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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.

Both seeds and leaves are used as flavouring for lamb, fish and sauces. It has a strong aniseed flavour and goes well with cucumber salad.

Fine leaved coriander with edible leaves and seeds to leave a fresh citrus taste

Herb Collection is a great value pack of cottage garden favourites for beds, borders & containers. Herb Collection is a great value pack of cottage garden favourites for beds, borders & containers. Herb Collection is a great value pack of cottage garden favourites for beds, borders & containers.

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.

Flat, stringless pods from plants which do best in a warm spot sheltered from winds. The flowers set readily to give a heavy crop of delicious pods easy for slicing. Sow: April to June. Harvest: August 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.

An improved strain of the much loved Cucumber Telegraph. This variety produces large crops of long, smooth skinned cucumbers with wonderful, mild flavour and few seeds. Ideal for growing in an unheated greenhouse or in a sunny, sheltered spot in the garden. Smooth Skinned Variety. Improved variety. Sow:Feb-Jun. Blooms: Jun-Oct

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.

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.

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.