knitbone, Bruisewort, Healing herb, Miracle herb.€2.95To the organic gardener, Comfrey is invaluable. It’s easy to grow, easy to use and incredibly beneficial to the garden. Used to make organic liquid feed, it is especially valuable on crops that benefit from high doses of potassium. Organic Seed.
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Coriander, Cilantro 'Slobolt'
Chinese, Mexican or Indian Parsley€2.00Coriander 'Slobolt' is a variety for leaf production that is resistant to bolting and running to seed. It isn't a hard plant to grow and of course, fresh herbs and spices have far better flavours than dried ones. Home grown herbs are infinitely superior, the difference can be quite startling.
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Coriander, Cilantro, 'Calypso'
Chinese, Mexican or Indian Parsley€2.25Coriander 'Calypso' boasts to be the slowest bolting variety available. Stocky, very well-branched plants deliver almost unbelievable yields of fragrant, delectable leaves. The bulky plants provide a high leaf yield and have an extremely low growing point so can be cut back and allowed to re-grow at least three times throughout summer.
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Coriander, Cilantro, 'Confetti'
Chinese, Mexican or Indian Parsley€2.45'Confetti' is a unique Coriander producing fine, distinctive, feathery leaves, which are full of the distinctive coriander taste but with increased sweetness. Early to mature and slow to bolt it is ideal for use as cut and come again baby leaf, salad leaf or as a mature plant.
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Coriander, Cilantro, 'Leisure'
Chinese, Mexican or Indian Parsley€1.95Coriander 'Leisure' has been bred specifically for large, flavoursome leaf production, a particularly fine variety of superb quality. Extra slow bolting, it is particularly suited to hot weather regions. It is an excellent herb for slightly shaded areas, is very easy to grow and makes a good window box herb.
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Coriander, Cilantro, 'Santo'
Chinese, Mexican or Indian Parsley€2.20Out of stock
Coriander is not one of the world's favourite flavourings, it's two of them. This dual purpose herb is grown both for its seeds or fresh young leaves. 'Santo' is probably the best variety of coriander for leaf production as the plant combines very slow bolting with an upright habit and excellent flavour.
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Corn, Popcorn 'Cinema' Organic
Pop corn or Popping corn€2.85Usually sown in May to June, when the soil has warmed, the process is much the same as growing sweet corn. Popcorn 'Cinema' has a high starch content and so its glassy kernels pop very well when heated. Perfect for any party or home movie night. Organic Seed.
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Corn, Popcorn 'Plomyk'
Pop corn or Popping corn€2.35'Plomyk' is a corn variety that is grown for its dried seeds that are later used to make delicious, home-made popcorn. Usually sown in May to June and harvested August to September. Perfect for home made popcorn at a party or movie night!
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Costmary, Tanacetum balsamita
Herbe Sainte-Marie, Alecost€2.20Native to the eastern Mediterranean, Costmary leaves have an aroma which has been described as like garden mint with hints of balsam. Costmary is one of the most interesting and complex of all herbs, it can be used for many purposes, culinary, medicinal aromatherapy or ornamental.
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Courgette 'Alberello' Organic
Courgette, Marrow, Squash, Zucchini€2.95Once mainly grown in the south of the country, you can expect Courgette 'Alberello' to produce beautiful and tasty, green-skinned fruits with light green flecks. Resistant to a multitude of diseases, reliable and easy to harvest, they will bear fruits in prolific quantities. Organic Seeds
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Courgette 'Black Beauty' Organic
Courgette, Marrow, Squash, Zucchini€2.65Courgette ‘Black Beauty’ is an heirloom, open pollinated variety that produces fruits with a very dark green skin. One of the most popular varieties on the market, the plants start bearing courgettes around 45 to 50 days and will continue to produce throughout the season. Organic Seeds
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Courgette 'F1 Ambassador'
Courgette, Marrow, Squash, Zucchini€2.75Courgette Ambassador F1 is an attractive variety and an outstanding hybrid that gives attractive dark green courgettes over a long period. A popular professionally-grown variety and well known for the home gardener, it is an early fruiting, high yielding courgette which matures in fifty days.
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Courgette 'F1 Gold Rush'
Costata Romanesco€2.45Courgette 'F1 Gold Rush' is an extremely beautiful variety with smooth, thin yellow skins and crisp flesh. It is an early, rich cropping courgette with tender flesh and an abundance of bright yellow fruits. The compact plants yield prolifically and are ideal for smaller gardens or pots.
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Courgette 'Genovese'
Courgette, Marrow, Squash, Zucchini€1.95The Genovese courgette is a popular early variety that is very productive. It produces beautiful, light green cylindrical fruits speckled with grey, with a smooth skin and has an excellent flavour. The plants have an open bush habit which is helpful when harvesting. Sow April until July, harvest June onwards.
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Courgette 'Gold Rush' Organic
Zucchini, Summer Squash, Marrow€2.75Out of stock
Courgette 'Gold Rush' is an extremely beautiful variety with smooth, thin yellow skins and crisp flesh. It is an early, rich cropping courgette with tender flesh and an abundance of bright yellow fruits. The compact plants yield prolifically and are ideal for smaller gardens or pots. Organic Seeds.
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Courgette 'Romanesco'
Cocozelle or Costata Romanesco€1.95Courgette 'Romanesco' is a small to mid sized courgette originally grown in Rome. This Italian favorite has characteristic ribs down the fruit. The compact and erect habit makes this attractive Courgette both novel after cooking and hardly recognisable in a green salad.
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Courgette 'Tondo di Piacenza'
Costata Romanesco€1.95Courgette 'Tondo di Piacenza' produces spherical, dark green glossy fruits with a firm texture and good flavour. This versatile variety can be cropped at different sizes depending on your preferred recipe. Harvest at golf ball size for eating whole in salads, or slightly larger for slicing into stir fries.
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Crambe maritima 'Lilywhite'
Seakale, Wildflower of Britain and Ireland
Ancient Crop.€3.95Crambe maritima is a lovely dual purpose plant. This delicacy from the olden days has a unique delicate flavour, forced Seakale is a real delicacy. In the garden, it can be grown as an eye-catching and fragrant border plant. It has perhaps the most beautiful of all large glaucous leaves.
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Cress: Watercress
European watercress.€1.75Out of stock
Watercress has risen to a starring role in elaborate culinary preparations and is as beneficial for the health as much as the palate. This highly nutritious aquatic herb has a lovely mustardy bite most commonly served raw as a garnish or as part of a salad.