At last a mangetout pea which produces a delicious crop of conventional peas even when the pods are "past it" for mangetout purposes! Lightly steamed or boiled, mangetout peas can turn a meal into a feast, but they are just as easy to grow as any other peas. A welcome addition to summer salads when cooked and served still warm. Sow March to May. Harvest June to August.
Scarlet Emperor has been a favourite for decades, which is no surprise. It yields long, straight pods of excellent flavour. Sliced and blanched, it freezes well to provide tasty out-of-season treats.
Choose this unique combination for a natural and vibrant mixture of different coloured roots, from white, yellow and orange through to a rich red. These sweet, juicy and tender carrots are ideal to brighten up salads, soups and stir-fries. Delicious.
Living up to its name, Sweet Million produces masses of small, round, richly coloured fruits whether in a greenhouse or grown outdoors. Expect up to 50 delicious cherry tomatoes per truss. Perfect for containers. Heavy cropping. Sow Date: Jan-May.
One of the longest cucumbers we know. Grow it either in a greenhouse or outside in the garden – either way you will be rewarded with a heavy crop of good looking, tasty fruits.
This impressive supersweet variety of sweet corn has well filled cobs that will taste delicious freshly picked, cooked & served with lashings of butter. A mid season variety that grows on strong, vigorous plants and performs well in the British climate. Sweet flavour. Large cobs. Sow: Mar-May. Blooms: Aug-Sep.
Well suited to both spring or autumn sowings. Bunyards takes some beating for all round performance. This long podded variety has 8-9 white beans per pod, with delicious flavour and texture.
Lower growing than other broad beans but just as tasty. It is ideal if you have a small garden or a very exposed site, where taller beans may suffer wind rock.
This greenhouse tomato is hard to beat, and has rapidly established itself as the nation’s favourite. The plants are heavy cropping, robust and disease resistant, and the good sized fruits have a lovely taste and texture. It is also a splendid variety for exhibitors. Shirley simply will not disappoint you. Tasty summer salads. Cut & come again. Sow Date: Jan-May
A fantastic blend of lettuce leaves that can be harvested as cut and come again or as baby leaf. This highly disease resistant variety will ensure you have a great crop all the way through to the summer and into early autumn. Sow March - October. Harvest May - October.
Blended Red and Green Salad Bowl, Lollos Rossa and Biondi, and the curiously named Black Seeded Simpson lettuces to give you a plentiful supply of attractive and delicious leaves for summer salads. Tasty summer salads. Cut & come again. Sow Date: Mar-Jul
This calabrese produces a nicely domed head and, once cut, the plant will carry on and grow a good crop of side shoots. It is very tasty steamed or boiled. Sow Feb - April / September - October. Harvest June - September.