One of the most beautiful of the passionflowers, this beauty opens its large, fragrant flowers with deep red petals and a centre crown that contains five rows of numerous white and purple rays. Large leaves hang from stems that are quadrangular in cross section, hence its botanical name. It produces the most enormous fruits of all of the passion fruits, which grow very rapidly, and may weigh up to 4 kg (9 lb) turning to medium yellow when mature. For best fruiting, flowers should be hand pollinated. The ripe fruit is eaten fresh or used in drinks whilst unripe, green fruit is eaten as a vegetable. It is quite hardy, surviving temperatures down to 1°C (35°F) for short periods of time. In warm areas it can be cultivated in home gardens, or it can even be kept as a greenhouse or indoor container plant, and grown in a sunny south-facing window. ... Learn More

Very large variety of heirloom spinach. Plants spread to 25". Good yielding crop with thick but tender leaves. This spinach variety also produces a succulent heart. Can be used for steaming or salads. A versatile variety which is suitable for all gardeners. ... Learn More

A heavy-yielding Italian heirloom. Giant Winter has glossy, large, dark green, lance-shaped, semi-savoy leaves with a fine flavour and tender texture. This extremely cold hardy variety is ideal for early spring or autumn sowing. ... Learn More

An excellent summer ball head cabbage with solid heads which are more uniformly round than other summer varieties with fewer outer leaves. This variety is easy to grow and does very well indeed in cool weather. ... Learn More

Very hardy, dwarf, compact plants produce round roots with tender, yellow, mild-flavoured flesh and with outstanding keeping and exhibition qualities. Golden Ball is the best of the main crops, according to some experts and is recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany. ... Learn More

This favourite heirloom (1884) variety produces creamy white stalks which are tender, brittle, high quality and plentiful with a deliciously sweet mild taste. They are easy to grow and self blanching, making them a lot easier than other varieties which require constant of attention. ... Learn More

This is an exceptionally easy-to-grow, yellow-fleshed variety, providing great winter crops of sweet and tasty purple-skinned roots. It is very winter hardy and has resistance to powdery mildew and club root, for healthy and reliable harvests. It is a delicious sweet veg that is a great addition to the winter dinner plate, either roasted, steamed, or mashed with butter & pepper, or even in large chunks in a stew. The tasty leaves can also be used & harvested a few at a time, and treated like a ‘cut & come’ again cabbage. It has a long harvest period from November to February and stores well in dry conditions. ... Learn More

Although a number of grape varieties can be successful in Britain. ‘Madeleine Angevine’ white eating grapes are amongst the most prolific fruiting and also the earliest to ripen and thus are suitable for northern areas. They are also used commercially for wine-making as they bear such heavy crops. They always do best planted against a south-facing wall or fence (in the northern hemisphere) when they can obtain up to a three week ripening advantage over crops grown in other situations. Plants grown from these seeds will vary so it is advisable to initially grow several in the same situation and just retain the early-fruiting ones. They are best picked for eating when they are sweet and turn pale yellow with slight brown colouration! ... Learn More

Producing a long succession of bluish-green heads averaging 3 to 5 inches across, these tall, erect plants with an excellent flavour and long cropping season are the original forms, which are still firm favourites in spite of the appearance of modern F1 hybrids ... Learn More

Green Utah is a very popular American celery producing tall, delicious, string-less, well-rounded solid stalks which are easily blanched and have a distinctive nutty flavour. This compact variety has excellent disease resistance. ... Learn More

This British variety has long, smooth roots with an enviable taste and texture. The crown is much smaller than is normal for this type of parsnip and makes the roots easier to wash. Its uniformity makes it an ideal candidate for displaying at exhibitions. ... Learn More

A sugar-enhanced mid-season sweetcorn variety, this is very reliable, heavy cropping and has an incredible flavour! The plants show good tolerance of common rust helping to keep plants healthy during wet summers. ... Learn More

19th century US variety of cucumber which gives good yields of novel, sweet white fruit. They can grow up to 8" long but are best harvested when only 3-4" long. Suitable for salads or pickles. (AKA White Wonder) ... Learn More

This superb, all-female "cocktail cucumber" has fresh green, seedless, shiny finger-like fruits that are small (around 4 inches) and perfectly formed. With an exceptional, intense, old fashioned nutty flavour, they mature very early on productive plants, with up to 5 fruits per leaf axil, anytime from spring through to autumn. They are also perfect for containers, and have a high resistance to powdery mildew and scab. Pinch out the growing point to encourage side shoots. ... Learn More

The Japanese White Egg produces large quantities of very attractive 2-3" oval creamy white fruit all season long. The fruit have a delicate flavour with little trace of bitterness. Perfect for use in stir frying. ... Learn More