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Early variety (25-30 days). The plant forms a small squat socket of light green smooth leaves, with a delicate flavor. Contains a lot of vitamins and minerals. Use in salads, and as side dishes for meat and fish. Grow in the open ground, greenhouses, as well as indoor. -
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This lettuce can be used as a baby leaf in 30 days or 45 days to fully grown. An outstanding and unique variety, Amish Deer Tongue has triangular leaves that are packed with great taste and wonderful texture. Great for organic gardens. Its visual appearance and strong growth habit make it a great heirloom variety to try. The dark green triangular leaves have thin midribs similar to romaine but with a nutty flavour. Once you try this lettuce you will want it in your salad bowl often during the season. Amish Deer Tongue has a 90% germination rate which is above the 70% rate for most lettuce varieties. -
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Rossa di Treviso is a prized Heirloom radicchio from Treviso Italy. It is very cold hardy and will add a striking colour to salads! Leaves start off green and then turn red contrasting beautifully against the thick white stripes and midribs as the weather cools. The tender, slightly bitter leaves are delicious in salads or sauteed with other vegetables. Believed to be good for insomnia and purifying the blood. -
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The leaves are lettuce-like, large, broad, and reach twelve to sixteen inches tall. Broadleaf endive varieties, or escarole, tend to be less bitter than the curly leaf endive varieties. It can be eaten like other greens either fresh as part of a green salad, or sautéed or chopped and added into soups and stews. -
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A mixture of chicory from the Italian varieties Radicchio and Endive, including Pan di Zucchero, Spadona, Romanesca da Taglio, Cuor d Oro, Riccia Pancalieri, Rosso di Treviso, di Chiggia, Variegata di Lusia, Treviso 4 Tardiva, Rossa Treviso sel Sveltael Rolla Rossa Treviso sel Sveltael Rolla Ross Rossa Agena, Palla Rossa Giusto. Specially selected varieties for growing early baby chicory leaves (3-4 weeks after germination). Sow directly in beds or in containers from early spring to winter and cut when they reach a height of 10-15cm (4-6in.). For continuous harvest sow every 3-4 weeks. -
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Early iceberg lettuce variety (50-55 days). Forms large, loose heads, weight 180-400grams with slightly wrinkled, bright green leaves with a delicate taste. Resistant to downy mildew. Recommended for open ground as well as for greenhouses. -
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Silverado Swiss chard seeds produce relatively compact plants that have heavily savoyed, deep, dark green leaves with bright white stems. A taste test favourite, and very high resistance to bolting. Silverado is ready to harvest as baby greens in only 25 to 30 days. Fairly slow-growing chard that reaches 35-40cm in height. Harvest individual leaves by cutting from the base. -
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50-60 days-Easy to grow and delicious to eat, this Chinese broccoli is harvested when the flower stalks are 1-2cm thick, just before the flowers open. Each Green Pearl Gai Lan seeds plant can be harvested several times, and all Gai Lan varieties are relatively cold hardy for fall harvests or winter harvests if some protection is provided. Gai Lan also makes extremely nutritious sprouts and microgreens. Its thick stems stay crunchy and succulent when steamed or stir-fried. It only takes a couple of minutes to stir fry. -
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Also known as mountain spinach, this green has been cultivated since Roman times. Harvest young leaves 3-7 cm long for fresh use. Larger leaves are often used steamed. A colorful and nutritious addition to salads. Leaves can continue to be harvested until the plant goes to seed. Can be grown into summer somewhat longer than true spinach. Germinated in 7-14 days. Maturity from 20 to 60 days. -
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Celery in 45 days may seem unbelievable but this great Chinese celery will provide you with a great crop of fresh organic celery that is superb for salads, fresh eating, and especially flavourful in soups and stews, and of course in stir-fries. Thinner heads and stalks than regular celery mean you can have more plants in less space. It retains flavour when frozen. If you have had trouble growing regular celery in the past, or if you don't want to wait the three months or more it takes to mature, try Chinese Celery seeds and you'll become a lifetime convert. More flavour and no full of regular celery. Use leaves and stalks, grow in winter under polytunnels. During summer months cut stems and let them come again. A first-time celery grower's choice. -
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French Breakfast radish is known for its vibrant coloring which graduates from a vivid fuchsia-red to bright white at the tip. Topped with edible, leafy greens, French Breakfast radishes are very crisp and offer a mildly spicy flavor. French Breakfast is a very fast growing variety, with radishes ready for harvest within a month. -
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A great open-pollinated Savoy cabbage that was once a standard and is now very hard to find. Great for late summer and autumn rotations. Chieftain is more tender and sweet than many of the modern Savoy hybrids and withstands fall frosts. Produces vibrant green heads that average 2-3 kgs. A 1938 All American Selections award winner bred by Ferry-Morse. Sow indoors in flats with good potting soil April through July. Transplant into the garden about 4-6 weeks after sprouting. May also be direct sown once the soil is 10 C. Stunning crinkled or “savoyed” dark green leaves help to make this variety a visual treat in the garden. Savoy Chieftan is better tasting than all types of cabbage.