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Rainbow veggies

by Diane - September 4th, 2012.
Filed under: Thompson and Morgan.

From Thompson and Morgan


Carrot ‘Healthy Coloured Collection’ – 5 packets – 1 of each variety (2800 seeds in total)
 £8.99
This colourful collection is packed with vitamins to help you maintain a healthy diet as well as adding colour and interest to your food. Height: 30cm (12″). Spread: 15cm (6″). Carrot ‘Purple Haze’ – Deep orange flesh contrasts brightly with a rich purple skin. The smooth roots are long and heavy, reaching up to 25cms (10″) in length. Carrot ‘Yellowstone’ – This delicious, full-flavoured canary yellow variety is at its best eaten raw or roasted for the sweetest taste. Carrot ‘Healthmaster’ – This revolutionary variety provides 33-35% more beta carotene value to your diet than any other carrot!, Carrot ‘Sugarsnax’ – The long, tapered, 25cm (10″) roots contain high levels of beta carotene giving them a rich orange colour that will brighten any plate. Carrot ‘Rainbow’ – This colourful mix brings together F1 Hybrids in some of the best shades resulting from unique breeding over many years.

Carrot ‘Rainbow’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (300 seeds)
 £2.89
This colourful mix brings together F1 Hybrids in some of the best shades resulting from unique breeding over many years. Carrot ‘Rainbow’ produces a diverse range of skin and core colours that are all packed with vitamins. Perfect for adding a splash of colour to cooked dishes and salads. Height: 30cm (12”). Spread: 15cm (6”).

Healthy Vegetable Collection – 11 packets – 1 of each (2926 seeds in total)
 £15.99
Thompson & Morgan are pleased to be working with Dr. Laurence J. Trueman, the research leader at Horticultural Research International. Dr. Trueman says that the 5-a-day mantra is eating as wide a variety of fruit and vegetables as you can. However, if your plot is small he suggests the following Top 11 Healthy Vegetables to help you maximise the potential for health benefits.Collection comprises 1 packet each of:Pea Rondo: Rich in vitamins, they help remove harmful cholesterol.Onion Red Baron: The red ones have an extra benefit for the heart; anthocyanin.Spinach Perpetual: Popeye was right! You can eat no better vegetable.Kale Dwarf Green Curled & Broccoli Tendergreen: The only brassicas you really need!Watercress: A rising star: the healthiest natural super food available.Leek Oarsman F1 Hybrid: Enjoy to combined advantages of onions and green leafy vegetables.Tomato Aviro F1 Hybrid: Red pigment lycopene is a very big asset to health.Soya Bean Elena: The Chinese know about healthy food – they eat lots of these.Carrot Rainbow F1 Hybrid: Try the multicoloured ones for the full benefit of plant carotenoids.Pepper Summer Salad F1 Hybrid: Antioxidants in bright colours help fight the war against ageing.

Leaf Beet ‘Bright Lights’ – 1 packet (80 seeds)
 £2.29
This exciting RHS AGM leaf beet, produces a rainbow of coloured stems that are crowned with large leaves of green or bronze. The flavour is deliciously mild and packed with nutritional content. Leaf Beet ‘Bright Lights’ can be harvested from mid-summer to late autumn, and after a normal winter, it will re-emerge to give an unbelievably early spring crop! Guaranteed lo brighten the vegetable patch, or why not grow this colourful swiss chard cultivar in ornamental borders. Height: 50cm (20”). Spread: 40cm (16”).

Leaf Beet ‘Bright Lights’ – 10 plants
 £5.99
This exciting leaf beet, produces a rainbow of coloured stems that are crowned with large leaves of green or bronze. The flavour is deliciously mild and packed with nutritional content. Leaf Beet ‘Bright Lights’ can be harvested from mid-summer to late autumn, and after a normal winter, it will re-emerge to give an unbelievably early spring crop! Guaranteed lo brighten the vegetable patch, or why not grow this colourful swiss chard cultivar in ornamental borders. Height: 50cm (20”). Spread: 30cm (12”).T&M’s easy starter plants are expertly grown, taking away all of the worry of raising your own. Delivered ready for planting so that you can enjoy bigger, earlier and tastier vegetables. Our quality vegetable plants will be despatched at the correct time for planting.Please note: Delivery is subject to plant size, adverse growing conditions during production may delay despatch schedules.

Radish ‘Rainbow Mixed’ – 1 packet (500 seeds)
 £1.99
T&M has hand selected this visually stunning array of coloured skinned radishes all with crisp, white, delicious flesh. Radish Rainbow Mixed have round to plum shaped roots with white, purple, red, white and red, or a stunning gold skin, to add colour to your summer salads or sandwiches. Summer sowings grow quickly and will be ready to harvest in 28 days.

Salad Garden Collection – SPECIAL OFFER – 6 packets – 1 of each variety (3265 seeds in total)
 £4.99
We’ve put together Salad Garden Collection which is a selection of salad veg and herbs because we think you might like to try your hand at growing your own delicious salad. And the best part is that all these things are incredibly easy to grow – in a small area of garden, in pots or tubs on a patio. You can sow them at intervals too, so that you’ll have a continuous supply throughout the summer. Collection comprises one packet each of: Beetroot Boltardy (400 seeds), Tomato Gardener’s Delight (65 seeds), Niche Salad Leaves Mixed (400 seeds), Radish Rainbow Mixed (500 seeds), Spring Onion White Lisbon (650 seeds), Lettuce Little Gem (1250 seeds).

Sweet Pepper ‘Summer Salad Mixed’ – Part of the Alan Titchmarsh Collection – 6 plants
 £9.99
Find the warmest corner on your patio or in the garden and you’ll discover that you can easily grow your own sweet peppers. Give them lots of water and lots of feed, much the same as with tomatoes. Almost every colour of the rainbow can be found in this mix – use them fresh in salads or stuff and roast them.