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Salad Seeds


Our range of salad seeds features many different types of lettuce, plus radishes, cucumbers, celery and tasty salad leaves. Quick-growing salads and radishes can be grown as 'catch crops' between rows of garlic, onions, carrots and other slower growing veg to make the most of the space in your vegetable plot.



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Lettuce 'Little Gem' (Cos)

Lactuca sativa

Cos Lettuce ‘Little Gem’ is one of the earliest varieties to mature, producing small compact plants which are packed with a crisp, sweet heart. This RHS Award of Garden Merit cultivar grows well under cloches and also has excellent root aphid resistance making it a gardener’s favourite. Height and spread: 20cm (8”).
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    • 1 packet (1250 seeds)

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    • £1.99

Rocket

Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa, Arugula, Rucola, Roquette, Mediterranean Rocket

A little known but very useful salad plant, Rocket can be used raw in salads or cooked lightly when it makes a delicious spinach substitute. Late summer sowings of Rocket will carry on cropping into the winter if the plants are protected by cloches.

 

Culinary note: Rocket flowers are edible.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

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    • 1 packet (500 seeds)

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    • £1.99

Lettuce 'Mini Green Improved' (Iceberg/Crisphead)

Lactuca sativa

This delicious, crunchy mini-Iceberg lettuce develops tennis-ball sized heads that are perfect for a ‘meal for one’, with few wasted outer leaves. Lettuce ‘Mini Green Improved’ has a neat compact habit that is ideal for growing in containers. This improved variety will even stand in good condition for a long period if watered regularly. Height: 15cm (6”), Spread: 20cm (8”). More info
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    • £2.29

Lettuce 'Chartwell' (Romaine)

Lactuca sativa

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One of the tastiest Romaine lettuce varieties, and renowned for its crunchy texture and the sweetest flavour. Lettuce ‘Chartwell’ produces quality hearts even during hotter summer conditions, showing excellent resistance to downy mildew and good bolting tolerance. Romaine Lettuce ‘Chartwell’ produces mature hearts in 75 days, or can be sown thickly for 'cut and come again' or baby leaf. Height: 30cm (12”). Spread: 25cm (10”).
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    • £2.49

Lettuce 'Lollo Rossa' (Loose-Leaf)

Lactuca sativa

A non-hearting Italian lettuce of excellent flavour. This superb RHS AGM variety produces compact, loose heads of finely frilled leaves with colourful crimson edges. A particularly popular variety with supermarkets and restaurants, Lettuce ‘Lollo Rossa’ makes an attractive garnish and adds colour and texture to the salad bowl. Height: 15cm (6”). Spread: 25cm (10”).
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    • £2.49

Cress 'Extra Curled' - RHS Garden Explorers Children's Seeds

Lepidium sativum

I am so quick and easy to grow. You can grow me all year round on a windowsill and eat me within 10-12 days. I am very nutritious and tasty in salads and sandwiches. More info
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    • £1.49

Wild Rocket

Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Arugula, Rucola, Roquette, Mediterranean Rocket, Annual Wall-Rocket

An alternative to the usual Rocket, with deep green, serrated foliage that makes an attractive garnish. Wild Rocket has a stronger flavour than standard Rocket, and the young leaves can be picked in succession and are perfect for salads. Easy to grow. Height 15-20cm (6-8in), prostrate habit.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

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Rocket 'Skyrocket'

Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa, Arugula, Rucola, Roquette, Mediterranean Rocket

Combines the speed of Salad Rocket and the flavour of Wild Rocket. Rocket Skyrocket has an upright habit, so keeps the attractive serrated leaves clean and disease free. Pungency increases as the plants develop. Rocket Skyrocket® is best cut as small leaves. Slow to bolt.Try our great value Vase perfect for displaying your cut blooms.

 

Culinary note: Rocket flowers are edible.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

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    • 1 packet (600 seeds)

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    • £1.99

Lettuce 'Little Gem Pearl' (Cos)

Lactuca sativa

Lettuce ‘Little Gem Pearl’ is a special selection of the ever-popular ‘Little Gem’ variety. This compact Cos Lettuce produces small, sweet, hearts of outstanding flavour with a crisp, juicy texture. With good mildew resistance, this RHS AGM variety is perfect for growing in containers and small spaces. Height and spread: 20cm (8”).
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    • £2.49

Lettuce 'Tom Thumb' (Butterhead)

Lactuca sativa

The smallest lettuce. A compact, solid butterhead type with deliciously soft leaves just right for small families or restricted space. Lettuce Butterhead Tom Thumb can be grown as close as 15cm (6in.) apart and makes a useful early crop in a cold frame or cloches. Very fast growing, from an early spring Butterhead Tom Thumb will be the first variety to harvest. More info
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Lettuce 'Leny' (Batavian)

Lactuca sativa

  • NEW in 2013
A real ‘all year round’ lettuce for growing outside from spring to early autumn, or under glass from autumn to spring. Lettuce ‘Leny’ produces semi-hearting heads of bright green, crisp leaves with a sweet flavour and no bitterness. This superb Batavian lettuce also shows excellent resistance to mildew. Height: 20cm (8"). Spread: 30cm (12").
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    • 1 packet (200 seeds)

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    • £2.99

Rocket 'Apollo'

Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa, Arugula, Rucola, Roquette, Mediterranean Rocket

Rocket Apollo is a fast growing salad rocket with large, rounded, tender leaves, and an excellent peppery taste but no bitterness. Plants are slow to bolt but Rocket Apollo is best harvested as young leaves or as cut and come again salads. A rich source of vitamin C. Flavour guide: Peppery, best eaten when leaves are young. Easy to grow, can be ready to harvest in 25 days.

 

Culinary note: Rocket flowers are edible.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

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    • 1 packet (600 seeds)

    • Despatch: Within 2 Days
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    • £1.99