This traditional favourite, named after a small island off the Scottish coast, has a distinctive globe shape with straw coloured skin and white flesh. The bulbs can grow very large and be used for exhibition, while their tolerance to cool weather while growing makes them very reliable. ... Learn More

A round radish with white skin and flesh. Resistant to cracking and bolting. Harvest after 30-35 days. ... Learn More

All Seasons Salad is a 'cut-and-come-again' mix of various Chinese leaves, Iceberg lettuces and Radicchio and Frisee leaves. Perfect for growing on the kitchen windowsill to provide delicious baby leaves all year round. ... Learn More

A popular, versatile variety, ideal for successional sowing, which produces large velvety-white, well protected heads with an exceptional flavour. These are great for shows, freezing or eating fresh from the garden as they retain their flavour when boiled or steamed. ... Learn More

The perpetual fruiting alpine strawberry produces a constant supply of small, but very sweet, bright red fruits, held dangling on long erect upright stems. This plant makes a solid clump and runs barely at all. Fruiting begins in early summer and often continues in a sheltered spot until the first frost of winter! Not to be confused with Fragaria vesca the "wild strawberry", both of which are good to eat! ... Learn More

A vigorous and delicious type of early main-crop pea with good resistance to powdery mildew and fusarium wilt, and which is reliable in all soil types, producing large crops of blunt, double pods averaging 8-9 peas per pod. ... Learn More

A form of Artichoke where the stems rather than the flowers are eaten. Ideal to grow in borders as it also bears beautiful thistle like flowers. Easy to grow producing large, light green, finely incised smooth leaves with white large ribs which are very decorative. Harvest in the second year. ... Learn More

Artichoke Green Globe is the standard green headed variety, which grows up to 170cm tall. It produces excellent quality, tight, compact, good size heads with a sweet flavour and a tender texture. It has attractive large thistle like blooms if allowed to flower. Harvest in the second year. ... Learn More

This highly productive variety of Italian origin produces eye-catching purple heads with silvery-grey leaves. Maturing later than the green type, it has a finer flavour. The firm heads have a good rounded shape and can be used when immature or full size. ... Learn More

This striking edible is a purple globe variety, similar to Green Globe in habit, but with a finer flavour, and attractive large purple thistle-like flower heads. It has many culinary purposes aswell as offering a striking architectural presence in any garden. ... Learn More

Mary Washington is one of the most popular of all heirloom asparagus varieties and is an excellent choice for the garden. The delicious spears are tender, thick, heavy and straight and are of a rich dark green colour with a purple tinge. Produces uniform spears and a heavy yield. It is fast growing, extremely hardy and rust proof, in addition the graceful, feathery green foliage remains attractive long after harvest. ... Learn More

This most attractive, tasty, yellow fruited variety of courgette grows rapidly in great numbers, up to 20cm long, with superb flesh and thin skins. The attractive, shiny golden-yellow fruits have a wonderful nutty flavour and texture and appear regularly throughout the summer. This variety, Poland's first hybrid variety zucchini, is also resistant to downy mildew. ... Learn More

A very high yielding mainscrop Nantes variety. Delivers a high level of uniform roots, giving an excellent yield. Smooth texture with a very nice deep orange colour. Features a high resistance to breakage and silvering. ... Learn More

Giant pinky-yellow pumpkins which have been developed over the years to grow to produce the maximum sized fruit of any plant. Although grown primarily for competition, the dark flesh of the mature pumpkin is tasty when used as pie filling. ... Learn More

Long Purple Aubergine is one of the most commonly grown variety. Produces good quality, dark fruits. The calyx is green and can be very prickly. If you grow peppers with success you will not have trouble with aubergines. For best production grow the aubergine seeds and plants under cover. ... Learn More