Peas & Beans
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Bean: Runner Bean 'Streamline'
Scarlet Runner Bean€3.25When I was young and idle, I’d dream of a self-refilling pint of cider. Now I’m older I dream of the slightly more realistic horticultural equivalent: beans and plenty of them. Bred for high yields and reliability, ‘Streamline’ gives heavy yields of fantastic tasty pods giving you effortless food for weeks.
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Bean: Runner Bean 'Sunset'
Runner Bean€4.50Runner beans are all attractive enough for flower gardens or patios, but the 'Sunset Runner Bean' is in a class by itself. The luminous peach to shell-pink blossoms are absolutely beautiful and will look equally at home in your vegetable plot or your flower borders. The pods are fleshy, straight, smooth, and almost stringless when young.
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Pea 'Alderman'
Maincrop€2.25Pea 'Alderman' is a well known and reliable variety that produces heavy crops of large, curved, dark green pea pods of the highest quality. It a tall growth habit that will require supports but is well worth the effort for the extended cropping period and the huge yields that it produces.
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Pea 'Blauwschokker'
Ezetha's Krombeks Purple Podded Pea
Capucijners. Heritage (Europe 15th C)€2.85‘Blauwschokker’ produce good yields of succulent, bright green peas with an abundance of red and violet flowers are followed by deep purple pods. Dual purpose it is delicious when harvested young as mangetout or can be left to mature to shell the delicious green peas.
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Pea 'Blauwschokker' Organic
Ezetha's Krombeks Purple Podded Pea
Capucijners. Heritage (Europe 15th C)€3.50
‘Blauwschokker’ produce good yields of succulent, bright green peas with an abundance of red and violet flowers are followed by deep purple pods. Dual purpose it is delicious when harvested young as mangetout or can be left to mature to shell the delicious green peas. Organic Seeds. -
Pea 'Buddy' Organic
First early, Low-growing variety€2.95 Pea ‘Buddy' is a popular variety producing excellent yields that mature early in the season. A neat and compact variety that can be grown with minimal supports, the pods are borne in profusion with each straight pod containing 6 to 8 tasty peas. Organic Seeds. -
Pea 'Douce Provence'
First early, Low-growing variety€2.85Pea 'Douce Provence' is a compact variety which is extremely versatile. Consistent and reliable it produces large crops of sweet and succulent peas. Strictly speaking it is a round seeded first early variety but it can also be grown as an over-winter pea to produce of the earliest harvests of the season.
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Pea 'Early Onward'
Second early€2.25
Pea 'Early Onward' is a widely grown, long-standing favourite. A wrinkle-seeded variety with blunt well filled, dark green pods. It is short jointed with vigorous growth. Heavy cropping it yields of 6 to 8 peas per pod of sweet tasting fine flavoured peas. -
Pea 'Feltham First'
First early, Low-growing variety€2.25Round seeded 'Feltham First' can be relied upon to produce a substantial crop of large pointed pods packed with tasty, sweet peas early in the summer. It is a traditional high-yielding favourite with good cold tolerance. Suitable for autumn or spring sowing.
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Pea 'Karina' Organic
Second early / Maincrop€2.95One of the newest and the highest yielding varieties, Pea ‘Karina’ is suitable for second early and maincrop use, it is resistant to disease and is a reliable cropper on all soil types. An excellent variety that produces an abundance of sweet flavoured peas over a long season. Organic Seed. -
Pea 'Kelvedon Wonder'
Second early / maincrop, Low-growing variety.
Heritage (Essex, England 1925)€1.95Kelvedon Wonder is an award winning, popular and well-flavoured pea variety which grows on a dwarf plants, making it excellent for container growing and smaller gardens. A second early / maincrop variety that is fast growing and heavy cropping. -
Pea 'Sienna'
Very early, Low-growing Shelling pea€2.75Pea 'Sienna' is a superstar - an excellent hardy, early variety that is well adapted to cool soils and early spring weather, and produces a very fast crop. Very easy shelling, with excellent sweet flavour - open the medium sized, blunt pods and enjoy the first, sweet, plump, green peas of the season!
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Pea, Mangetout 'Carouby de Maussane' Sugar Pod
Snow pea, Chinese Snow Pea.
Heritage variety (France 19th C.)€2.35Although not widely available commercially, the vintage, sugar pod type pea 'Carouby de Maussane' has been enjoying a small-scale renaissance among heritage vegetable enthusiasts. Not only is the flavour superior, but the vines are covered with beautiful lavender and purple flowers.
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Pea, Mangetout 'Norli' Sugar Pod
Snow pea, Chinese Snow Pea.
Low-growing variety€2.25 Pea 'Norli' is a true French mange tout type pea that produces small, dark green flat pods with good sweet flavour. The pods are entirely stringless and are very heavily produced, perfect for steaming, stir frying, or raw in salads, you will find this little pea absolutely mouth-watering. RHS AGM. -
Pea, Mangetout 'Norli' Sugar Pod, Organic
Snow pea, Chinese Snow Pea.
Low-growing variety€2.95
Pea "Norli" produces small, dark green flat pods with good sweet flavour. Heavily produced on vigorous plants that grow to just 50cm high. Best picked whilst small for gourmet eating, this little pea is absolutely mouth-watering. RHS AGM. Organic seed. -
Pea, Mangetout 'Oregon Sugar Pod'
Snow pea, Chinese Snow Pea.
Heritage variety (USA)€2.55Introduced by Oregon State University, this disease resistant variety is extremely hardy and one of the best choices for cooler climates. It gives high yields of four inch translucent flat green pods that hold their colour well. Crisp, tender and full of flavour. -
Pea, Mangetout ‘Snowflake’ Organic
Snow pea, Chinese Snow Pea.€2.95 Mangetout Pea ‘Snowflake’ is a medium-strong growing early variety that produces pure white flowers and beautiful wide pods. They can be eaten as a mangetout while the pods are flat, or they can be left to mature and shelled for use as a garden type pea. Organic Seeds. -
Pea, Mangetout ‘Sweet Horizon’ Organic
Snow pea, Chinese Snow Pea.€3.95 Pea ‘Sweet Horizon’ is a very high quality, late maturing mangetout variety that produces high yields of delicious, beautiful and extremely straight snow peas with dark green pods. With the longest harvest window, ‘Sweet Horizon’ stands well in both summer heat and autumn wet weather. Organic Seeds. -
Pea, Sugar Snap 'Delikett'
Edible-podded pea, Sugar Pod€3.50Sugar Snap 'Delikett' is a high quality variety sugar snap pea. With a compact plant habit the plants grow to only around 65cm (25in) tall, yet produce high yields of delicious dark green pods that are entirely stringless.
