A very hardy, early-cropping, long-pod broad bean suitable for sowing in Autumn and again in Spring producing compact plants with 7-8 excellent tasting pale beans per pod. This famous variety for autumn sowing, is also known as 'Leviathan'. ... Learn More

Often known as the best variety of basil for home-made pesto, this variety produces oval aromatic leaves which are curved inwards and are perfect in salads or tomato dishes. Easy to grow, this basil is the perfect companion to home grown tomatoes. ... Learn More

The attractive leaves of this tender perennial, which survives well in both an indoor and outdoor environment, have a fabulous sweet, yet slightly spicy taste which is perfect for all meats, fish and poultry whilst the pale pink flowers can also be used in salads. ... Learn More

Very tasty with large dark green, savoyed leaves and a broad white rib. A good alternative to spinach with the advantage that the leaves retain their volume when cooked. Very easy to grow - leaving the row to its own devices will still yield a large crop. ... Learn More

Native to the Mediterranean, this is one of the easiest varieties to grow and is an excellent source of vitamins and iron. The beautiful, emerald green leaves have a strong agreeable flavour making it perfect for eating raw or cooked. ... Learn More

The Tamarillo (Cyphomandra betacea) is the "Tree Tomato". Like its cousins of the closely-related Lycopersicon genus (the ordinary common tomato), the egg-size fruit makes good eating, and is typically made into jams or conserve, although it is recommended that the skin and seeds are removed before cooking. It therefore makes either a fruiting shrub or a superb foliage plant! It is easily grown from seed and makes a pleasing contrast to the more typical foliage of cannas, gingers and bananas. Easily grown from seed, the roots of this plant are quite tough surviving moderate frosts, and in relatively mild areas usually re-grow from the base. Otherwise grow in a large container and overwinter frost free. ... Learn More

This attractive, easy-to-grow, hardy Asian variety produces a thick rosette of dark green nutritious oval leaves, with a creamy texture and a mild but distinctive flavour that makes them perfect for eating in salads, stir fries or soups! ... Learn More

This English heirloom variety survives particularly well in the greenhouse, producing long, dark-green fruits with a smooth skin and sweet refreshing taste. They are perfect sliced in a salad or a variety of other dishes as their flesh contains very few seeds and is crisp and juicy. ... Learn More

First introduced in 1897 this parsnip, with a good resistance to canker, has long, tapered, smooth-skinned roots from a broad 3" shoulder. The flesh is fine-grained and sweet-tasting with very little core. ... Learn More

A dwarf (18"-24") self-supporting, bushy broad bean which can be spring-sown, or overwintered if protected using cloches. Perfect for the small or exposed garden this variety produces compact plants with multi-heads of beans with around 5 beans per pod. A heavy yielding plant, the beans are best harvested young for the best taste. RHS 'Award of Garden Merit' winner. ... Learn More

This hardy perennial can be picked and used all year round. With attractive, small green, clustered leaves and pastel pink flowers it is an attractive addition to any herb garden and is perfect for stuffings, poultry dishes and stews whether used fresh, dried, frozen or infused into oils. ... Learn More

The most amazing looking melon you can grow with fruits that are vibrant yellow with brilliant fire-red, zigzag stripes. They are also the most fragrant melons with a rich, sweet, intoxicating aroma that will fill a room. Small fruits weigh up to 0.5 kilos each, the vigorous, large, sprawling plants yielding heavily, producing a surprisingly heavy yield of the slightly oblong, baseball-sized fruits, even in dry conditions, as this heirloom came from an Armenian market located in a dry mountain valley. ... Learn More

As far as taste goes Ailsa Craig is one of the best. It has just the right balance of sweetness and sharpness to give it an amazing flavour. With a thinnish skin and deep colour, it is great in salads and just firm enough for slicing for sandwiches. It has a good disease resistance and is an early ripener and reasonably vigorous grower. (Cordon) ... Learn More

As its name suggests, this heavy-cropping variety of plum tomato was bred to mature in places where the growing season is short. The extremely uniform, juicy fruits have a truly attractive, two-tone plum appearance both in size and shape. (Bush) ... Learn More

Alicante is an early variety producing heavy crops of uniform, smooth, sweet tasting, medium size fruits. Succeeds well in soil or grow bags. An excellent variety for the UK climate, it can be grown very successfully outside but also will do well in the greenhouse. (Cordon). ... Learn More