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Courgette seeds from Thompson and Morgan

by Sarah - April 20th, 2011.
Filed under: Thompson and Morgan.

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Thompson & Morgan has a huge range of seeds for growing your own courgettes!

Courgette 'Ambassador' F1 Hybrid - 5 plants

Courgette ‘Ambassador’ F1 Hybrid – 5 plants £5.99
Courgette ‘Ambassador’ produces a heavy crop of smooth, dark green, tender skinned fruits with succulent white flesh. This early cropping variety is particularly prolific and like all courgettes, is exceptionally easy to grow. Height: 45cm (18”). Spread: 90cm (36”).Please note: Delivery is subject to plant size, adverse growing conditions during production may delay despatch schedules.

Courgette 'El Greco' F1 Hybrid - 1 packet (10 seeds)

Courgette ‘El Greco’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (10 seeds) £2.09
The plants of Courgette El Greco have an erect open habit for ease of picking, producing slightly speckled, mid green cylindrical courgettes with a glossy finish. Courgette El Greco is early to set fruit and will continue to crop prolifically throughout the summer.

Courgette All Green Bush - 1 packet (25 seeds)

Courgette All Green Bush – 1 packet (25 seeds) £1.89
These tiny French delicacies are one of the highlights of the vegetable year. Courgette All Green Bush is easy to grow and heavy cropping. Cook courgettes unpeeled as they have very tender skins, and allow to sizzle in butter – turn with a fork, telling when they are done by prodding them.

Courgette Cavili F1 Hybrid - 1 packet (5 seeds)

Courgette Cavili F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (5 seeds) £3.49
Extra early crops of pale green skinned 15cm (6 inch) courgettes with a creamier flesh texture than usual green courgettes. Courgette Cavili has the unique courgette parthenocarpic habit (ability to set fruit without pollination), therefore adverse weather, poor light levels and a lack of pollinating insects does not affect cropping performance! Can be grown under glass for earliest crops or outdoors in the traditional way.

Courgette Coloured Collection - 3 packets - 1 of each variety

Courgette Coloured Collection – 3 packets – 1 of each variety £5.99
The Courgette Coloured Collection comprises one packet each of Cavili, Defender & Parador.Courgette Cavili F1 (top right)Extra early crops of pale green skinned 15cm (6 inch) fruits with a creamier flesh texture than usual green courgettes. Unique parthenocarpic habit (ability to set fruit without pollination), therefore adverse weather, poor light levels and a lack of pollinating insects does not affect cropping performance! Courgette Defender F1 (lower right)One of heaviest yielding courgette varieties with virus resistance. Open plants for easy picking. Produces lots of mid-green, flavoursome fruits throughout the season.Courgette Parador F1 (left)Attractive, shiny, golden yellow, cylindrical fruits of excellent flavour. Early maturing and prolific cropping throughout the summer. Adds colour to both the kitchen garden or the mixed flower and vegetable border.

Courgette De Nice A Fruit Rond - 1 packet (12 seeds)

Courgette De Nice A Fruit Rond – 1 packet (12 seeds) £2.09
Conjure up the subtle flavour of Mediterranean cuisine. Succulent ROUND courgettes to be picked at golf ball size and upwards. Courgette De Nice A Fruit Rond is deliciously different, with a flavour all of its own. Eat raw, stuffed or boiled in lightly salted water.

Courgette Defender F1 Hybrid - 1 packet (12 seeds)

Courgette Defender F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (12 seeds) £2.89
A very heavy and early yielder of solid mid-green courgettes. The early yield is almost twice that of some other courgette varieties and it just keeps producing firm, remarkably heavy fruit right through the season. Courgette Defender has an open habit which lets you see and pick the fruits easily, and it has excellent resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus.

Courgette Dundoo F1 - Duchy Originals Organic Seeds - 1 packet (5 seeds)

Courgette Dundoo F1 – Duchy Originals Organic Seeds – 1 packet (5 seeds) £3.49
Courgette Dundoo prduces huge yields of glossy, dark green courgettes. Large open bush habit for easy picking.

Courgette Firenze F1 Hybrid - 1 packet (6 seeds)

Courgette Firenze F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (6 seeds) £1.99
Cucurbita pepo. Easy to grow and very prolific and cost effective for the space each plant takes up. Courgette Firenze produces high yields of small, slender courgettes throughout summer if picked regularly. Perfect for growing in a bucket sized container on a sunny patio.

Courgette Midnight F1 Hybrid - 1 packet (10 seeds)

Courgette Midnight F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (10 seeds) £2.49
British breeding at its best has produced Courgette Midnight which has very compact, bushy plants, ideal for growing in containers. The stems and leaves of Courgette Midnight are spine-free allowing easy harvesting of the delicious dark green, slightly-speckled courgettes. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection.