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Artichoke to Swiss Chard its your choice.

Artichoke Arad

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Artichoke 20 seeds ■●җ җ

We love Globe artichokes and this is a new variety to try out. Arad is a purple-green coloured variety, featuring tender flesh and sweet flavour. Excellent eating quality. Almost spineless. Uniform oval shaped globes; typically 10cm in diameter.

Artichoke Tavor

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Artichoke 20 seeds ■●җ җ

We love Globe artichokes and this is a new variety to try out. Tavor is a thornless Green Globe variety. Produces uniform, round shaped artichokes, with sweet flavour and tender texture. For best results harvest when 12cm in diameter.

Artichoke Violet de Provence

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Artichoke Aprx 50 seeds ■●җ җ

This delicious medium sized artichoke develops rich/violet purple headed globes on thistle like plants that prefers a rich heavy soil. Artichoke Violet de Provence plants produce for at least three years. Sow from March to August and harvest between May and July. This is one of the most traditional of Italian vegetables.

Asparagus Crimson Pacific

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Purple Asparagus 5 Seeds ■●җ җ җ

Asparagus Crimson Pacific is an open pollinated variety producing a good crop of purple spears. A leading variety giving a high yield with a very even grade-out. Excellent, sweet flavour and must be worth a try. Cropping will take 1 year longer than purchasing and planting crowns.

Aubergine Collection

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Mixed Egg Plants 30 seeds ■●

Our collection of different egg plants all separately labelled in individual pkts for different flavours and colour Includes:-

Aubergine F1 Emerald Isle
Aubergine F1 Farmers Long
Aubergine Striped Toga
Aubergine F1 Ivory
Aubergine F1 Bonica
Aubergine F1 Pinstripe

Aubergine Emerald Isle

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Green Egg Plant 10 seeds ■●

Aubergine Emerald Isle is a compact plant bred for container work producing unusual light green striped oval egg fruits best harvested when about 10cm long. The fruits have a tasty bitter-free flavour and do not need to be salted before cooking.

Aubergine F1 Pinstripe

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Egg Plant 15 seeds ■●

A striking plant with striped purple and white fruits weighing around 3oz (80g). Compact branching plants with silver grey foliage which is spineless in most conditions. Suited for containers and open ground in a warm sunny location. Fruits may be picked at a young stage for baby fruits which can be eaten whole or left to mature to larger fruits as required. Pinstripe crops over a very long period.

Aubergine Farmers Long

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Egg Plant Aprx 20 seeds ■●

This slender eggplant is one of the longest available. Aubergine Farmers Long has beautiful purple skin and so thin that peeling is unnecessary and the creamy white flesh is reliably mild with no bitterness. Plants produce an abundance of fruit that can grow well over a foot long. Easy to grow and wonderful for grilling or adding to stir fries.

Aubergine Ivory F1

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Easter Egg Plant 10 seeds ■●

Aubergine Ivory is one of the best white type egg plants with oval shaped, very sweet flavoured fruits that are also good for short season locations and ready in 72 days. Ideal for pots and containers.

Aubergine Rotonda Bianca Di Rosa

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Pink Egg Plant 20 seeds ■●

Rotonda Bianca di Rosa an unusual Aubergine hails from Italy and has beautiful, oval-round, bright fruits, which get a pink-violet striped pattern at maturity. The fruits have a firm pulp with few seeds and an excellent taste. This variety is relatively robust and is also suitable for outdoor cultivation.

Aubergine Striped Toga

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Novelty Aubergine 10 seeds £1.95 ■●

Aubergine Striped Toga has stunning 3" oval, bright orange with green stripes, strong to mild flavour but also keeps well as an excellent ornamental.

Aubergine Turkish Orange

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New for 2021!

Heirloom Aubergine 10 seeds £1.95 ■●

A wonderful, ancient Turkish heirloom variety very popular in Italy with small (8cm) round fruit with a very sweet, flavoursome flesh. It starts out light green in colour, turning a light orange with green markings, maturing to a brilliant rich, glossy orange. It yields abundantly and performs very well in a container.

AubergineF1 Bonica

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Egg Plant Aprx 20 seeds ■●

Aubergine F1 Bonica is an early maturing hybrid that performs well in difficult growing seasons. Fruits are near black in colour with a mild flavour. A 60 day transplanting to maturity time frame can be expected given warm conditions. Harvest them at 5” long for tender, succulent flavour. Yields are also improved with this variety through a good resistance to disease. Needs to be sown under glass in January to February and eventually planted in pots in the greenhouse or in a sheltered sunny position out side in early June. Height 30”.

Celery Celebrity

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Self Branching Celery Aprx 500 seeds ■●җ

Celery Celebrity is slightly quicker to mature than some varieties and very little stringiness. Planting closer together will encourage paler green or white stems.

Celery Mammoth Pink

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Pink Trench Celery Aprx 300 seeds ■●җ

Developed for the vegetable exhibitor, this will produce fine specimens of solid celery with pink hues. An excellent flavoured large trench celery.

Coccinia grandis,

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Ivy Gourd (5 seeds Pr Pkt) ■●

Ivy Gourd or Dondakaya is a widely consumed vegetable in India, rich in beta-carotene, and available in India through out the year, large numbers are now imported daily to the UK. The small, stubby, green coloured vegetables which grow on aggressive perennial vines are used to prepare delicious stuffed curries, stews, pickles, salads and stir fries. can be harvested at the green unripe stage or when red. The young shoots and leaves of Coccinia grandis can also be eaten as greens and the fruits can be eaten raw. Worth a try as an annual crop in a warm sheltered spot in the UK.

Okra Burgundy

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Burgundy Ladies Fingers 10 seeds ■●

Okra Burgundy - vigorous 1 metre tall plants with burgundy-tinged stems and foliage, soft yellow 4" flowers followed by 4-6 inch long burgundy pods. Makes a bold statement in any arrangements or tropical border and quite an unusual selection.

Okra 'Clemsons Spineless'

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Hybrid Ladies Fingers 10 seeds ■●

An early high-yielding dark green variety with uniform pods with 5 points. Large, robust flowers are also edible, and may be stuffed or used as a garnish. Makes a great ornamental in containers.

Okra Pure Luck F1

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Ladies Fingers 10 seeds ■●

Okra Pure Luck F1 is a very vigorous and prolific variety. It grows to about 80-90cm so has less need for support. This variety will also produce outside in a sun trap area, as a bonus it produces edible flowers which are visually stunning.

Oryza sativa

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Japanese Rice - Koshihikari Aprx 40 seeds ■●♥

Grow your own Paddy field? Oryza sativa is the premium rice of Japan, distinguished by its aroma, sweet flavour and sticky texture. Also, dried stalks are beautiful displayed in flower arrangements. Harvest time about 5 months and contrary to expectations it does not need to be waterlogged to grow well, just regular watering and heat! Worth a try for the novelty factor? Maturity: Approx. 160 days

Physalis ixocarpa

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Green Tomatillo 20 seeds ■●

Physalis ixocarpa or Tomatillo, a native of Mexico, is a relative of the tomato, eggplant and pepper. As a traditional part of Mexican cooking, tomatillos are found in stews, moles and salsas. They are seldom used whole, and are often pureed. Its texture is firmer than a tomato and this one has an unusual pineapple taste. On the outside, the 4cm to 5cm sized vegetable is bright green. On the inside, it’s considerably lighter. Its seeds are fine and edible. Growing tomatillos is like growing tomatoes, only easier. The tomatillos grow inside a papery husk. The husk helps to protect the fruit should a light frost occur. When the fruit has grown to nearly fill its husk, it’s ready to harvest. Make sure they’re picked before the fruit turns yellow, otherwise the fruit’s tangy flavour will be lost.

Physalis ixocarpa Grande Rio Verde

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Giant Green Tomatillo 10 seeds ■●

Physalis ixocarpa or Tomatillo, a native of Mexico, is a relative of the tomato, eggplant and pepper. As a traditional part of Mexican cooking, tomatillos are found in stews, moles and salsas. They are seldom used whole, and are often pureed. Its texture is firmer than a tomato and it tastes like a tangy lemon. Grande Rio Verde has, like Cisineros, some of the largest apple green fruit between 2" and 3" weighing 3 to 4oz each. Growing tomatillos is like growing tomatoes, only easier. The tomatillos grow inside a papery husk. The husk helps to protect the fruit should a light frost occur. When the fruit has grown to nearly fill its husk, it’s ready to harvest. Make sure they’re picked before the fruit turns yellow, otherwise the fruit’s tangy flavour will be lost.

Physalis ixocarpa Pineapple

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Pineapple Tomatillo 10 seeds ■●

Physalis ixocarpa Purple

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Purple Tomatillo (10 seeds Pr Pkt) ■●

A uniquely coloured tomatillo that is enjoyed for the sweet yet tart flavour it gives Mexican dishes. These small fruit form inside papery husks and begin as pale green, then ripen to a rich, deep purple. Vigorous and productive plants.

Physalis peruviana

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Giant Cape Gooseberry or Poha Berry or Inca Berry Aprx 200 seeds ■●

This giant cultivated form of Physalis peruviana is native to Brazil but long ago became naturalized in the highlands of Peru and Chile and became identified with the region. Best grown as an annual crop in the UK sown in Feb/Mar but it is perennial by nature and not frost tolerant. Plants grow 2 to 3ft with bell-shaped, nodding yellow flowers forming in the leaf axils. After the flower falls, the calyx expands, forming a straw-coloured husk surrounding the fruit, which take 70 to 80 days to mature. The tangy, tasty fruit is a berry with smooth, waxy, orange-yellow skin and juicy pulp containing numerous very small yellowish seeds. The plants need regular watering, in a well drained soil in a hot sunny position planted outside in June, or pot grown in the greenhouse. Do not fertilise as they do best in poor soil. The tasty fruit is often dipped in melted chocolate as a special treat!

Rhubarb Glaskins Perpetual

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Rhubarb Aprx 50 seeds ■●җ җ җ

Rhubarb Glaskins Perpetual is a popular mid season variety with long juicy stems of bright red and very sweet flavour, very easy and quick to grow from seed. Started in heat in late winter it can even be harvested lightly the following year.

Salvia hispanica

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"Chia" aprox 1000 seeds ■●

A native of South America this attractive annual (perennial in frost free areas) has flowers of purple to white growing 3ft to 5ft tall. Its grown commercially for the seeds which are used as a health food eaten cooked, raw or as a drink and classed as one of the new wonder foods favoured by the Aztecs. The seeds are packed with omega 3 , calcium, fibre, iron, vitamin C and an excellent source of dietary fibre.

One of the most important Chia seeds health benefits is that they help in improving the function of the brain - we could all do with some of that!

Sicana odorifera

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Cassabanana 10 seeds ■●

Sicana odorifera - a perennial tropical vine from the cucumber family, producing 1-2 ft long brownish fruits, which are yellow inside and eaten raw or used in preserves. The fruit also has a sweet scent like a ripe melon. Grow as a fast growing novelty annual. In tropical regions it will cover and often smother 50ft tall trees and is often grown as an ornamental as well as for fruit. Flowers are aromatic yellow to 2".

Solanum burbankii

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Wonderberry Aprx 25 seeds ■●

Solanum burbankii is an annual hybrid berry developed as a cross from Huckleberry but with a much sweeter flavour and larger up to 1/2" diameter. Grow like a tomato in rows planted outside after all frosts have passed. The berries are produced very early even on 6" plants but take a while to ripen. The green berries are slightly poisonous and should only be harvested when black and non shiny. Eaten raw there is next to no flavour but when cooked it develops into a taste superior to blueberries. Best for pies, jam and jellies.

Solanum torvum

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Makhua Puang from Thailand 10 seeds ■●

Solanum torvum the Thai Eggplant or aubergine is known in Thailand as Makhua Puang botanical name Solanum torvum. The fruits are in fact the small green pea sized berries which grow in large clusters. These berries turn yellow when fully ripe but are harvested for use when they are still green and is one of the main ingredients in Thai Green Curry. Makhua Puang are full of flavour but slightly bitter to taste so are not usually eaten on their own.

Enjoy the authentic taste and texture of pea aubergines in curries, stir fries or soups. This versatile ingredient can also be crushed and used to create delicious relishes or dips.

Strawberry F1 Delician

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New Delicious Hybrid Strawberry from Seed 15 seeds ■●җ җ

This latest introduction Strawberry Delician is an Oriental hybrid developed for its unique aromatic flavour. Medium size fruit and few runners on an upright growth habit make it a neat plant for gardeners to manage.

Strawberry F1 Tarpan

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Hybrid Pink Flowered Strawberry from Seed 10 seeds ■●җ җ

F1 Tarpan is a day neutral strawberry producing abundant, 1-1 1/2", deep rose flowers in about 85 days from seed. Plant in a hanging basket, container, or in the ground. The bright red, small to medium-sized berries are plentiful, tasty, and will produce from midsummer to frost. Produces runners for ongoing propagation. A highly decorative plant in flower and fruit and you can also eat the flowers that have a mild, strawberry-like flavour if sprinkled on salads or when used as a garnish for drinks and desserts.

Strawberry Temptation

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Runner Free Strawberries! 15 seeds ■●җ җ

Seed raised Strawberries have become increasingly popular in recent years, particularly as these are mainly runner free. Strawberry Temptation has large, luscious, fruit produced early in the season on first year, virtually runner free plants. They crop almost continuously from mid-summer through to the first frosts. An ideal Patio or hanging basket plant. For the earliest crops an autumn sowing is advisable, but a marketable crop can be grown from a mid-winter sowing.

Swiss Chard Bright Lights - Beta vulgaris

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Swiss Chard or Rhubarb Chard 20 seeds ■●җ җ

Swiss Chard Bright Lights is strictly a vegetable but with colour and form that looks striking in a mixed Tropical Border. Bright Lights includes a stunning colour range of Gold, Red, Pink and White. Excellent as a lettuce substitute if you pick the emerging young leaves, with the benefit of a crop source that lasts all summer and into the winter.

Swiss Chard Galaxy Red - Beta vulgaris

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Swiss Chard or Rhubarb Chard 20 seeds ■●җ җ

Strictly a vegetable but with colour and form that looks striking in a mixed Tropical Border. We now offer both the Red form and the Yellow after finding an improved seed source. These plants are sometimes used for tropical effect within Wisley’s summer bedding.

Swiss Chard Yellow - Beta vulgaris

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Swiss Chard or Rhubarb Chard 20 seeds ■●җ җ

A bright yellow form of this versatile vegetable but with colour and form that looks striking in a mixed Tropical Border.

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Germination -- Easy ■ Moderate ■ and Challenging ■

Backlog for Fresh Seed ♦ Flavour ♪

Hardiness - To -5°C җ To -10°C җҗ Fully Hardy җҗҗ

Needs Shady Position ● Sunny Position ● Water Loving ♥