May
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Cucumber 'Marketmore'
Outdoor, Ridge Cucumber€1.95The original Marketmore was released in 1968, it is now firmly established as one of the 'Greats' in the cucumber world, very reliable and disease resistant it produces a large amount of fruit which usually grow to over 20cm in length Perfect for salads and with fresh, crisp and mild flavour.
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Cucumber 'Marketmore' Organic
Outdoor, Ridge Cucumber€2.65Marketmore is a fantastic slicing cucumber. Reliable and productive and resistant to the diseases that can blight so many cucumbers. Pick daily for the most sublime cucumber experience and remember with cucumbers the more you take the more they give. -
Cucumber 'Telegraph Improved'
Heritage variety (English 1897)€2.65Cucumber ‘Telegraph Improved’ is an improved strain of this superb heirloom variety. It is an excellent choice for cool greenhouse or cold frame growing. This reliable variety gives medium-long dark, smooth-skinned fruits with a excellent mild flavour.
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Cucumber, Pickling 'Hokus', Organic
Gherkin, Cornichon or Pickling Cucumber€2.95Gherkin 'Hokus' is a small green Gherkin variety, which can be cultivated without the use of a greenhouse, as long as the ground is sheltered and amply fertilised. The plants can be grown vertically up netting or can be grown horizontally. Organic Seeds. -
Cucumber, Pickling, 'Parisian Pickling'
Gherkin, Cornichon or Pickling Cucumber
Heritage (French, late 1800's - 'Improved Bourbonne')€2.00Cucumber, 'Parisian Pickling' is the ideal cucumber for use in pickling and for eating fresh in salads. The fruits can be harvested while small and young at around 50 days for pickles or left to mature to 67 days for slicing cucumbers. Suitable for indoor and outdoor sowing and ideal for container growing.
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Cynara cardunculus 'Cardoon'
Cardoon€2.20Whether you are into the culinary arts or edible landscapes, you may want to put this plant at the top of your list. Chosen by the RHS as one of the top plants of the last 200 years, Cardoons are aristocrats in both the ornamental and the vegetable world. -
€2.65If you're an adventurous gardener, cook, or gastronome, then you'll want to grow cardoons. In summer, tall flower stems which are topped with large blue-violet blooms. A dramatic statement in the flower border and a flavour that is truly unique in the vegetable world. Organic Seeds.
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Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale
Dandelion, Clockflower, Tell-The-Time, Blowball, Puffball, Priests Crown€1.50Out of stock
Dandelion is reviled by lawn manicurists yet, like Burdock, it is one of the most esteemed herbs in healing, the benefits are endless. The young raw leaves can be used in salads or cooked as a vegetable, the leaves contain more iron than spinach and are a excellent source of vitamins.
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Starting at: €3.95
This fabulous range of Edible Flowers and Herbs give decorative petals and leaves for use as garnishes and flavourings. Some are spicy, and some herbaceous, while others are floral and fragrant, the range is surprising. They will bring a stunning finish to the food and drinks you that you love.
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Endive, Escarole 'Cornet de Bordeaux'
Broad-leaved endive€1.75'Cornet de Bordeaux' is a very fine old French variety of endive that produces looser, wavier interior foliage that flares into a veritable cornet. The thick, buttery yellow leaves are very succulent and delicious, they have that special thick crunch of Italian endives, but with a sweeter flavour.
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Endive, Frisée 'Pancalieri’
Curly-leaved endive€1.75Italian Frisée Pancalieri resembles a lettuce that has gone horribly awry. With a pale green explosion of frizzy leaves it adds a frisky note to green salads. The large, loose collective head is dark green with a self-bleaching, creamy white interior. -
Fennel 'Zefa Fino'
Florence Fennel or Bulbing Fennel€1.95'Zefa Fino' is a superior strain of fennel that is ideal for cool climates and the best fennel for garden use. It keeps a succulent texture, never tough or woody. It harvests easily because the root stem is relatively short and is good for use as a mini-veg or for growing on to maturity. -
Fennel 'Zefa Fino' Organic
Florence Fennel or Bulbing Fennel€2.25Florence Fennel, 'Zefa Fino' is a superior strain. It stays small, is never tough or woody and keeps a succulent texture. Ideal for cool climates and the best fennel for garden use, it will bulb reliably and doesn't bolt from a spring sowing. Sow successionally from Jan to July for harvesting in 80 days. -
Fennel, Bronze Fennel
Herb Fennel, Bronze Fennel.€2.25Used in many culinary dishes, the leaves and seeds of Fennel have a sweet aroma and an aniseed flavour. The fine clouds of feathery, bronze-purple leaves are wonderful in the herb garden or among tall perennials and grasses. The foliage acts as a delicate veil through which flower heads of plants can be seen.
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Fennel, Green Fennel
Herb Fennel, Green Fennel€1.50The green garden fennel is a handsome and popular perennial, often planted on its own for impact or combined with other flowers in borders. The airy feather foliage is crowned in late summer with large heads of tiny flowers. Both leaves and seeds are useful and seeds may be left to ripen as a crop.
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Garlic or Chinese chives, Oriental Garlic
Chinese leek, Oriental garlic chives, Ku chai, Koo chye or Gau choy€2.25A relatively new vegetable in the English-speaking world but well-known in Asian cuisine, the flavour of garlic chives is more like garlic than chives, though much milder. Both leaves and the stalks of the flowers are used a stir fry ingredient. The flowers may also be used as a spice.
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Garlic or Chinese chives, Oriental Garlic, Organic
Chinese leek, Oriental garlic chives, Ku chai, Koo chye or Gau choy€2.75A relatively new vegetable in the English-speaking world but well-known in Asian cuisine, the flavour of garlic chives is more like garlic than chives, though much milder. Both leaves and the stalks of the flowers are used a stir fry ingredient. The flowers may also be used as a spice. Organic seed. -
Good King Henry
Chenopodium bonus-henricus (An Ancient Crop)
Poor-man's Asparagus, Lincolnshire Spinach.€2.55Out of stock
Good King Henry has been used as a vegetable for centuries and was once a common sight in every garden. Good King Henry may have lost his court and become something of a rarity today, but this unique herb has much to offer to the home or cottage gardener.
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Holy Basil, 'Dark' or 'Krishna Tulsi'
Sacred Basil, Purple or Red Holy Basil€2.25Holy basil, also called Tulsi or Sacred Basil has highly aromatic, narrow oval leaves and pink flowers with a perfumed fragrance. This plant exudes a delicious, sweet, clove-like aroma. The hotter the summer, the deeper the purple. It is regarded as one of the most important plants used in Ayurvedic medicine.
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Holy Basil, 'Light' or 'Rama Tulsi'
Sacred Basil, White or Green Holy Basil€2.25Regarded as one of the most important plants used in Ayurvedic medicine, 'Rama Tulsi' produces lots of flower spikes very early in the season, making it a nice ornamental plant as well as edible. The sweet aroma is very strong, even walking past it you can clearly smell its delicious scent.
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€2.45
Hyssopus officinalis 'Alba' is a much less well known variety of hyssop. Also known as 'White Hyssop' the plants sport bright white flowers from July to October. Widely used as a 'taste enhancing' herb or wildlife plant, the plants are a dark, vibrant green with a spiky, upright habit and narrow tongue-like leaves which have a peppery scent when stroked.
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€2.45
Hyssop, once recognised as a medicinal herb is enjoying a revival with home gardeners. An aromatic herb similar to rosemary or lavender, it makes an excellent low hedge and more unusual alternative to box. The plants are a dark, vibrant green with a spiky, upright habit and narrow tongue-like leaves. 'Pink' Hyssop sports vibrant, pink flowers.
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Hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis, Blue Hyssop
Blue Hyssop
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€2.25Hyssop is a strong-flavoured aromatic herb which is enjoying a revival with home gardeners. An ideal plant for use in containers or as a low hedge or border within the herb garden. Highly attractive to bees, it makes excellent honey and is a must for any wildflower garden.
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Kale 'F1 Oldenbor'
Curly Kale, Scotch Kale, Borecole€2.95Kale 'F1 Oldenbor' is a frost resistant medium-tall variety with beautiful medium-green coloured, finely curled leaves. Disease resistant with uniform plant growth, it is unsurpassed for extra-mild, sweet Kale tang. Ultra-hardy, it is suitable for autumn and winter harvest. 28 days for baby kale; 60 days mature.