The delicate onion flavour of chives makes this perennial a perfect addition to soups, omelettes and cheese dishes! Or use just about anywhere you want a hint of onion and that wonderful emerald green colour.
Polycress is a real breakthrough because it is a tasty, true cress which matures at the same time as its companion mustard, without the need for staggered sowings. As quick to crop as mustard. All year round crops. Sow Date: Jan-Dec.
A salad simply is not a salad without spring onions! White Lisbon is deservedly the most popular of all, yielding succulent stems with that characteristic ‘bite’. Gardener’s favourite. Quick growing.
Grow your own for the best flavour and you can eat it minutes after picking. Compact, dark green leaves, with a very solid, crisp and crunchy heart. Extraordinarily sweet and just perfect for individual salads.
Make sure your garden is bursting with stunning flavours and striking colours, make your garden beautiful and grow your own delicious produce. An old favourite, Musselburgh Winter Leeks are easy to grow and incredibly versatile. An exceptionally hardy variety, very reliable and heavy cropping, these winter leeks are hard to beat.
This fast growing leafy herb is a welcome addition to the salad bowl with its distinctively sharp, spicy flavour. Sow little and often for a continuous supply through many months. Delicious in salads. Spicy in flavour.
Garden mint is easy to grow under almost any conditions and enjoys a shady aspect, so it is an ideal herb to grow in a north facing garden wall. Mint is best planted in a pot. The whole pot can be planted in the garden if required.
A thin and crispy snap with buttery, sweet, salty butterscotch pieces. This is a biscuit of perfect contrast through it's crunchy yet chewy texture, and sweet yet slighted salted flavour. Our Butterscotch Crunch only has 51 calories per biscuit making it the perfect everyday treat.
A buttery, creamy biscuit with sweet and chewy sultanas. This classic recipe has a fruity and buttery flavour which has stood the test of time for good reason. A timeless biscuit which goes great with a warm cup of tea.
Calabrese (Italian broccoli) is a great treat in late summer and early autumn, either steamed and eaten hot, or warm as part of a salad. Once the main head has been harvested, side shoots will be produced for later eating. Sow Date: Feb-Apr . Harvest/Flower Date: Aug-Sep
Ideal for those delicious egg and cress sandwiches, and equally as good in salads. Unbeatable as a garnish too. Sow indoors: all year round. Harvest: cut as required with scissors
Parsnips are so versatile, and deserve to be more popular. This reliable variety produces large, tapering roots of good skin and flesh quality. Sow February - April. Harvest September - February.
The large, irregularly shaped fruits of Marmande have a great taste and are ideal for cooking, sandwiches and salads. A favourite in the Mediterranean, it usually performs well in British conditions. Sow March to May. Harvest July to September
The swollen leaf bases or ‘bulbs’ are delicious chopped raw in salads or braised and served with fish or meat. They have a texture similar to celery and a taste reminiscent of aniseed. The attractive ferny foliage is also edible and is a great garnish.
One of the earliest and best spring cabbages, Durham Early produces large, solid heads of excellent quality when other vegetables are scarce. It is good used as ‘spring greens’. Firm, pointed hearts. Spring harvest. Sow:Jul-Sep. Blooms: Apr-May.
This superb broccoli provides a very good crop for early spring. Spears are extra large and succulent and can be harvested for up to 4 weeks. A British bred plant with a vigorous habit it performs well even on poorer soils. Extra large succulent spears. British bred. Sow Date: May-Jun.
One of the most reliable of carrots, which can be cropped for almost five months of the year. The medium size stump roots are evenly shaped and of fine colour. They also store well if cleaned and packed in boxes of dry sand. Sowing & Growing. Sowing Time: Feb-Jun. Harvest From: Jun-Nov.
Tiny pickled onions and cubed cheese on a cocktail stick may no longer be sophisticated, but it’s still a perfect partnership - and we love it! Paris Silverskin is also good for using raw in summer salads. So easy and quick growing. Summer/Autumn harvest. Heirloom variety. Sow Date: Mar-Jun
Virtually all the heavyweight ‘show’ onions were developed from this excellent globe variety. It has a fine globe shape, golden skin and a mild flavour, and the bulbs will store through the winter and spring. A great all-rounder, which still takes some beating. Good storage qualities. Mild flavour. Sow:Jan-Apr. Blooms: Aug-Sep.
Land cress is the next best thing to watercress, but does not need running water to produce a delicious crop. It is best in a shady spot, so is good for inter-cropping with taller vegetables. It thrives with plenty of moisture in the soil and the leaves can be picked all year round to add a ‘zing’ to salads. High yielding. Yellow fruit. Sow Date: Mar-Sep.
This popular variety produces large, well protected curds in early autumn. Tasty whether steamed or boiled and perfect for making piccalilli. Well protected heads. Autumn harvest. Sow:Mar-Apr. Blooms: Sep-Oct.
Turnips are often underrated, but not by gardeners who appreciate their delicate, fine flavour. Purple Top Milan is especially flavoursome. Pick when no more than 5cm (2in) across for the best flavour. Sowing Outdoors: March - July.
Add colour and style to salads with these delicious red cabbage shoots. As easy to grow as cress, they can be harvested just five to ten days after sowing, when the seedlings are about 2cm (1in) long. They have a subtle flavour and crisp texture, and their high vitamin content makes them a great choice at any time of year. High vitamin content. Harvest in 5-10 days.
A flavourful and fiery biscuit with a warming spicy aroma. This is the perfect treat for dunking into a cuppa. Sometimes all you need is a good old fashioned tried & tested biscuit.
Westland Orchid Droplet Feeder is a convenient ready to use feed that keeps orchids healthy and flowering for longer. It contains all the essential nutrients orchids need for healthy growth and flowering. All you have to do is snip off the top and push into the compost and it will feed your orchids for four weeks.
Westland Houseplant Droplet Feeder is a convenient ready to use feed that keeps houseplants healthy. It contains all the essential nutrients houseplants need for healthy growth and greener leaves. Simply, snip off the top and push into the compost and it will feed your plants for four weeks.