Vegetable Plants
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£3.00A range of varieties all developed for baby leaf or whole head production. All feature excellent colour and texture, plus high levels of mildew resistance. Space approximately 35cm apart. Possible Lettuce types: Butterheads: flattish, rounded heads, soft texture, heart forming, can be grown nearly all year-round. Cos/Romaine: Tall and upright, sweet flavour, loose heart forming. Both large and small types. Crisp/Iceberg/Batavian: crisp leaves, compact hearts. Iceberg: very crisp leaves. Batavian: thinner leaves than Icebergs, but thicker and crispier leaves than Butterheads. Curled/Oak Leaf/Salad Bowl: mainly non-hearting types. Wide variety of leaf textures and colours. Lollo Bionda/Lollo Rossa: non-hearting types with very deeply curled leaves. Lollo Bionda varieties are green, Lollo Rossa varieties are red.
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£3.00A loose-leaf open hearted variety (lots of individual leaves) with red frilled leaves. As its name suggests it looks great and is well suited to growing in a container; it is easy & quick to grow. Lettuce Red Salad Bowl should be picked or snipped a few leaves at a time as this will encurage further new growth and ensure a longer cropping period. It is very heat tolerant so is slow to bolt. Plant up to 30cm apart to give room for full heads.
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£3.00Very similar to Mizuna but the leaves have a milder mustard flavour & are strap like with rounded ends. Very quick & easy to grow. It’s young leaves are great for baby-leaf production & used raw in mixed salads or left to grow on for larger leaves that are good for adding to stir-fries in the last minute of cooking. Mibuna will bolt if the leaves are not regularly picked and needs to be well watered in dry periods. Plant 10cm apart for ‘cut & come again’ cropping or 25cm apart for larger plants.
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£3.00Mizuna is a quick growing oriental leaf that has a sweet, mild mustardy taste that gets stronger as the wide serrated (similar to rocket) leaves mature. The baby-leaves can be used raw in salads or the larger leaves can be added last minute to stir-fries. Mizuna is quick & easy to crop, slow to bolt and can be cropped through winter with added protection either with a cloche or in greenhouse, but it does not like it too wet or cold. Plant at 20cm spacing.
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£3.00(Circa 1887) An exhibition variety from 1887 introduced by gardener (D. Murray) for the Marquis of Ailsa. The Onion was named after a small unusual shaped island off the coast in the firth of Clyde. – Nice-flavoured variety; large, solid, with small neck. It offers excellent keeping qualities. Try growing onions with mint to confuse and deter onion fly. Height: 45cm (18″). Spread: 10cm (4″).
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£3.00A mid-late maturing variety, Onion ‘Red Baron’ produces firm, flattish-round bulbs of a beautiful dark red colour. With eye-catching red rimmed flesh and a stronger flavour than most varieties, this RHS AGM variety makes an attractive addition to salads. An excellent cropping red onion with good storage potential. Height: 45cm (18″). Spread: 15cm (6″). Try growing onions with mint to confuse and deter onion fly.
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£3.00Pak Choi has been grown in China for about 1500 years. It is used whole when it is about 10cm tall or grown larger so that the individual leaves can be used. Pak Choi can be used raw in salads but when it is cooked, it is slightly spicy in taste. Joi Choi is an excellent variety with dark green leaves and pure white stems which grow uniformly and neatly. It is slow to bolt and has a good frost resistance. Vigorous hybrid, white stemmed variety, matures to 25-35cm, dense heavy heads, slow-bolting, pure white petioles (leaf stalks) and rich green leaves. Suitable for baby leaf.
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£3.00(Very Old pre 1600’s) A biennial parsley subspecies with much thicker roots than types cultivated for their leaves & is grown for its beige, stout plump little carrot-like root, which tastes like a carrot-celery, kohl robi cross. Used in parts of Europe in soups, stews & simply as a vegetable & may replace celeriac, parsnips, turnips, or carrots in dishes. Leaves used in the same way as regular parsley. Even though it looks similar to the parsnip, it tastes quite different & the similarity of the names is a coincidence.
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£3.00Pisum sativum. It is a Heritage Maincrop. The most popular maincrop variety, a very heavy cropper of large pods containing up to 11 peas. Has a tall growth habit that will require support, as they can grow to over 180cm. Plant 15cm apart in two rows with plants approximately 5cm apart. Allow 45cm between rows.
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£3.00(Circa 16th Century) A culinary delight making a real comeback. The young leafless stem shoots can be eaten like asparagus and the light green pods (from bright crimson flowers) are best picked and eaten young (2.5cm) to avoid toughness. Tastes a bit like a cross between asparagus & fresh peas. Easily grown low bushy plant. Harvest August to September. 15-30cm (6-12”) between plants. Likes Full Sun.
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£3.00An outstanding performance from this powerhouse pea – in yield, pod quality and taste, Pea Terrain cannot be beaten. Plants bear huge amounts of curved pods containing up to eight deliciously sweet peas over a long season. Terrain shows excellent resistance to downy mildew and wilt, and bears fruit right until the first frosts, making it the perfect choice for a late harvest. Producing two pods per node, it brings double the harvest compared with older varieties. Height: 90cm (36″). Spread 30cm (12″).
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£3.00Produces masses of pods containing tiny, incredibly sweet flavoured peas. They are so sweet they can be eaten raw in salads but are equally as delicious when cooked. To get the sweetest flavour, peas are best cooked when picked young and cooked within 30 minutes of harvest, before the sugar has turned to starch. It is advisable to add some net or sticks as support for plants to climb and hold the crop. The plant will grow to a height of about 60cm. Plant 15cm apart in rows 60cm apart.
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