A truly spectacular flower, now acknowledged as a rare British native woodland plant. In early Spring, from bizarre, coral-like, white tuberous roots, sprout sturdy stems bearing attractive red-veined pink flowers. As the purple stem ages it produces purple/almost black bulbils in the leaf axils, which finally drop off to produce new plants the following year. Bulbils may suggest that it is invasive. This is certainly not so in our very sizeable gardens where, in a damp shady spot, it slowly makes an attractive and reliable early display for our visitors. Another easy-to-grow hardy plant to in ... Learn More

A spectacular pink flowered creeping succulent, this is a perennial evergreen mostly used as ornamental drought tolerant and ground cover plant. It can grow in subtropical, Mediterranean, tropic, desert or temperate climates. The 6cm flowers are followed by globular, purplish-red fruit 2.5 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. ... Learn More

An immensely popular variety highly recommended as an early maincrop. It is stump rooted with a short top, a deep orange colour, smooth skin and solid, thick delicious flesh with a small core. The tapered stumps reach 8cm in length and as a shorter variety are good for container planting. They store well into winter. This variety of carrot is classed as a second early (crops mid June to late July). ... Learn More

A slender tapering red-skinned Japanese carrot with lovely pink flesh which holds its colour even after steaming. This main-crop carrot can also be used raw to enliven a salad. ... Learn More

Crisp, delicious red carrots. Red on the outside and the same inside so very attractive added raw to salads. Best sown late spring - early summer and harvested for main crop carrots later in the year. ... Learn More

When in flower, this is one of the most handsome trees of Central America, being valued especially for its dazzling floral display, especially along the Pacific lowlands, reminding one of apple trees, by both the form of the tree and the colouring of the blossoms. Petals are red at first, but gradually become pink and then peach as they age giving an unusual effect as spring progresses. ... Learn More

This outstandingly beautiful, medium-sized tree bears bright deep-pink flowers with shades of orange and red. Originating in Eastern India, it produces large-seeded long pods containing a black cathartic pulp which has been used as a horse medicine. ... Learn More

Giant Red is a reliable trench variety which is a traditional performer and well worth growing. It is very hardy and has a purple tinge to the stalks which turn pink when cooked. It has an excellent, good old fashioned flavour that improves as the weather cools . A very reliable grower with a slightly open habit but will hold until well after Christmas. Popular as a salad vegetable with its crisp, sweet stalks and is equally delicious braised or added to soups and casseroles. ... Learn More

A large shrubby annual producing an abundance of purple feathery plumes over bold, dark red-green foliage. A great cut and dried flower, good for use as contrasting foliage plant in formal bedding schemes. and at the back of the border. ... Learn More

Cornflower Classic Romantic is a delightful mixture of charming shades, ranging from light pink to red on lovely single and double blooms. This variety is an easy to grow and long flowering hardy annual, making it a splendid border plant and also a fine flower for cutting. It is attractive to bees and butterflies so is a beautiful way to invite these insect friends into your garden. It also makes a most attractive pot plant for the cold greenhouse. ... Learn More

The grey-green waxy leaves and very sweetly-perfumed red flowers, occasionally pink or white with no intermediate shades, combine to perfection, and look best grown en-masse on banks, or when allowed to self-seed in walls and paving. They are very attractive to bees and butterflies and other pollinating insects and will even grow well in shallow soil where virtually nothing else will grow. And additionally, in olden times, and even now, both leaves and roots can be eaten, the leaves either fresh in salads or lightly boiled, the roots boiled in soups! ... Learn More

One of the most ornamental varieties, this RHS Award winner has pale green and bronze succulent-stemmed, mild tasting leaves, each stem coming in a different colour of the rainbow, ranging from pink and gold to purple and red. A winner whether used in cooking or as an ornamental border plant. ... Learn More

A colourful and tasty form of Swiss Chard with rich ruby-red leaf stalks and dark waxy green-purple leaves. The succulent mid-ribs can be cooked like asparagus and can also be harvested at the baby leaf stage for micro greens. Absolutely delicious! ... Learn More

This large, dark red juicy cherry has a mild, sweet, and slightly sharp flavour and the tree is self-fertile. A highly productive, and flavourful cherry, it has a tendency to set fruit in tight clusters. At the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre in Summerland, British Columbia, breeders originally crossed 'Van' and 'Stella' cherries and came up with 'Lapins', a self-pollinating variety that produces large crops of delicious dark fruit that often measure almost 1 inch in width. The fruit resists splitting, and its texture is somewhat firmer than 'Bing', and it is a late-maturing cherry, with har ... Learn More

These exceptionally large, 2cm fruits are one of the very best eating cherries with deepest crimson-red, almost black, very sweet fruits. This variety originates from the west of Spain in Extremadura. It is a self-sterile variety of cherry, trees grown from seedlings can vary a lot with a large variety of different forms, colours and flavours in the fruits they yield. ... Learn More