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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.
Salad 'Niche Oriental Mixed'Brassica juncea, Brassica rapa var. perviridis, Brassica rapa var. nipposinica, Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa, Oriental Mustard, Japanese Greens, Japanese Mustard Spinach, Arugula, Rucola This innovative blend will add oriental flavours, colours and textures to your salads. Niche Oriental Mixed is ideal for sowing in succession, to pick leaves as you need them. Can also be grown under glass during the winter months to provide a complete season of harvesting. Niche Oriental Mixed is ideal for containers on the patio. Featuring leaf Mustards, Golden Streaked and Red, Komatsuna, Mizuna and Sky Rocket. More info |
Salad Leaves 'Continental'Lactuca sativa, Valerianella locusta |
Salad Leaves 'Speedy Mix'Arugula, Rucola, Garden Cress, Japanese Greens, Oriental Mustard Customer Rating
A really quick growing mix for those gardeners who cannot wait! Salad Leaves Speedy Mixed produces a tasty blend of tastes, textures, colours and leaf shapes for sandwiches, salads and garnishes. Quickest during the summer months when Speedy Mixed will produce 'salad leaves' in about 25 days, but can also be sown all year indoors. Contents: Salad Rocket Victoria, Greek Cress, Mizuna, Mustard Green & Red Frills, Pak Choi Canton White. More info |
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”). More info |
RocketEruca 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. More info |
Lettuce 'Winter Gem' (Cos)Lactuca sativa A specially bred Cos Lettuce for sowing under cover from September to January. Although not suitable for growing outdoors, hardy Lettuce ‘Winter Gem’ is ideal for cropping in an unheated greenhouse or cold frame for overwinter production. The small but delicious, crunchy, sweet hearts are equal in taste to ‘Little Gem’ making this variety perfect for winter salads. Height: 20cm (8”). More info |
Cucumber 'Carmen' F1 HybridCucumis sativus Greenhouse type. Cucumber ‘Carmen’ is a unique variety with resistance to all known strains of powdery mildew, scab and leaf-spot, making it ideal for organic gardeners. The fruits are produced in abundance, from 50 to 100 per plant, and have a mild flavour with no bitter after taste. This climbing RHS AGM variety is easy to train in the greenhouse and its fruits are excellent for exhibition. Height: 3m (9’). Spread: 45cm (18”).Useful links: More info |
Cucumber 'Cucino' F1 HybridCucumis sativus Customer RatingGreenhouse/ Outdoors type. Perfect lunchbox snacks - these exciting little 'cucino' cucumbers can be eaten straight from the plant without peeling. Cucumber ‘Cucino’ produces crisp, flavoursome mini-fruits prolifically throughout the season. This RHS AGM variety can be grown against supports in the greenhouse or in a sheltered position outdoors. Height: 3m (9’). Spread: 45cm (18”). Useful links: More info |
Cucumber 'Bella' F1 HybridCucumis sativus
Greenhouse type This all female greenhouse variety produces good yields of long, 35cm (14”) fruits with a superb cucumber flavour and no bitter aftertaste. With a vigorous habit and good tolerance to powdery mildew, Cucumber ‘Bella’ makes a reliable variety when grown in an unheated greenhouse against supports. Height: 3m (9’). Spread: 45cm (18”).Useful links: More info |
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 |
Salad Leaves 'Niche Mixed' Customer RatingAn exciting blend of salad leaves, Niche Salad Leaves add a range of colours, tastes and textures to your salads. The blend of Niche Salad Leaves consists of Leaf Radish, Leaf Carrot, Wrinkled Cress, Kale Red Russian, Red Amaranth, Golden Purslane and Salad Burnet. Sow seeds in succession, pick leaves as required. Can also be grown under glass during the winter months to provide a complete season of harvesting. More info |
Cucumber 'Long White'Cucumis sativus Greenhouse type. Cucumber ‘Long White’ is not just a novelty! The firm flesh is sweet and juicy, with a pleasant tang that will add flavour to your salads without a bitter after taste. The tender, white skins are so thin that they won’t even need peeling. This attractive variety is a good cropper when trained against supports in the greenhouse. Height: 3m (9’). Spread: 45cm (18”).Useful links: More info |