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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Artichoke Violet de Provence 50 seeds £1.59 JS2077 |
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This delicious medium sized artichoke develops rich/violet purple headed globes on thistle like plants that prefers a rich heavy soil. 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. |
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Asparagus Crimson Pacific 5 seeds £1.99 JS2518 |
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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. |
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Aubergine Dusky 40 seeds £2.13 JS1903 |
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An early maturing hybrid with a 30% to 50% higher yield than normal varieties. 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 6” 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”. |
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Aubergine
Fairy Tale |
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A 2005 AAS winner, this is a compact growing variety, great for containers, with highly attractive lavender flowers. Height and width 18”. Early to mature, approximately 50 days from transplanting, it produces many slim, lavender-purple fruits with white stripes and a bitter-free flavour. Best harvested when the fruit is about 4” long. 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. |
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Aubergine
Striped Toga |
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Stunning 3" oval, bright orange with green stripes, strong to mild flavour but also keeps well as an excellent ornamental. |
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Celery
Celebrity |
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Slightly quicker to mature than some varieties and very little stringiness. Planting closer together will encourage paler green or white stems. |
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Okra Cajun
Delight |
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An unusual vegetable to try growing in the greenhouse border. A member of the Hibiscus family with long green fruits used in stews or cooked as a different vegetable - one of my favourites! |
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Okra
Burgundy |
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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. |
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Oryza
sativa |
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Grow your own Paddy field? This 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! Worth a try for the novelty factor? Maturity: Approx. 160 days |
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Physalis
ixocarpa Cisineros |
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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. On the outside, the 2” 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. |
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Physalis
peruviana |
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This giant cultivated form 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-colored 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! |
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Rhubarb
Glaskins Perpetual |
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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. |
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Solanum
burbankii |
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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 with sugar they develop a taste superior to blueberries. Best for pies, jam and jellies. |
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Strawberry
Temptation |
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Seed raised Strawberries have become increasingly popular in recent years, particularly as these are mainly runner free. 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. |
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Swiss Chard
Bright Lights - Beta vulgaris |
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Strictly a vegetable but with colour and form that looks striking in a mixed Tropical Border. These plants were used for tropical effect within Wisley’s 2002 summer bedding. 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. |
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Swiss Chard
Red - Beta vulgaris |
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A 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 were used for tropical effect within Wisley’s 2002 summer bedding. |
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Swiss Chard
Yellow - Beta vulgaris |
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Strictly a vegetable but with colour and form that looks striking in a mixed Tropical Border. We offer both the Red form and the Yellow. This plant was used for tropical effect within one of Wisley’s 2003 summer bedding schemes. |
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