Lamb's Lettuce : Cavallo

Corn Salad Cavallo keeps on producing a mass of fresh flavoured, deep green 'lamb's lettuce' leaves. A late summer sowing will guarantee winter salads.

Land Cress

Tasty water cress substitute, Land Cress is ready in 7-8 weeks. Sow seeds from early spring onwards, over-winters too. Vitamin, iron and calcium rich cress which tastes almost like watercress but has a smaller leaf providing a continuous supply over a long period. Salad Leaves Land Cress is easy to grow and does best in a cool moist soil and part shade.

Leaf Beet : Bright Lights

An exciting mixture offering coloured stems in classic red, white, pink, violet, green, gold, orange, yellow and some even striped! The wonderfully coloured stems of Swiss Chard Bright Lights are crowned with large foliage of green or bronze. Guaranteed lo brighten the vegetable patch or why not grow Swiss Chard Bright Lights in the border. The flavour is deliciously mild and packed with nutritlonal content coming to harvest about 60 days after sowing.

Cropping from mid-summer to late autumn. After a normal winter, it will re-emerge to give an unbelievably early spring crop.

Leaf Beet : Bright Yellow

The beautiful, broad golden stalks of Swiss Chard Bright Yellow are a striking and colourful addition to the vegetable garden and the flower border or containers. The sweet stalks can be steamed as a vegetable or, when young, eaten raw in salads. Swiss Chard Bright Yellow is slow to bolting and has good winter hardiness.

Cropping from mid-summer to late autumn. After a normal winter, it will re-emerge to give an unbelievably early spring crop.

Leaf Beet : Duo

Swiss Chard Duo comprises one packet each of Bright Yellow and Rhubarb Chard.

Swiss Chard Bright Yellow

Beautiful, broad golden stalks are a striking and colourful addition to the vegetable garden and the flower border or containers. The sweet stalks can be steamed as a vegetable or, when young, eaten raw in salads. Slow to bolting, good winter hardiness.

Rhubarb Chard

A colourful and tasty form of Swiss Chard with rich ruby-red leaf stalks and dark greeny purple foliage. Produces an abundance of large, tasty leaves and wide mid-ribs. Cook the succulent mid-rib like asparagus and serve with melted butter. Easier, and some consider tastier, than spinach. If the plants are left to flower, the flower stalks can be cooked and eaten like sprouting broccoli.

Leaf Beet : Lucullus

A much more prolific form, Swiss Chard Lucullus produces an abundance of large, tasty leaves and wide, white mid-ribs. Cook the succulent mid-rib like asparagus and serve with melted butter. Easier, and some consider tastier, than spinach. If the plants of Swiss Chard Lucullus are left to flower, the flower stalks can be cooked and eaten like sprouting broccoli.

Cropping from mid-summer to late autumn. After a normal winter, it will re-emerge to give an unbelievably early spring crop.

Leaf Beet : Rhubarb Chard

A colourful and tasty form of Swiss Chard with rich ruby-red leaf stalks and dark greeny purple foliage. Swiss Rhubarb Chard produces an abundance of large, tasty leaves and wide mid-ribs. Cook the succulent mid-rib like asparagus and serve with melted butter. Easier, and some consider tastier, than spinach. If the plantsof Swiss Rhubarb Chard are left to flower, the flower stalks can be cooked and eaten like sprouting broccoli.

Cropping from mid-summer to late autumn. After a normal winter, it will re-emerge to give an unbelievably early spring crop.

Leek : Autumn Giant 2 - Argenta

Peforms outstandingly whether sown early or late and does well over a long season. Leek Autumn Giant 2 Argenta matures in October, yet stands ready for harvest right through to May, giving high quality, thick, long and very heavy stems, of excellent mild flavour and yield with few bolters. NIAB Recommended.

Leek : Autumn Giant 2 - Porvite

An excellent Leek giving mid green, erect foliage, and heavy, uniform stems. Leek Autumn Giant 2 Porvite also features resistance to bulbiness and bolting, as well as high rust tolerance. Seeds in the RHS Vegetable Collection, this leek also has good standing ability in the garden.

Leek : Bandit F1 Hybrid

An outstanding variety for harvesting from winter through to spring. Leek Bandit has excellent garden performance and winter hardiness, showing good tolerance against rust and bolting.

Good weight of stem without bulbing and dark leaves. The dark leaves of Leek Bandit contrast with pure white, thick stems of superb flavour.

Leek : King Richard

A very early variety. Leek King Richard produces extra long, slim stems which don't need earthing up and are ideal for slicing. From earliest sowings it is ready in June-July, and later sowings, August-September, stay ready for use until Christmas. You can also direct sow Leek King Richard without the need to transplant, or grow closer together for delicious, succulent mini leeks.

Leek : Lancelot

Allium porrum. An alternative as a milder flavoured spring onion when sown thickly. Leek Lancelot is ideal for growing in containers, use in salads, stir-fries or as a steamed vegetable. Also grow as a full sized leek for autumn and winter harvesting.

Leek : Musselburgh Improved

Leek Musselburgh Improved is a very hardy and exceptionally fine strain of this popular mid season variety.

Leek : Oarsman F1 Hybrid

A superb garden variety. Leek Oarsman has good early vigour, bulking up quickly, with dark, erect foliage and uniform pure white, long stems with no sign of bulbing. Midseason maturity with very good rust and bolting tolerance, keeping in good condition over a long period until required for the kitchen.

Leek : Pandora - Duchy Originals

Long, pure white stems with dark green leaves. Leek Pandora shows tolerance to leek rust.

Leek : Porbella

An outstanding garden leek variety for harvesting between October and February. Leek Porbella produced sturdy plants with pure white, thick stems and dark green leaves show good rust resistance and have excellent winter hardiness.