The Vegetable Seed Store
Traditional, Heirloom, Organic and Unusual Vegetable Varieties
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The Vegetable Seed Store Traditional, Heirloom, Organic and Unusual Vegetable Varieties |
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Abelmoschus 10 seeds £2.37 JS804 |
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A spectacular annual shrub like plant best treated as an annual in the UK. Huge 6” hibiscus like yellow blooms with a maroon central blotch. They do need heat to get going but a 6ft Abelmoschus plant with side shoots covered in these gorgeous blooms is achievable in a single season from seed. Very fast growing in heat, the large, attractive leaves can be used in salads, stir-fries, soups or other dishes. A single leaf can cover a slice of bread in a sandwich and is used like lettuce. The leaves are tender when raw but turn slimy if overcooked. They are very high in nutrition. |
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Amaranth
Edible Types |
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Edible Amaranth are a fast growing vegetable that can be harvested 30 days after sowing in warm conditions, by the cut-and-grow-again method. Seeds are very small and will germinate best at temperature above 20°C under dark conditions. Thin the growing plants if necessary and thinnings can be eaten. Edible young leaves and stems are cooked like spinach. Soft texture and tender leaves are excellent for stir-frys and soups. |
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Atriplex hortensis
50 seeds £1.55 JS2268 |
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Orach is a bright red leafy annual grown much like spinach. It tolerates moderate frosts so a first april sowing in the UK is possible. Sow every three or four weeks to insure a continuous supply of young, tender leaves, easier to grow than spinach and a great annual for the edible flower bed with 6ft tall deep red to purple foliage. |
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Basil (Ocimum basilcum)
Sweet Basil
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One of the most useful herbs and a key ingredient for many Italian and Indian dishes and great when fresh in salads. Basil lives up to it's Indian origins and is best suited to the warmer areas of the UK although with correct positioning, it will thrive as a container plant outside in less protected areas. We offer Genovese sweet which is slightly taller and more robust than the normal green bush form and a red Organic variety. |
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Chenopodium
capitatum
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An annual member of the goosefoot family and a native of Europe this plant is known for the red fruits that form at maturity. These are pleasantly sweet, but insipid alongside a real berry. The real crop comes from the spinach-green, triangular, and bite-sized leaves with toothed margins, borne in an open rosette. A warm position, fast growing plant for summer salads and a beautiful curiosity in fruit. |
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Chenopodium
giganteum |
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A vigorous attractive and valuable annual for borders, with purple and lush green foliage. Young leaves can be cooked and eaten tasting of spinach or eaten raw. Excellent as a spot plant or centre piece. This is a tall plant to 6ft, giving a colourful display, with smooth stems striped red and green, producing large leaves of a brilliant magenta colour, covered when young with a red crystalline powder, and bearing long spikes of tiny reddish flowers. |
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Choy Sum
Chinese Flower Cabbage n£ |
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Very popular in South China and Hong Kong, this vegetable is used in various stir-fry dishes. Whole plants are harvested prior to the flower buds beginning to blossom. The Red Hybrid belongs to the Hon Tsai Tai type. An early to medium tasty variety, it has good heat and cold tolerance and is disease resistance. The stem is red purple with green leaves adding an ornamental element to the plants and salad crop. Prefers cool conditions and ideal for an English summer crop, after the risk of frost has passed. Our Green selection ‘Golden 49’ is also a quick maturing crop with both heat and cold resistance, good for both summer and autumn crops. |
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Cymbopogan
- Lemon Grass
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Lemon grass is an excellent aromatic clumping tropical
grass growing to 6' tall. When the leaves are crushed the fragrance
resembles the scent of lemon. The stem and leaves are used for cooking
in the Asian kitchen but it is also used to make a refreshing tea and
for perfume, oil and medicine. |
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Lettuce Curled Leaf
n£S] Green, Red & Mixed Salad Bowl Aprx 500 seeds £1.76 |
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Green Salad Bowl is a large fast growing rosette lettuce with long, light green deep cut leaves. Heat tolerant and very slow to bolt. Red Salad Bowl is very similar but with a brownish red head. Excellent for continual harvesting and we seem to be able to get an all summer crop from only two sowings. |
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Lettuce
Little Gem |
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One of the earliest varieties to mature. Little Gem
produces small compact plants which are packed with a crisp sweet heart
and little outside leaf. Very useful for cloches and small gardens. |
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Lettuce
Milan Organic Butterhead
Lettuce
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A high quality organic butterhead lettuce suitable for both outdoor and glasshouse production. Neat shiny green leaves, resistance to some mildews and tolerant of mosaic virus. |
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Moringa
oleifera |
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Native originally to the Himalayan
foothills of northern India, the horseradish tree can be found widely
planted throughout the tropical areas of the world. Nutritionally, ounce
for ounce, powdered Moringa leaves have seven times the vitamin C of
oranges, four times the calcium of milk, three times the potassium of
bananas, four times the vitamin A of carrots and two times the protein
of milk. The one to four foot long pods lend the plant the common name
of drumstick tree. They are also high in nutritional value and can be
cooked like green beans when young. The flowers are high in calcium and
potassium but must be cooked before consuming. The peeled root tastes
like horseradish, hence the common name, but care must be taken as the
root bark is toxic. It is also used in many Indian traditional medicine
recipes where they have over 300 uses for Moringa. |
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Oriental
Spicy Greens Mix
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A range of mixes that can be used for
cut leaf consumption, or for use as growing salads in containers. The
varieties are matched so that leaf development and flavours complement
each other and cropping time can be as short as four weeks. This mix
includes Salad Rocket, Red Giant Mustard, Green Wave Mustard and Mizuna. |
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Parsley
Champion Moss Curled
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A selected strain with tightly curled
dark green leaves used for garnishing. Can be grown on a windowsill or
planted out alongside lettuce and other salad crops. To harvest keep up
a regular picking routine which will encourage fresh new growth |
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Perilla
frustescens or Shi-So
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Perilla, or sometimes called Shi-So,
is a very popular herb in Japan and many other Asian countries. Young
leaves and flowering shoots are used for cooking and pickling because of
their aromatic flavour. This lovely red leafed form grows best under
full sun or partial shading. A lovely plant which you can use to give
herbal interest to your border or colour interest to your herb garden as
they look a bit like coleus . The leaves have quite a strong aroma and
flavour of cinnamon. |
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Radicchio Indigo n£
ORGANIC SEED Aprx 50 seeds £2.07 JS2269 |
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Popular as a colourful vegetable addition and a mainstay of prepared leafy salads. Crop useful over a long period and can be used as loose leaves or complete heads. |
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Sesamum
indicum |
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The sesame plant is an erect tropical annual from Africa. It grows to 6ft with oblong or lanceolate hairy leaves and displays pretty white to light rose foxglove like flowers. It belongs to the most nutritious of all seeds and a pretty pot plant for a sunny conservatory position. The seeds, small and flattened, are used for the flavouring of bread. Harvest when the plants turn brown and dry. Each plant produces 15 to 20 pods and each pod contains about 100 seeds. |
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Spinach Lazio
ORGANIC SEED |
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A modern quick-growing variety resistant to downy mildew, with thick, succulent, deliciously flavoured leaves. Maturing time approximately 8-10 weeks from sowing. Can also be used for successional cropping as a baby leaf variety. Sow late winter to early spring and early summer. |
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Spinach Winter Giant
ORGANIC SEED |
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A damp and frost resistant winter spinach this is a fabulous variety with really large, wavy or semi-savoyed, glossy green, sword-shaped leaves. Growing as a short broad plant, it can be sown July for harvesting October to December and stands well. |
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Symbol Code Germination --- Easy n, Moderate n and Challenging n Backlog for Fresh Seed --- u New Seeds not in Catalogue ---« Hardiness --- ] (To -5°C) ]] (To -10°C) ]]] (To -15°C) Growing Symbols --- £ Sunny position £ Shady position S Lots of Water |
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Salads - Lettuce and Edible Leafy
Plants