Vitamin-filled New Zealand spinach is milder tasting than its distant relation 'true spinach' and does not bolt in dry soils, making a triangular-leaved bush spreading 60-90 centimetres in all directions. (Discovered by Captain Cook in the 18th century!) ... Learn More

An attractive British spinach variety with the dark green of the leaves broken up by decorative red veining and stems which become more pronounced as the plant grows. This spinach looks as attractive in the vegetable patch as it does on the plate. The plants can be harvested early as baby leaves for use in salads as well as using the mature leaves. This variety has good mildew resistance and is packed full of vitamins and calcium and iron for health. ... Learn More

Scorpius is a new dark and thick leaved variety of spinach with very uniform leaf size. It is suitable for succession sowing from April to the end of August to give a regular crop of spinach and is particularly tasty when harvested as baby leaves. This variety also shows a good resistance to bolting. ... Learn More

Confound your friends at dinner parties with "fruit" in the salad bowl! You can eat the leaves of the same plant like spinach. And the roots like radishes too!! This very quick growing and amusing plant produces little red "strawberries" all the way along its stems. ... 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

Earlibird is an excellent, early-maturing, super-sweet hybrid, early variety producing 3 or more high-quality cobs, typically 20 centimetres in length. This is probably one of the best varieties to grow in most UK situations. ... Learn More

This incredible multi-coloured variety was developed from traditional Indian corn and produces long cobs with kernels of yellow, red, black, purple, pink, even marbled! The corn grows to of a height of between 1.5m and 2.0m. The cobs are often used for decorative purposes but the kernels are completely edible if you want a change from uniform cobs. In fact this makes great pop corn. Just brush the cob with butter and put the cob in a microwaveable dish with cling film on top into the microwave. ... 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

Minipop is delicious lightly steamed or stir-fried, and is also lovely raw in dips or salads as pre-dinner dips. It does not need to be sown in blocks and should be harvested when the silk tassels begin to show prior to pollination. ... 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

Round shaped hybrid Milan type, with high uniformity. Excellent internal quality; smooth skin. High heat tolerance. Maturity is around 55 days from sowing. Suitable for early protected cropping and maincrop field production. ... 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

Also known as Green Top Stone, this high yielding, hardy variety produces a heavy crop of large cream-white rounded turnips with a delicate flavour. They are easy to grow, store well in winter and can be planted late and then eaten throughout winter and spring. ... Learn More

A 19th century Italian heirloom which is quick maturing and well suited for cooler climes. The medium-sized roots, with a sweet and mild flavour are very flat with a bright purple top and a white base below soil level. ... Learn More