A very reliable and fast-maturing spring-sown broad bean, Witkiem gives heavy crops and tolerates cold weather well. It can be sown from February to May and the sturdy 3 foot high plants produce top quality, strong-flavoured white beans (usually five in a pod) which are well-suited to freezing. ... Learn More

A superb newcomer, resembling the garden huckleberry, but with a far superior taste, but should not be eaten green. Quick and easy to grow in a container, garden or green house, producing thousands of small, unusual-flavoured, sweet blackcurrant-like fruits which can be eaten straight from the plant, but also cooked when they make a very good jam/jelly/preserve. Young plants can fruit in as little as 10 weeks. The leaves of this plant are narcotic and are sometimes smoked as a cannabis legal drug substitute and we DO NOT recommend this practice. ... Learn More

Large barrel shaped heads, with crisp light green leaves grow typically up to 2.5kg. Fast growing and ready for harvest in 10 weeks, this versatile vegetable adds crunch to salads, coleslaws and flavour to stir fries, and is a useful steamed veg. ... Learn More

These slightly translucent, small, cherry-sized, golden fruits, are produced over a very long season, and have a most unusual, strong, dry flavour. (Cordon) ... Learn More

These bright yellow, pepper-like tomatoes have a pleated shape like an accordion. Although they have an excellent flavour they can be easily scooped out to make unusual and novel containers for salads, desserts, and other stuffings. (Cordon) ... Learn More

Yellow Bush Scallop Squash is an extremely hardy, old summer squash variety that was introduced prior to 1860. It produces an abundance of golden-yellow squash on compact plants over a longer season than other varieties. (AKA Golden Custard). ... Learn More

These tomatoes resemble sweet yellow bell peppers and can be put to similar culinary uses. The walls are thick with 3 or 4 large cavities, and so it holds its shape when baked or used with various stuffing mixes. (Cordon) ... Learn More

Large, fluted, cream coloured, fascinatingly shaped fruits have ten finger-like ribs, which come to points at the end of each squash. The flesh is very fine grained and smooth to the taste. Outstanding, used either for eating small, or as an ornament later. ... Learn More

One of the most beautiful lettuces you can grow with bright green cupped leaves splashed with rosy-red, this butterhead type makes a visual and flavourful splash in the salad bowl. The succulent leaves are superb, buttery and mild, the loose heads grow to around 30cm across and can be harvested in about 55 days. This lovely heirloom came from a peasant family in Marburg, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia). ... Learn More

An early plum cherry tomato with an intensive deep orange colour. The fruits weigh about 1/2 ounce each and have an excellent sharp taste with a thin skin unlike some other cherry tomatoes. The plants are vigorous and the fruit has good resistance against cracking. (Cordon) ... Learn More

The large, mild-tasting, deep pink fruit are very attractive indeed, especially when sliced, with pronounced pleats and hollows within the flesh. Named after the Zapotec people of Oaxaca, Mexico, who developed this attractive tomato. (Cordon) ... Learn More

An Italian, early, fast growing, long-season, high yield courgette, with rich, shiny, dramatic midnight black fruits perfect for steaming, baking and even freezing. These delicious fruits contain Beta Carotene, an anti-oxidant to keep you in perfect health! ... Learn More

A beautiful golden-sunshine coloured, 'less watery' courgette, containing fewer seeds than other yellow varieties. The easy-to-grow compact plants are resistant to many garden pests and produce a high number of mild-tasting full-textured fruits, perfect for eating raw or cooked. ... Learn More