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Aubergine Thai Light Round Green Eggplant Av 50 seeds A delicious small fruited eggplant similar to Thai Green Pea except fruits are light green and striped. 
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Oriental
Vegetable Seeds
Oriental, Asian and speciality vegetable leaf seeds
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Supplied in hermetically sealed foil seed packets to retain freshness. All seeds supplied with sowing instructions for the UK. Seed counts approximate |
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Aubergine Thai Light Round Green Eggplant Av 50 seeds A delicious small fruited eggplant similar to Thai Green Pea except fruits are light green and striped.
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Climbing Beans
Yard Long Bean
Annual climbing bean, pod length up to 3ft normally eaten when pods reach 1ft
(30cm). Ideal plant for the children to grow. Outdoors grow in a sheltered sunny
spot ideally against a south facing wall or indoors under glass. Starts to
flower and form pods after mid-summer. In cooler climates yard long beans can be
grown in a conservatory or tunnels, great plant for the children to watch the
pods grow. Space plants 15cm apart 60cm between rows, provide support. In cooler
climates they are best picked when young and succulent, cut to 3-5cm in length
for cooking. Pods may not reach a yard long in the cooler climate of the UK.
Chinese Chives
Also
known as Chinese Leek, flowering Leek, Garlic Chives, Golden Chives, Jiu cai,
Gau tsoi
Can be grown all year round in warmer climates or under glass.
Parts used all above ground, ideal in the vegetable garden, borders and containers.
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Chinese Chives New Belt
Av 200 seeds £0.80 Garlic Chives New Belt Having thick flat leaves up to 10mm in width can be used green or blanched. Widely used in Chinese Cuisine. Add to basket
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Water Spinach
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Amaranth Red Leaf
Av 500 seeds
£0.80 Amaranthus tricolor The leaves are used raw or cooked. Use raw in salads, cooked as spinach or used in stir fry. Prefers a sunny position in well drained fertile soil. Sow seed late spring in situ, earlier sowings can be made under glass, in warm climates sowing can take place up to late summer. Can be cut at a semi mature stage for cut and come again. Minimum soil temp for germination 10 deg C. Add to basket
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Blood Beet
3g packet. £0.90
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IMAGE An exceptionally deep red beetroot, can be used at the young crop stage as a chard alternative. Add to basket
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Burdock Takinogawa
Av 60 seeds
£0.90 Arctium lappa Greater Burdock, Love Leaves, Wu Shih Japanese root vegetable. Young roots can be eaten raw but older roots require cooking, roots best harvested under 60cm long. Young leaves and stalks and branches can be used raw or cooked. A delicate vegetable not unlike asparagus in flavour. The seeds can be sprouted and used like beansprouts. Best grown in partial shade in most soils. Sow seed in situ during autumn or spring, because of erratic germination best sown in trays optimum temp 20-25 deg C germination can be improved by pre soaking the seeds or by scarification. Plant out at 15cm apart 30cm between rows. Add to basket
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Burnet, Salad
Perennial Av 300 seeds
£0.90 Poterium sanguisorba Young cucumber flavoured leaves used in salads, sauces, fish, fruit salads, herb butter and soft cheeses. Chopped leaves are added to soups and sauces prior to serving. Evergreen. Makes a good container plant. Add to basket
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Cavolo Nero
Av 200 Seeds £1.50 Variety Nero De Toscana Cavolo Nero Black Cabbage. An unusual leaf picking variety with rich, dark green blistered leaves. A well known Italian vegetable, it can be used to add texture to salads or boiled/steamed in the usual way. Stands normal winter conditions and can be harvested September to January. Sow:- April to May Harvest September to January Add to basket
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Chinese Cabbage
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Chinese Cabbage Wa Wa Sai F1 Av 300 seeds Baby Chinese cabbage, very tender with a lovely sweet flavour. Head weight from spring or autumn sowing 300-500g, matures in 60 days from transplanting. space 20x30cm. Grow at close spacing for baby leaf. treated seed for improved seedling growth.
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Chinese Cabbage Michihli Av 400 seeds B.rapa Tall well blanched heads of sweet crisp, mild and tasty leaves, very tender, use raw, steamed or stir-fry.
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Chinese flowering cabbage
| Choy Sum Hon Tsai tai Av 180 seeds 45-50 days
mature plants £0.90 Purple flower stalks and petioles with green leaves and yellow buds. Cut young as salad leaves or mature for edible inflorescences, ideal in stir fry. Spring and early summer sowings can bolt prematurely in warmer climates. Best sown mid to late summer into early autumn. Can be harvested into following spring if winter is not too harsh. Can be sown autumn, transplanted into polytunnels or greenhouse for a winter harvest. Add to basket
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Chinese / Oriental Greens
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Green Lance F1 Av 125 seeds 47 days £1.50 Flower Bud Type, gai lohn, pak kah nah Budding type Chinese Kale excellent in stir fries or cooked the same as broccoli. Stalks are best harvested when 2-3 buds are open and 20cm tall. Once cut the plant will become multi branching for the next harvest. Sow early spring to mid summer. Add to basket
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Chinese Lettuce
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Av 750 seeds Lactuca sativa angustana Chinese Lettuce is grown mainly for the leaves and stem, the leaves can be used raw or cooked, having a slightly sweet flavour and more coarse than lettuce. Young leaves can be used in mixed salads. Stems used raw or cooked are crisp and juicy like lettuce, celery, artichoke or chard, best peeled before used, harvest stems prior to the plant flowering. prefers summer shade and well drained humus rich soils. A good companion plant for carrots, onions and strawberries. Sow seed March to June in situ thin to 30cm apart, best picked frequently. Sow when temperatures are below 20C £0.90 Add to basket
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Chinese Celery Kintsai Av 700 seeds £0.90 Apium graveolens Slender celery stems and leaves with a strong flavour. For use in salads or as a cooked vegetable. Can be grown all year round in temperate climates using crop protection for winter months. Sow from spring to summer, 2 sowings during this period will give a continuous supply. Growing commercially repeated sowings every 5-6 weeks from spring to summer. Sow seed in modules/plugs or trays on the compost surface, transplant after risk of frost. Add to basket
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Chinese Broccoli
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Kaillaan White flowered Av 200 seeds £1.20 Also known as Chinese Broccoli. Possibly related to Calabrese, producing thick fleshy stems and edible white flowers. Grow in fertile, moist soils where it is one of the easiest flowering brassica to grow. Sow in rows or broadcast, thinning to 10-15cm apart for harvesting as young plants. For mature plants grow 25-35cm. Can be grown in containers to harvest as young plants only. Sow throughout the growing season, spring to autumn, harvest June to December ( will withstand slight frost) Add to basket
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Chop Suey Green
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Shungiku Greens NEW Av 600 seeds 21 days baby 45 days mature £1.00 Chrysanthemum coronarium A named variety of Chop Suey Greens, Aromatic Greens. Cut greens when about 4-8" tall for a flavourful addition to salads, vegetables, pickles, and sushi. Plant more thickly than other greens. Small orange and yellow chrysanthemum flowers appear later on un harvested plants. This is the preferred "fine" or "small" leaf strain. Add to basket
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Corn Salad - Lambs Lettuce Av 350seeds 1g
£0.95 Valerianella locusta Known also as lambs lettuce. Very slow growing. Leaves are used raw in salads and can be cropped all year from successional sowings and with some protection during winter in colder climates. Add to basket
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American or Land Cress
Av 2,000 seeds
£1.00 Barbarea verna Also known as Uplands Cress. Young leaves used cooked, as seasoning or raw. Having a hot spicy flavour they are a useful addition to salads, the land grown alternative to water cress being similar in taste. The seed can be sprouted. Can be cropped all year if autumn sowings are given protection through winter (cloches). Sow Spring to September in situ , successional sowings for continual cropping, position full sun for winter crops while partial shade is best for summer crops. Add to basket
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Cress
Av 2,000 seeds
£0.90 A new addition for the salad bowl, having a peppery taste. Quick growing sown by broadcasting in successive sowings for a continual harvest. Add to basket
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Dandelion Perennial Av 500 seeds 0.5g
£0.85 Taraxacum officinale Leaves may be blanched and used in salads, roots can be roasted and ground as coffee substitute. high in vitamins and minerals. Flowers used for wine making. Add to basket
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Japanese Parsley 'Mitsuba' Av 400 seeds £0.90 Cryptotaenia japonica Leaves, root and stems are used raw or cooked, seedlings and young leaves added to salads. The seed is used for seasoning and the stem can be blanched and used as a celery substitute. Position moist shady site. Sow April on @ 25 deg C under glass grow on and plant out early summer. Can be sown during autumn. Add to basket
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Jicama (Yam Bean)
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All information should be used as a guide only, as climatic conditions vary.
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