Ageratum houstonianum Blue Danube F1

Lavender blue. One of the best for uniformity, earliness and all round performance.

Bushy, compact, uniform plants excellent for bedding and edging. Remove spent blooms.

Height: 15-20cm (6-8in)

Ageratum houstonianum Blue Mink

A compact plant bearing powder-blue flowers.

Bushy, compact, uniform plants excellent for bedding and edging. Remove spent blooms.

Height: 23-30cm (9-12in)

Antirrhinum nanum Kim Orange Bicolour F1

Dwarf, compact, well branched plants which light up a dazzling display of vibrant orange and yellow"bunny" rabbit blooms. Superb garden performance offering a long and prolific flowering season. Ideal for containers and bedding.

Bean : Broad Bean : Aquadulce Claudia

This variety is universally recognised as being best for an autumn sowing. Broad Bean Aquadulce Claudia establishes itself very quickly and will produce a very early crop. It is white seeded and the pods are up to 23cm (9 inches) long. Height: 90-100cm (36-40in).

Bean : Broad Bean : Express

This is the fastest maturing variety of any broad bean and an early spring sowing will out yield all others. Broad Bean Express produces up to 34 good pods per plant! It is also winter hardy, outstanding for deep freeze as it does not discolour and probably for the same reason is particularly tender and tasty. Broad Bean Express replaces Imperial Green Windsor over which it is a considerable improvement.

Bean : Broad Bean : Imperial Green Longpod

Green seeded pods 37cm (15in)+ with up to nine large beans. Broad Bean Imperial Green Longpod is succulent, tasty and suitable for freezing. Height: 105-120cm (3½-4ft).

Bean : Broad Bean : Jubilee Hysor

A major improvement on traditional varieties, Broad Bean Jubilee Hysor produces a tremendous yield of broad, well filled pods, each containing 6 to 8 beans of superb flavour.

Bean : Broad Bean : Medes

White seeded pods 15cm (6in). The highly productive variety of Broad Bean Medes produces medium sized pods, each containing 5-6 tender, sweet, juicy beans. Suitable for spring sowing. Highly recommended for freezing.

Bean : Broad Bean : The Sutton

An excellent dwarf variety only 30cm (12in) high that produces lots of 13-15cm (5-6in) pods each bearing five small, but deliciously tender beans. Broad Bean The Sutton is very suitable for successional sowings commencing late autumn (under cloches) or late winter/early summer in the open. Ideal for the small garden.

Suitable For Freezing

Bean : Broad Bean Collection

SPECIAL OFFER! Collection comprises one packet each of Aquadulce Claudia, Imperial Green Longpod and Express.

Aquadulce Claudia

This variety is universally recognised as being best for an autumn sowing. It establishes itself very quickly and will produce a very early crop. It is white seeded and the pods are up to 15-18in long.

Imperial Green Longpod

15-inch+ pods with up to nine large beans. Succulent, tasty and suitable for freezing. (Green Seeded)

Express

This is the fastest maturing variety of any broad bean and an early spring sowing will out yield all others. Up to 34 good pods per plant! It is also winter hardy, outstanding for deep freeze as it does not discolour and probably for the same reason is particularly tender and tasty. It replaces Imperial Green Windsor over which it is a considerable improvement.

Bean : Climbing Bean : Cobra

Massive crops of mid green, smooth, round, stringless pods about 18cm (7in) long. Climbing Bean Cobra is a highly attractive mauve flowered variety, a delight in the border, and with an exceptional flavour. Huge yields of these flavoursome beans over a long cropping season. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection.

Bean : Climbing Bean : Pantheon

High yields of stringless, flat and juicy pods - up to 25mm (1in) wide and 25cm (10in) long - with plenty of flavour. The vigorous plant habit and slow seed development within the pods of Runner Bean Pantheon result in a prolonged picking season. White flowers.

Bean : Dwarf Bean : Delinel

An outstanding variety for both crop and flavour. A 'filet' type with 15cm (6in) mid green, stringless pencil pods 8mm (1/3in) diameter. Delinel Bean seeds in the RHS Vegetable Collection have outstanding crops, and a long season if picked regularly. Bean Common Mosaic Virus and Anthracnose resistance. Black seeded variety. Height 45cm(18in).

Bean : Dwarf Bean : Nomad

Bumper crops of straight, stringless, dark-green pencil pods, 12-14cm (5 to 5½ inches) long, of outstanding flavour. Heavy yields can be encouraged if picked regularly. This variety also has resistance against the problems of Common Bean Mosaic Virus and Anthracnose.

Bean : Dwarf Bean : Sonesta

Dwarf Bean Sonesta ia an early maturing, waxy yellow beans on compact plants. Pods are slender, straight and stringless reaching up to 13cm (5 inches) long. Early to mature with a long cropping period. Plants are resistant to Common Bean Mosaic Virus and Anthracnose. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection.

Bean : Dwarf French Bean : Purple Teepee

At last, a purple podded bean which bears its pods above the main foliage. This makes picking easier and ensures improved cropping of long straight pods with less soil splashing etc. Dwarf French Bean Purple Teepee produces pods that are approximately 6in long, stringless and slender with that intangible but appreciated zing to the flavour that many vegetable growers agree only comes to the purple podded types. Pods turn brilliant emerald green in boiling water. Quick maturing.