Mangetout Pea : Golden Sweet

A tall growing variety with red leaf nodes and lovely mauve flowers followed by deliciously sweet pale golden-yellow, crisp pods. Best picked regularly before the peas swell in the pods, ideal steamed whole or added to stir fries. Mangetout Golden Sweet grows to 210cm (7ft) so needs support.

Mangetout Pea : Norli - Duchy Originals

Sweet tasting flat pods, Mangetout Peas are best picked whilst small and stringless. Height to 60cm. Mangetout Pea Norli is Fusarium wilt resistant.

Mangetout Pea : Oregon Sugar Pod

This is surely the sensible way to grow and eat peas - no time consuming podding, no waste, just heavy crops of delicious, sweet and juicy pods of sugar-peas, often called 'Mangetout' or 'Snow peas'. Well flavoured and excellent for lightly steaming or stir-fries,. The pods of Mangetout Pea Oregon Sugar Pod are large and flat (4½ inches long by ¾ inch wide) and stringless when young. This is the way peas will be eaten in the future. It just doesn't make sense to go through the tediousness of discarding the pod if its so full of goodness and so delicious to taste.

Mangetout Pea : Sugar Snow Green

Pisum sativum. Dwarf, flat, broad-podded Mangetout, Pea Sugar Snow Green crops prolifically if harvested when pods are small and before seed development within the pods.

Marigold : Tomato Growing Secret

For many decades in certain parts of the old world it has been the practice to grow African or French marigolds of a certain type to repel white fly on tomatoes in greenhouses or outdoors. It has also been found that the tomatoes grow better and bear more fruit with marigolds around them.

Marjoram : Sweet (Origanum marjorana)

Cooking: Mild and sweet it is delicious in stuffings, soups, stews, omelettes, cheese dishes, fish sauces and salads. Sprinkle over pork, mutton, liver and veal before roasting and add to melted butter to garnish vegetables.

Companion Plant: Sow with Broccoli to repel the cabbage butterfly.

Nature's Remedy: Depresssion and hyprochandria are frequent problems today. Herbalists have always recommended Marjoram for this, to lower high blood pressure and combat headaches,and neuralgia. Much used as a tonic particularly after influenza and as a gentle mild laxative. Pour a cup of boiling water over 1 teaspoonful of fresh leaves, cover and leave for several minutes. Sweeten with honey if desired

Marrow : Badger Cross F1

A prolific cropper from British breeding, Marrow Badger Cross produces high yields of easy to see fruit with distinctly marked contrasting stripes of dark and pale green. For Marrow Badger Cross the bonus of Cucumber Mosaic Virus resistance makes this particularly useful, especially for the organic gardener. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection.

Marrow : Bush Baby

British bred, Marrow Bush Baby produces compact plants with an open habit enabling fruits to set and ripen quickly. Harvest when mature as delicious baby, striped, slightly ribbed marrows 15-20cm (6-8in) long. Marrow Bush Baby is ideal for growing in smaller gardens, or containers on the patio.

Marrow : Green Bush

A very popular variety, early to mature, compact and heavy yielding. The attractive fruits of Marrow Green Bush can be cut at 10-15cm (4-6in) as courgettes or left to mature as marrows. Excellent eaten lightly cooked, freshly picked or suitable for autumn storage.

Marrow : Long Green Striped

Highly commended by the Royal Horticultural Society. Marrow Long Green Striped is a very prolific, vigorous and easily grown marrow. This marrow is excellent eaten lightly cooked, freshly picked or is suitable for winter storage.

Marrow : Tiger Cross F1

A remarkable new F1 hybrid marrow of the Striped Green Bush type but which is earlier, better cropping and more uniform. Marrow Tiger Cross also carries resistance to cucumber mosaic virus which can be a real crop spoiler. The attractive fruits can either be cut at 10-15cm (4-6in) as courgettes or left to mature as marrows. Marrow Tiger Cross is excellent eaten lightly cooked, freshly picked or is suitable for winter storage.

Marrow : Tiger Cross F1 - Duchy Originals

A British bred bush variety, Marrow Tiger Cross produces green and cream striped fruits throughout the summer. Marrow Tiger Cross is the first marrow hybrid with cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) resistance.

Meadow Sweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

A riverside plant with attractive umbels of cream/green tinged white flowers, on fragrant foliage, staying open throughout the summer. Meadow Sweet is used widely in pot-pourri as both the leaves and flowers have a sweet, fragrant scent.

Height to 90cm (3ft) but can be trimmed.

Melon : Castella (Amber Nectar)

(Greenhouse/Garden)

Specially bred to produce large melons out of doors. The fruits of Melon Castella can average 3-3.5lb and are tender, juicy and sweet, in fact liberally loaded with luscious flavour. Store in the fridge for at least 1 week longer than standard varieties and they freeze well too. Melon Castella is ideally suited to a warm, sheltered, sunny spot of the garden or greenhouse, frame or polytunnel. Resistant to powdery mildew and Fusarium races 0 to 2.

Melon : Edonis F1 Hybrid

(Greenhouse/Garden)

Melon Edonis is very early to ripen and productive, which is an important factor for the UK summers. The pale orange fleshed fruits weigh in at about 600g (1½lb). This fantastic flavoured fruit of Melon Edonis have a refreshing, delicate taste. Fusarium resistant. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection.

Grow under glass for the earliest crops.

Melon : Eldoraro F1 Hybrid

Very early ripening, round/oval cantaloupe with netted skin and darker green sutures. Melon Eldoraro produces rich orange, sweet fleshed fruits which average 1.2kg (2.5lb). Resistant to fusarium and powdery mildew.