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Eat your greens

by Diane - April 15th, 2013.
Filed under: Thompson and Morgan.

Grow some greens and then eat them. A mix of kale and other leafy green vegetables.
Growing winter hardy veg means you can be eating your own fresh veg during the winter months.


Brassica ‘Petit Posy Mix’™ – 1 packet (30 seeds)
 £2.99
Interesting British breeding, a cross between the Kale and Brussels Sprouts species producing ‘rosettesof loose frilly edged buttons on a long stalk, in purples, greens and bicoloured leaves. However, the flavour and nutritional content of Brassica Petit Posy™ is akin to spring greens rather than Brussels sprouts - perfect for those who don’t enjoy sprouts! Stands in condition throughout the winter, very winter hardy. The loose buttons are easy to pick off the stems and are perfect for adding to stir fries, serving steamed or microwaved and make very nutritious winter greens. One seed packet could produce enough crop to last up to five months supply.

Broccoli ‘All Year Round Collection’ (Purple Sprouting) – 3 packets – 1 of each variety (425 seeds in total)
 £5.99
This broccoli all year round collection includes the following varieties; Summer Purple (Aug-Oct) - British breeding especially for summer cropping as needs no vernalisation (winter chill) to produce tasty purple spears. Robust plants will produce high yields if picked regularly to promote fresh flushes of spears. Broccoli Summer Purple has good heat tolerance. Crops from July to November if sown at regular intervals. Apollo (Jun-Nov) - Grow your own distinctly-flavoured, tender-stem broccoli at a fraction of the price of imported supermarket produce. A cross between selections of broccoli and kailaan (Chinese kale) to give deliciously flavoured, soft and tender, nutrient-rich stems and flower buds. The main or central head must be cut to encourage plenty of side-shoots. Choice Selection (Dec-May) - A choice mix of three British bred Broccoli varieties, Red Admiral F1 hybrid, Rudolph and Cardinal. Vigorous plants to provide top quality, large purple spears throughout the winter and spring at a time when fresh vegetables are often in short supply. Grows best in fertile, moist, well drained soil

Broccoli ‘Brokali Apollo’ F1 Hybrid (Calabrese, Chinese Kale) – 1 packet (25 seeds)
 £2.99
Grow your own distinctly-flavoured, tender-stem broccoli at a fraction of the price of imported supermarket produce. A cross between selections of broccoli and kailaan (Chinese kale) to give deliciously flavoured, soft and tender, nutrient-rich stems and flower buds. The main or central head must be cut to encourage plenty of side-shoots

Broccoli ‘Brokali Apollo’ F1 Hybrid (Calabrese, Chinese Kale) – Part of the Alan Titchmarsh Collection – 1 packet (25 seeds)
 £2.99
Here’s a chance to grow a tasty and nutritious, distinctly flavoured, tender-stem broccoli at a fraction of the price of imported supermarket produce. This is a unique cross between selections of broccoli and Chinese kale which produces a plant with soft and tender stems and flower buds that you are sure to enjoy

Kale ‘Cavolo Palmizio Senza Testa’ – Vita Sementi® Italian Seeds – 1 packet (2500 seeds)
 £1.99
Increasingly popular, Cavolo Palmizio Senza Testa can be used as a ‘baby salad leafto add colour, texture and taste to mixed salads. The mature plant of Kale Cavolo Palmizio Senza Testa can also be used as a winter hardy vegetable when fresh produce is in short supply.

Kale ‘Dwarf Green Curled’ – 1 packet (750 seeds)
 £2.09
Kale Dwarf Green Curled produces dark, tightly curled leaves. Excellent quality, very cold hardy, Kale Dwarf Green Curled is good for difficult or windswept gardens or poor wet soils

Kale ‘Kapitan’ F1 Hybrid – SowStrong® Collection – 1 packet (50 seeds)
 £2.49
An attractive, densely curled, green kale for fresh leaves throughout the late autumn and shows excellent winter hardiness. Plants have branching stems and an abundance of leaves and are about 75cm high

Kale ‘Nero di Toscana’ – 1 packet (250 seeds)
 £2.09
The fully grown plants of Kale Nero di Toscana have attractive dark green, deeply savoyed, strap-like leaves with traditional winter hardiness, making this a useful winter to spring vegetable at a time when fresh garden produce is scarce. Kale Nero di Toscana can also be grown as a baby salad leaf ingredient adding texture and a peppery taste to mixed salads

Kale ‘Nero di Toscana’ – 15 plants
 £6.99
The fully grown plants of Kale Nero di Toscana have attractive dark green, deeply savoyed, strap-like leaves. Excellent winter hardiness makes kale a useful winter to spring vegetable at a time when fresh garden produce is scarce. Kale ‘Nero di Toscana’ can also be used as a baby salad leaf ingredient adding texture and a peppery taste to mixed salads. Height: 90cm (60"’). Spread: 60cm (24"’)Please note: Delivery is subject to plant size, and adverse growing conditions during production may delay despatch schedules

Kale ‘Reflex’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (50 seeds)
 £1.99
Curly Kale! Recent breeding has given Kale Reflex more intensely curled, succulent and nutritious, dark leaves which stand well without yellowing and can be picked for much of the year from successional sowings. Kale Reflex is fully winter hardy. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection

Kale ‘Reflex’ F1 Hybrid – 15 plants
 £7.99
Recent breeding has given Kale ‘Reflex’ more intensely curled, succulent and nutritious, dark leaves which stand well without yellowing. This delicious curly kale can be picked over a long period or can also be used as a baby salad leaf ingredient . Excellent winter hardiness makes kale a useful winter to spring vegetable at a time when fresh garden produce is scarce. Height: 90cm (60"’). Spread: 50cm (20"’)Please note: Delivery is subject to plant size, and adverse growing conditions during production may delay despatch schedules

Kale ‘Rossignol’ – 1 packet (250 seeds)
 £1.99
A heritage variety from Eastern Europe, unique in leaf colour and shape compared to the usual ‘curly kales’. A long standing autumn/winter maturing kale for picking tasty, fresh and nutritious leaves at a time when fresh produce can be in short supply. Stands in condition for several months

Kale ‘Scarlet’ – 1 packet (200 seeds)
 £2.09
Highly decorative, dark green, red veined leaves which show more colour as colder weather approaches. Kale Scarlet can be eaten as a ‘salad leaf’. Mature plants show excellent winter hardiness, supplying fresh winter greens when they can often be scarce. Long season of harvest. Kale Scarlet prefers a moist, rich, well-drained soil. Good source of Vitamins A, C, K and folate and provides 50% of the daily requirement in a single 80g portion

Kale ‘Starbor’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (25 seeds)
 £1.99
Brassica oleracea convar. acephala. Grow all the year round as a ‘baby leafindoors on the windowsill. Outdoors if given wider spacing it will make an abundance of densely curled leaves over a very long period. Winter hardy as a full sized plant

Kale ‘Walking Stick’ – 1 packet (45 seeds)
 £2.49
(Jersey Cabbage) This famous Channel Islands heirloom kale makes a tall, straight stem, 2m (6ft) tall topped with a rosette of edible leaves. When the stems of Kale Walking Stick mature in the autumn, they can be cut, carved and varnished to make attractive walking sticks. Plants left in a second year may run to seed or increase in height to over 3m (9½ft)