Vegetable & Flower Starter Collection

An excellent, very popular early variety with as the name suggests good resistance to bolting. The beets are a deep red with smooth skin and an intense sweet flavour. Young leaves can be used as baby leaves in mixed salads.

A British bred variety “Defender F1” is one of the most popular varieties available with its  open bush habit and prolific cropping over a long period.  Excellent resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus. Height 18". Spread: 36"

RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

A popular and first class reliable variety for uniform, cylindrical baby carrots. It has sweet flavour, good colour and tender texture over a long season. More suitable for lighter, fertile soils and being very fast to mature ideal for re-sowing every 2-3 weeks throughout the season for a continuous crop.

A fast-growing blend of 6 different loose-leaf cutting lettuce varieties. A special blend of light green, dark green, and red lettuce of different textures and shaped leaves. Perfect grown as baby leaves, giving up to four 'cuts', or equally good grown out as more mature leaf lettuces. 45-50 days

Tomato Cherry Sweet Million F1. A very heavy cropping F1 cherry variety producing huge amounts of cherry sized extra sweet bright red fruits.  A robust variety it will perform well under glass or outdoors in a sunny sheltered location.  Height 2m & Spread 50cm.

Considered one of the gourmet varieties, these are a prolific producer defying the driest of summers, whilst remaining sugar sweet, `stringless’ and tender with medium length beans. Excellent and easy to deep freeze. Can be grown against a trellis, on poles or up netting and can be interplanted with peas or runner beans required little or no maintenance.  White seeded variety. Height: 150cm (5′).

Herb Basil Genovese. The classic large-leaved Italian sweet basil prized for its spicy flavour and wonderful aroma.  Fragrant plants grow 18-24″. This is the variety of choice for pesto.  Make successive sowings for continuous summer supplies. Annual.

Sunflower ‘Autumn Beauty Mix’ brings rich, autumn-inspired colour to the garden with its blend of gold, bronze, copper, and deep burgundy blooms. These tall, vigorous plants produce multiple flower heads on strong stems, making them ideal for adding height to borders, beds, and cut-flower arrangements.

Striking blue blooms that attract bees, butterflies, and beetles. Known for their resilience, they thrive in a variety of conditions, from sunny garden borders to less fertile soils, making them a delightful addition to any wildlife-friendly garden.

The petals are also edible, with a delicate cucumber-like flavour, perfect for adding to salads, garnishes, or even infusing in teas.

California Poppy Golden West. The ultimate self seed ground cover annual that will grow almost anywhere producing a profusion of colour on 6 to 12 inches stems with silky 2-3 inch wide cups in brilliant bright orange above mounds of attractive feathery grey-green foliage. Loves hot, dry areas and poor soils. Excellent for seeding large areas and filling in the gaps in the herbaceous border. Blooms spring into summer, especially in cool weather. Great fillers in flower beds and containers.