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Grow your own medium hot chilli peppers. Sow February - April. Harvest July - October

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.

Early Onward yields a heavy crop of dark green, blunt ended pods full of delicious peas. It grows to just 60cm (24in) tall, so needs only minimal support. High yielding. Early to crop.

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.

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.

Onion Red Baron is an outstanding onion has everything to recommend it. The attractive, rich skin colour continues through its rings, making it so attractive on the plate.

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.

Four favourites in one packet! Inside are seeds of Little Gem (cos), Webbs Wonderful (iceberg), All Year Round (butterhead) and Lollo Rossa (red looseleaf). Perfect for lovers of summer salads.Four favourites in one packet! Inside are seeds of Little Gem (cos), Webbs Wonderful (iceberg), All Year Round (butterhead) and Lollo Rossa (red looseleaf). Perfect for lovers of summer salads.

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 versatile and very tasty vegetable has been appreciated by generations of Italians and is a popular ingredient in many classic Italian meals.