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You'll find a wide range of seeds here, including sweetcorn, turnips, swede, aubergines, salsify and scorzonera, each with comprehensive sowing and growing information to help you get the best from your vegetable crops.
Sweetcorn 'Swift' F1 HybridZea mays, Sweetcorn 'Extra Tender and Sweet' Tendersweet. Superior in both taste and texture, Sweetcorn Swift F1 is quicker to germinate and has better vigour than other varieties. Produces 2-3, 18cm (7½in) cobs per plant, each with 16-18 rows of bright yellow tender sweet kernels. Flavour guide: rich and sugar-sweet. Sweetcorn Extra Tender & Sweet F1 has long lasting flavour and is easy to grow. Isolation from other sweetcorn varieties not required. More info |
Sweetcorn 'Lark' F1 Hybrid (Tendersweet)Zea mays Customer RatingSweetcorn Lark is a tendersweet variety giving superior sweetness with a softer, less chewy texture than supersweets, making kernels more pleasurable to eat as well as easier to digest. Improved germination adds to the appeal. Sweetcorn Lark can be also grown with other varieties, so there is no need to isolate. Requires a fertile soil in a sunny position. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection. More info |
Aubergine 'Black Enorma' F1 HybridSolanum melongena, Egg Plant Early to crop with prolific sets of huge jet-black fruit up to 680g (1½lb). Just three plants will keep a family of four with aubergines from mid summer to late autumn. Aubergine Black Enorma is ideal for garden, patio or greenhouse. Stake plants and pick fruit regularly. More info |
Aubergine 'Bonica' F1 HybridSolanum melongena (Egg Plant)
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Sweetcorn 'Conquerer' F1 Hybrid (Supersweet)Zea mays Customer RatingLater maturing, Sweetcorn Conquerer is well adapted to our indifferent summer weather. Strong growing plants 210cm (7ft) tall, with very few tillers (sideshoots), averaging three, 20cm (8in) long cobs per plant, each with 14-18 rows of kernels full to the tip. Sweetcorn Conquerer has superb eating quality! More info |
Sweetcorn 'Northern Extra Sweet' F1 Hybrid (Supersweet)Zea mays A reliable performer in British summers, Sweetcorn Northern Extra Sweet is especially suited to cooler northern districts. One of the earliest maturing of the 'supersweets', Sweetcorn Northern Extra Sweet produces good quality, well filled cobs up to 20cm (8in) long. Sturdy plants but growing only to 150 to 180cm (5 to 6 feet) tall. More info |
Sweetcorn 'Lapwing'Zea mays Customer RatingNew introduction from the 'Tendersweet' breeding programme and awarded an RHS AGM in the 2009 Wisley trial. Early maturing, producing long cobs with 18 rows of kernels, good tip fill and superb sweetness. More info |
Sweetcorn 'Butterscotch' F1 Hybrid (Supersweet)Zea mays A major new variety of early/mid season maturity, in that not only is it a corn of super sweetness, but Sweetcorn Butterscotch has also been modified by the 'sugar enchance' gene. This ensures a much tenderer, easy to eat, melt-in-the-mouth quality to the grain and a retained sweetness after harvest or freezer storage, significantly better than regular varieties. Height 1.2-1.5m (4-5ft). More info |
Sweetcorn 'Lark' F1 Hybrid (Tendersweet) - Part of the Alan Titchmarsh CollectionZea mays
For the best melt in your mouth flavour, the tasty, soft sweet kernels of Sweetcorn 'Lark' are more pleasurable to eat and easier to digest. Many varieties of Sweetcorn need to be grown in isolation. This variety has the benefit of being able to be grown alongside other varieties. Height: 200cm (79"). Spread: 45cm (18"). More info |
Aubergine 'Ophelia' F1 HybridSolanum molengena, Egg Plant Throughout the summer this compact Aubergine produces an abundance of golf ball sized, baby aubergines. The bite sized fruits of Aubergine 'Ophelia' have no bitter aftertaste and hold their flavour, quality and colour well after picking. These dwarf plants are ideal for growing in containers on the patio. Height and spread: 60cm (24”). More info |
Aubergine 'Moneymaker' F1 HybridSolanum melongena, Egg Plant Try this early cropping aubergine for reliable yields of long, slender, matt purple fruits, with an excellent flavour. Aubergine ‘Moneymaker’ produces good crop yields whether it is grown in the greenhouse or in patio containers outdoors. Height and spread: 60cm (24”). More info |
Aubergine 'Listada de Gandia'Solanum melongena, Egg Plant Early to ripen, Aubergine ‘Listada de Gandia’ produces a large crop of stunning, white streaked, purple skinned, oval fruits up to 15cm (6”) in length with an excellent flavour. The eye-catching fruits of this compact variety make it ideal for growing in a container on the patio. Height and spread: 60cm (24”). More info |