Leek Moth Trap £8.99
Leek Moths lay their eggs near the base of the plants and the resulting maggots quickly burrow into the foliage. This trap uses the scent of the female moth to attract and catch the male moths (set up in early April to trap the first generation, and in early July to trap the second generation). Pack contains: 1 trap and hanger, 2 sticky bases and 2 pheremone lures.
Leek Moth Trap Refill £4.99
Refill for the leek moth trap – Leek Moths lay their eggs near the base of the plants and the resulting maggots quickly burrow into the foliage. This trap uses the scent of the female moth to attract and catch the male moths (set up in early April to trap the first generation, and in early July to trap the second generation).
Leek Plants – Northern Lights £6.99
A real stunner in the winter veg garden. Leaves change from green to deep purple during winter months.Harvest from December Well into spring
Leek Plants – Continuity Winter Duo Pack £6.99
Winter Duo Pack (January-March) – Comprises of 46 plants (23 of each variety). Poulton F1 (a short-shafted variety which produces high quality leeks with high density and attractive dark colour) and Vitaton F1 (an ideal partner to Poulton, allowing a supply of leeks well into the late winter).When it comes to continuity of production we feel the following selection is an important step forward for the home market.You don’t have to have a large vegetable garden to grow your own. Even the smallest patio or balcony can accommodate a few containers that will give you a bumper crop of delicious fresh produce!
Leek Plants – Continuity Early Winter Duo Pack £6.99
Early Winter Duo Pack (November-December) – Comprises of 46 plants (23 of each variety): Belton F1 (a long-shafted variety which produces uniform and easy-to-clean stems that hold well) and Poulton F1 (a short-shafted variety which produces high quality leeks with high density and attractive dark colour).When it comes to continuity of production we feel the following selection is an important step forward for the home market.You don’t have to have a large vegetable garden to grow your own. Even the smallest patio or balcony can accommodate a few containers that will give you a bumper crop of delicious fresh produce!
Leek Plants – Continuity Autumn Duo Pack £6.99
Autumn Duo Pack (September-October) – Comprises of 46 plants (23 of each variety): Duration F1 (a quick-yielding late summer/early autumn variety) and Megaton F1 (a high-yielding hybrid that combines earliness with a long harvesting window thanks to its low risk of bolting).When it comes to continuity of production we feel the following selection is an important step forward for the home market.You don’t have to have a large vegetable garden to grow your own. Even the smallest patio or balcony can accommodate a few containers that will give you a bumper crop of delicious fresh produce!
Seed Tape – Leeks £2.99
Goodbye successional sowing! Just sow once and the mix of varieties mature successionally for a super-long harvest period! Harvest for up to 39 weeks! Excellent winter vegetable. Sow April-May. Harvest September-February. 6m seed tape.
Watch a video of leeks being sown in root trainers.
Might try this. Normally I do them in a tray and then pot them on. I imagine this allows them to have bigger roots.
Leek Seeds – Atal £2.55
A pale green summer-cropping salad leek. Great flavour and uniformity.
Leek Seeds – Autumn Giant 3 Albana £2.99
A top quality leek for a long season of production, giving high yields of flavoursome, medium-sized stems averaging 20-23cm (8-9) in length with little or no bulbing. It also stands extreme weather conditions remarkably well.
Leek Seeds – Autumn Mammoth 2 £0.99
A first class strain to eat and to exhibit. Thick, sturdy white stems. Superb autumn leek – harvest from September to January.
Leek Seeds – Lyon – Prizetaker £1.55
Recommended. Long, thick, pure white stems of mild flavour. Excellent for exhibition if sown in January under glass.
Leek Seeds – Musselburgh £4.99
Part of the Sutton’s Seeds Vegetable Heritage Range Good length, tasty white stems. A milder flavour substitute for onions in many culinary dishes. 4 PACKS Thick, white, tasty stems Extremely winter hardy Traditionally popular variety 1919 packet details – Greatly improved stock of Musselburgh leek, far superior to the ordinary strain. Highly Commended, Royal Horticultural Society, 1918.
Leek Seeds – Musselburgh £1.99
Part of the Sutton’s Seeds Vegetable Heritage RangeGood length, tasty white stems. A milder flavour substitute for onions in many culinary dishes.Thick, white, tasty stemsExtremely winter hardyTraditionally popular variety1919 packet details – Greatly improved stock of Musselburgh leek, far superior to the ordinary strain. Highly Commended, Royal Horticultural Society, 1918.
Leek Seeds – Neptune £1.55
An impressive leek producing flavoursome white stems that are ready to harvest from November to January. Shows good winter hardiness and resistance to rust.
Leek Seeds – Northern Lights £2.49
This British-bred leek is a real stunner in the winter veg garden, the leaves changing from blue-green to an eye-catching deep purple during the winter months. Stands well during cold weather – harvest from December until late spring.
Leek Swiss Giant Zermatt Seeds £1.89
A dual-purpose leek, for baby or full-size harvest. Pulled young it makes a good milder alternative to spring onions. Salad type.
Climbing French Bean Seeds – Merveille de Venise £1.99
Beautiful golden-yellow pods that are long, flat and wide. Very productive and recommended for small gardens or growing in a glasshouse or tunnel. Sow from late April to July. Harvest July to September, every 5 to 7 days.French Vegetable Seeds from Vilmorin – We’re giving you the chance to try out some varieties and bring colour and flavour of the French country market to your own garden, allotment and dinner plate. Seeds supplied in French packs with separate English translation.
Bean (Climbing French) Seeds – Blue Lake £2.99
Traditional favourite. Medium-length, tender, stringless, round pods. Will also provide a good crop of haricot beans if allowed to ripen. White seeded climbing french bean. Height 150cm (5′).
Bean (Climbing French) Seeds – Colourful Climbing Mix £2.99
This superb mix will provide you with masses of long, tender, fleshy pods of purple, green and yellow, throughout the entire summer. They’re all stringless and boast an exceptionally fine flavour! Varieties: Monte Gusto, Carminat, Monte Cristo.
French Bean Extra Fine Dwarf – Eclarel £2.99
French Vegetable Seeds from Vilmorin – We’re giving you the chance to try out some varieties and bring colour and flavour of the French country market to your own garden, allotment and dinner plate. Seeds supplied in French packs with separate English translation. The bright green succulent pods of this stringless bean are of excellent quality and are produced in profusion throughout the summer. Sow from late April to July. Harvest July to September.
Bean (Climbing French) Seeds – Cobra £3.99
A big improvement on Blue Lake with vigorous plants that yield up to a third more beans. Round, stringless pods up to 20cm (8) in length are produced right through to autumn if picked regularly. And the taste? – delicious! RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Climbing French Bean Plants – Cobra £7.99
Delicious round, pods up to 20cm (8) in length are produced in profusion right through to autumn if picked regularly. Climbing variety. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Bean (Climbing French) Plants – Carminat £7.99
Bred by our own group, this very productive climbing bean is at home either in the vegetable plot or the flower border. Produces deep purple, round, straight, fleshy, stringless pods from the bottom to the top of the plant. And the flavour is superb!
I love french beans!
They’re fairly easy to grow providing you remember to harden them off and then protect them from slugs when they’re small.
Bean (Dwarf French) Seeds – Bobis d’Albenga £0.99
This superb Italian variety produces high yields of curved, speckled pods. They’re stringless, flavoursome and exceptionally tender. Ideal for slicing. Sow every two weeks for constant cropping.
Bean (Dwarf French) Seeds – Speedy £2.79
One of the earliest varieties. Harvest just 7 weeks after sowing! Compact and high yielding. Recommended for freezing.
Bean (Dwarf French) Seeds – Mascotte £2.99
Ideal for growing in window-boxes and pots, and very attractive in flower. Produces good crops of round, extra fine, absolutely stringless pods approximately 14cm in length on plants approximately 40-45cm in height. Easy to harvest because the pods are held well outside the foliage.
Bean (Dwarf French) Seeds – Masterpiece £2.99
Traditionally popular. Early maturing and prolific, producing long straight, flat pods to be gathered young and cooked whole.
Bean (Dwarf French) Seeds – Safari £2.99
Safari produces straight, very slender round dark green stringless pods about 11-12cm (4-5) in length. Require only a brief cooking time and are best steamed and served whole. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Bean (Dwarf French) Seeds – Borlotto Firetongue £2.99
An Italian specialty bean that’s ideal for fresh use or as dried seeds (haricots) in a wide range of dishes. The seeds and pods are attractively mottled, and will last throughout winter if stored in airtight jars.
French Bean Extra Fine Dwarf – Eclarel £2.99
French Vegetable Seeds from Vilmorin – We’re giving you the chance to try out some varieties and bring colour and flavour of the French country market to your own garden, allotment and dinner plate. Seeds supplied in French packs with separate English translation. The bright green succulent pods of this stringless bean are of excellent quality and are produced in profusion throughout the summer. Sow from late April to July. Harvest July to September.
Bean (Dwarf French) Seeds – Purple Queen £3.99
Delicious in flavour, the pods should be picked young and regularly to encourage cropping over a long period. The pods turn green in boiling water. Recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany.
Dwarf French Bean Seeds – Marbel £3.99
Enjoy Marbels long, marbled pods. They are particularly easy to pick because they are borne at the top of the foliage. High yields over a long period. Sow from late April to July. Harvest July to September.French Vegetable Seeds from Vilmorin – We’re giving you the chance to try out some varieties and bring colour and flavour of the French country market to your own garden, allotment and dinner plate. Seeds supplied in French packs with separate English translation.
French Bean Dwarf Plants – Safari £7.99
Straight, very slender round dark green stringless pods about 11-12cm (4-5) in length. Dwarf variety. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Bean (French Dwarf) Plants – Eclarel £7.99
This extra fine dwarf French bean produces a profusion of succulent green pods which are prized by top chefs! The bright green succulent pods of this stringless bean are of excellent quality and are produced in profusion throughout the summer. Harvest July to September. Can also be left to dry on the plant and harvested late in the season as a haricot bean. Height 60cm.
Bean Dwarf French Plants – F1 Mascotte £7.99
Bred by our own group, this french bean is well adapted to growing in windowboxes and pots. It produces good crops of round, extra fine, absolutely stringless pods that are easy to harvest because they are held well outside the foliage. Dwarf variety.
I’d not bother buying the plants unless you’re very lazy. They’re really easy to grow – a primary school favourite for growing in a jar on blotting paper.
Suttons have several varieties so have a look.
I’ve grown most of these and enjoy growing crimson and ordinary white ones.
Use fresh with bacon and new potatoes, or dry and then use as other beans. Remembering to boil for 10 minutes first!
Bean (Broad) Seeds – Listra £2.89
A superb, early maturing broad bean producing a good crop of tasty pale-green beans. Performs well even when sown quite late.
Bean (Broad) Seeds – The Sutton £2.99
Part of the Sutton’s Seeds Vegetable Heritage RangeUnique in that it can be sown in succession March-July outdoors, and November-February under cloches to produce a very early crop. Recommended for small gardens. Sown as instructed, a packet of seed is sufficient for a single row of approximately 8.3m (27′). Dwarf variety. White seeded variety. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany. 1925 packet details – A wonderful dwarf type of broad bean, attaining a height of nine to twelve inches only when grown in the open ground. The plants are of more or less spreading habit and are so freely branched that a very large number of pods is produced, each containing four or five beans of superior table quality.
Bean (Broad) Seeds – De Monica £2.99
This superb, early-maturing variety grows well in low daylight conditions, producing bountiful crops of 15cm (6) long pods filled with 5-7 tasty, creamy-coloured beans per pod. Sow October-December & February-March. Harvest April-July.Early maturing, delicious podsWill grow in low light conditions
Bean (Broad) Seeds – Karmazyn £2.99
Karmazyn is an unusual pink-seeded variety, a must for anyone looking for something different! This compact-growing broad bean will produce a bountiful crop of tasty and colourful beans.
Bean (Broad) Seeds – Witkiem Manita £3.99
A fast-growing, quick-maturing broad bean, producing a good harvest of short, well-filled pods. The beans have a high tannin content, giving them particularly good taste. For spring sowing.
Bean (Broad) Seeds – Robin Hood £3.99
Never tried broad beans on the patio before? Dwarf variety Robin Hood will provide you with a good crop of nutritious beans that taste far superior to any you’ll find at the supermarket!
Bean Broad Plants – De Monica £7.99
An extra early-maturing variety, producing bountiful pods with 5-7 tasty, creamy-coloured beans per pod.Easy-to-grow varietyPlant now to crop next spring
Bean Broad Plants – The Sutton £7.99
A wonderful dwarf variety (ideal for exposed sites) producing very large numbers of pods, each containing four or five beans of superior quality. (White seeded.) RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Broad Bean Plants – Reina Mora £7.99
A first-rate broad bean producing 6-7 medium-sized beans per pod, and very productive even in the lower parts of the plant. Ideal for container or open garden growing. Suitable for freezing. You don’t have to have a large vegetable garden to grow your own. Even the smallest patio or balcony can accommodate a few containers that will give you a bumper crop of delicious fresh produce!
Aubergines are lovely in lots of Mediterranean cooking. They take more effort than many other crops though if you can grow tomatoes, you’ll do ok! They’re best in a greenhouse.
Aubergine Seeds – F1 Pinstripe £2.79
Ideal for pots or raised beds, this dwarf, compact aubergine produces an abundance of delicious purple, cream-striped fruit, each weighing 80-100g. Patio variety.
Aubergine Seeds – F1 Galine £2.99
Bred by Suttons Group, this superb, heavy-cropping variety will produce clusters of small, purple, egg-shaped fruit. The plants are extremely ornamental, and the fruit are very tasty!
Aubergine Seeds – Black Beauty £1.99
Black Beauty is an excellent quality aubergine producing sturdy plants and an abundant crop of large, tasty, purple-black, pear-shaped fruit. Height approximately 120cm (4′).
Aubergine Plants – Pinstripe £6.99
Ideal for pots or raised beds, this dwarf, compact variety produces an abundance of delicious purple, cream-striped fruit, each weighing 80-100g.You don’t have to have a large vegetable garden to grow your own. Even the smallest patio or balcony can accommodate a few containers that will give you a bumper crop of delicious fresh produce!
Aubergine Plants – F1 Ophelia £6.99
Compact plants bearing clusters of delicious, glossy, dark purple fruits throughout summer.You don’t have to have a large vegetable garden to grow your own. Even the smallest patio or balcony can accommodate a few containers that will give you a bumper crop of delicious fresh produce!
Aubergine Grafted Plants – F1 Scorpio £11.97
With this outstanding grafted aubergine you can be picking delicious, top quality, glossy black aubergines up to 2 months earlier than you might otherwise have done. It’s easy to grow and very heavy cropping! What’s so good about grafted veg plants? We are revolutionising the home grown vegetable market with our range of grafted vegetable plants! Commercially the grafting method has been used for some time, but we’ve developed them for the home gardener, and early adopters have had extraordinary results: Big increases in yield from larger, more vigorous plants Earlier cropping, yet with sufficient vigour to crop well later in the season Grow in the greenhouse or outdoors – little or no heating required Excellent resistance to soil-borne pest and diseases – no more ring culture or grow bags – plant straight in the soil Greater tolerance to nutritional disorders
Aubergine Grafted Plants – F1 Scorpio £4.99
With this outstanding grafted aubergine you can be picking delicious, top quality aubergines up to 2 months earlier than you might otherwise have done. It’s easy to grow and very heavy cropping!What’s so good about grafted veg plants?We are revolutionising the home grown vegetable market with our range of grafted vegetable plants! Commercially the grafting method has been used for some time, but we’ve developed them for the home gardener, and early adopters have had extraordinary results: Big increases in yield from larger, more vigorous plants Earlier cropping, yet with sufficient vigour to crop well later in the season Grow in the greenhouse or outdoors – little or no heating required Excellent resistance to soil-borne pest and diseases – no more ring culture or grow bags – plant straight in the soil Greater tolerance to nutritional disorders
Aubergine Grafted Plants – F1 Scorpio £9.99
With this outstanding grafted aubergine you can be picking delicious, top quality, glossy black aubergines up to 2 months earlier than you might otherwise have done. It’s easy to grow and very heavy cropping! What’s so good about grafted veg plants?We are revolutionising the home grown vegetable market with our range of grafted vegetable plants! Commercially the grafting method has been used for some time, but we’ve developed them for the home gardener, and early adopters have had extraordinary results: Big increases in yield from larger, more vigorous plants Earlier cropping, yet with sufficient vigour to crop well later in the season Grow in the greenhouse or outdoors – little or no heating required Excellent resistance to soil-borne pest and diseases – no more ring culture or grow bags – plant straight in the soil Greater tolerance to nutritional disorders
Jerusalem Artichokes are easy to grow. Just put them in and they’ll romp away. They grow really tall and can fall over in high winds so don’t put them near anything that will be damaged by their strong stems falling on them. You eat the roots – boiled, roast or turned into soup. They can give you wind due to inulin in them!
They are very good roasted like potatoes though!
They can flower at the end of summer – tiny sunflowers at the top of the long stems! Pretty!
Artichoke Jerusalem Tubers £8.99
The Jerusalem Artichoke is fully hardy and grows readily in cold climates, producing attractive flowers in summer and good crops of pink-skinned roots that have a sweet, nutty flavour, reminiscent of water chestnuts. These can be used raw, boiled, baked or roasted; they make a delicious soup, and are a novel winter alternative to potatoes. The tall plants make a useful windbreak. Harvest October-early spring. Height 1.5m (5′).Fuseau – Larger and smoother tubers than the common ‘knobbly’ variety, making them much easier to prepare!
Available as seeds or crowns. I’ve grown some from seed in pots this year. They’ll be planted out in the spring on my allotment.
Asparagus Seeds – F1 Ariane £2.99
A first-class asparagus producing tall, slender, high quality spears with tight green buds. And the flavour is superb! Delicious steamed, stir-fried or sauted and topped with butter!
Asparagus Plants – F1 Ariane £6.99
A first-class variety producing tall, slender, high quality spears with tight green buds. And the flavour is superb! Delicious steamed, stir-fried or sauted and topped with butter! Harvest May-June. (Note that in their first year the harvest will be smaller, as 50% of the crop must stay in the ground for to build up the strength of the plants.)(Please order by early September for delivery October.)
Harvesting and Asparagus Knife £6.99
Use this sharp knife specially designed to enable asparagus spears to be easily cut below soil level! Ideal for cutting cabbages and courgettes, trimming leeks, and general kitchen garden and allotment use, with a razor sharp serrated and scalloped stainless steel blade for easy cutting, soft comfort grip handle and slim profile tip for hard to reach places. Length 26.5cm (10).
Asparagus Plant – Dariana F1 £11.99
A top quality hybrid which produces high yields of straight, top quality spears of exquisite flavour. Spears are green with purple tips, and are ready to pick slightly later than Gijnlim. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.Mouth-watering asparagus tips are still considered something of a luxury vegetable, and the supermarkets certainly price them as such! So why not grow your own! We offer healthy plants in 3 litre pots, which are quick to establish, enabling you to have your first delicious harvest next spring, followed by annual spring pickings for many years to come.
Asparagus Plant – Stewarts Purple £11.99
Purple asparagus is thought by many people to be considerably sweeter than the sweetest green types. An attractive addition to salads, spears retain their colour when steamed. The first spears will appear in late April. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.Mouth-watering asparagus tips are still considered something of a luxury vegetable, and the supermarkets certainly price them as such! So why not grow your own! We offer healthy plants in 3 litre pots, which are quick to establish, enabling you to have your first delicious harvest next spring, followed by annual spring pickings for many years to come.
Asparagus Plant – Gijnlim £11.99
A consistent top performer in recent trials, out-yielding others by up to 25%. It’s early too, giving the first succulent tasty spears in mid to late April and continuing to crop heavily until mid June. It is an ‘all male’ hybrid, forming no seeds which means all its energies go into spear production. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.Mouth-watering asparagus tips are still considered something of a luxury vegetable, and the supermarkets certainly price them as such! So why not grow your own! We offer healthy plants in 3 litre pots, which are quick to establish, enabling you to have your first delicious harvest next spring, followed by annual spring pickings for many years to come.
Asparagus Plant – Darlise £11.99
A top quality hybrid which produces high yields of straight, top quality spears of exquisite flavour. Spears are green with purple tips and are ready to pick slightly later than Gijnlim. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.
Asparagus Knife £12.95
The perfect instrument for cutting asparagus cleanly below ground level. Its 25cm (10) curving, serrated, ‘sickle’ steel blade will make light work of the task, and the wooden handle fits snugly into your palm. Overall length 40cm (16).
Asparagus Crown Plants – Gijnlim £17.99
Why pay expensive prices for this luxury item when you can grow your own? Gijnlim is an outstanding asparagus variety that has been a consistent top performer in recent trials, out-yielding others by up to 25%. It’s early too, giving the first succulent tasty spears in mid to late April and continuing to crop heavily until mid June. It is an ‘all male’ hybrid, forming no seeds which means all its energies go into spear production and troublesome seedlings in the bed are avoided.We supply one year old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked as soon as the year after planting. Plants crop for well over 10 years, and established beds can be cut from emergence of the first spears until mid-late June. Crops for up to 15 years.
Asparagus Crowns – Purple Pacific £17.99
An excellent addition to any asparagus planting, Purple Pacific produces a bountiful harvest of very mild, sweet-tasting spears that are a delight to eat. The spears are thicker in diameter than green cultivars, and their sugar content is 20% higher too!We supply one year old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked as soon as the year after planting. Plants crop for well over 10 years, and established beds can be cut from emergence of the first spears until mid-late June. Crops for up to 15 years.
Asparagus Crowns – Guelph Millennium £17.99
This late season variety, bred in Canada, is at its best in the UK during the month of June. Now considered to be the best late season cultivar, it’s an All Male hybrid, boasting excellent spear and head quality, combined with fantastic yield. Late season variety.Why pay expensive prices for this luxury item when you can grow your own in the same area as a small shed! Full growing instructions provided.
Asparagus Crowns – Pacific Purple £17.99
An excellent addition to any asparagus planting, Pacific Purple produces a bountiful harves of very mild, sweet-tasting spears that are a delight to eat. The spears are thicker in diameter than green cultivars and their sugar content is 20% higher too! Mid season variety.Why pay expensive prices for this luxury item when you can grow your own in the same area as a small shed! Full growing instructions provided.
Asparagus Crowns – Pacific 2000 £17.99
From New Zealand berrding, this vigorous variety was voted the best in commercial grower taste tests. The consistently uniform, green spears are so tender and stringless, they can be eaten raw or sliced in salads! It’s long-lasting and highly regarded for its heavy yields and superior flavour. Mid season variety.Why pay expensive prices for this luxury item when you can grow your own in the same area as a small shed! Full growing instructions provided.
Asparagus Crowns – Mondeo £17.99
An all male hybrid that is suitable for both spring and autumn planting. This versatile variety has created huge interest due to its impressive yields and quality, especially early in the season. The delicious spears have tight tips throughout the season, with excellent flavour and good disease resistance. Early season variety.Why pay expensive prices for this luxury item when you can grow your own in the same area as a small shed! Full growing instructions provided.
Asparagus Plants – Collection £23.98
Mouth-watering asparagus tips are still considered something of a luxury vegetable, and the supermarkets certainly price them as such! So why not grow your own! We offer healthy plants in 3 litre pots, which are quick to establish, enabling you to have your first delicious harvest next spring, followed by annual spring pickings for many years to come. Collection contains 3 plants (1 of each variety):Darlise – A top quality hybrid which produces high yields of straight, top quality spears of exquisite flavour. Spears are green with purple tips, and are ready to pick slightly later than Gijnlim.Stewarts Purple – Purple asparagus is thought by many people to be considerably sweeter than the sweetest green types. An attractive addition to salads, spears retain their colour when steamed. The first spears will appear in late April. Gijnlim – A consistent top performer in recent trials, out-yielding others by up to 25%. It’s early too, giving the first succulent tasty spears in mid to late April and continuing to crop heavily until mid June. It is an ‘all male’ hybrid, forming no seeds which means all its energies go into spear production.
Asparagus Crowns – Twin Pack £29.99
Twin pack contains 20 crowns (10 of each variety):Mondeo – An all male hybrid that is suitable for both spring and autumn planting. This versatile variety has created huge interest due to its impressive yields and quality, especially early in the season. The delicious spears have tight tips throughout the season with excellent flavour and good disease resistance. Early season variety.Pacific Purple – An excellent addition to any asparagus planting, Pacific Purple produces a bountiful harvest of very mild, sweet-tasting spears that are a delight to eat. The spears are thicker in diameter than green cultivars and their sugar content is 20% higher too! Mid season variety.Why pay expensive prices for this luxury item when you can grow your own in the same area as a small shed! Full growing instructions provided.
Asparagus Crown Plants – Gijnlim £29.99
This outstanding variety has been a consistent top performer in recent trials, out-yielding others by up to 25%. It’s early too, giving the first succulent tasty spears in mid to late April and continuing to crop heavily until mid-June. It is an ‘all male’ hybrid, forming no seeds which means all its energies go into spear production and troublesome seedlings in the bed are avoided.We supply one year old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked as soon as the year after planting. Plants crop for well over 10 years, and established beds can be cut from emergence of the first spears until mid-late June. Crops for up to 15 years.
Asparagus Crowns – Purple Pacific £29.99
An excellent addition to any asparagus planting, Purple Pacific produces a bountiful harvest of very mild, sweet-tasting spears that are a delight to eat. The spears are thicker in diameter than green cultivars, and their sugar content is 20% higher too!We supply one year old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked as soon as the year after planting. Plants crop for well over 10 years, and established beds can be cut from emergence of the first spears until mid-late June. Crops for up to 15 years.
Asparagus Crowns – Twin Pack £29.99
The Twin Pack comprises of 20 Crowns (10 of each variety):Gijnlim – This outstanding asparagus has been a consistent top performer in recent trials, out-yielding others by up to 25%. It’s early too, giving the first succulent tasty spears in mid to late April and continuing to crop heavily until mid June. It is an ‘all male’ hybrid, forming no seeds which means all its energies go into spear production and troublesome seedlings in the bed are avoided.Purple Pacific – An excellent addition to any asparagus planting, Purple Pacific produces a bountiful harvest of very mild, sweet-tasting spears that are a delight to eat. The spears are thicker in diameter than green cultivars, and their sugar content is 20% higher too! We supply one year old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked as soon as the year after planting. Plants crop for well over 10 years, and established beds can be cut from emergence of the first spears until mid-late June.
Asparagus Crowns – Continuity Collection £34.99
Why pay expensive prices for this luxury item when you can grow your own in the same area as a small shed! Full growing instructions provided.The collection contains 30 crowns (10 of each variety):Mondeo – An all male hybrid that is suitable for both spring and autumn planting. This versatile variety has created huge interest due to its impressive yields and quality, especially early in the season. The delicious spears have tigtht tips and throughout the season, with excellent flavour and good disease resistance. Early season variety.Pacific 2000 – From New Zealand breeding, this vigorous variety was voted the best in commercial grower taste tests. The consistently uniform, green spears are so tender and stringless, they can be eaten raw or sliced in salads! It’s long-lasting and highly regarded for its heavy yields and superior flavour. Mid season variety.Guelph Millennium – This late season variety, bred in Canada, is at its best in the UK during the month of June. Now considered to be the best late season cultivar, it’s an All Male hybrid, boasting excellent spear and head quality, combined with fantastic yield. Last season variety.
Cut to length of bed and cover over and water! Seed tapes are easy!
Seed Tape – Carrot Rainbow Mix (Improved) £2.99
Brighten up mealtimes! Taste and colour combos that are sure to be enjoyed at the dinner table, even by the kids! Colourful and delicious. Sow March-July. Harvest July-October. 6m seed tape.
Seed Tape – Carrots £2.99
Goodbye successional sowing! Just sow once and the mix of varieties mature successionally for a super-long harvest period! Harvest for up to 24 weeks! Vitamin-packed maincrop carrots. Sow April-May. Harvest August-January. 6m seed tape.
Seed Tape – Carrot Amsterdam Forcing 3 £2.99
Amsterdam Forcing 3 is a carrot with a superb taste that can be grown in tubs, raised beds or borders. Harvest from small finger size or wait until they’re bigger. Can be sown under glass or in succession outdoors for small, succulent roots.
Seed Tape – Carrot Early Nantes 5 £2.99
Early Nantes 5 is a suberb tasting carrot that’s excellent for successional sowing, or in frames or under cloches for early roots. Suitable for salads, cooking or freezing.
Carrot Seeds – St. Valery £1.99
Reliable maincrop carrot producing long, tapering roots; excellent for winter storage.
Seed Tapes – Summer Harvesting Collection £9.99
Feed a family of 4 for up to 13 weeks (depending on how hungry they are!). Weve developed a new range of seed tapes that make seed sowing and crop planning easier than ever! Our top quality seeds are pre-spaced in a biodegradable tape which can be simply rolled out, covered with soil and watered. Whats brand new and exclusive to Suttons is our amazing collection which allows you to feed your family for a season. Quick & easy! Sow veg seeds in seconds perfect spacing every time! Collection contains 2m tape of each variety = 20 metres! Sow together and pick throughout summer! Sow March-April. Harvest from 10-14 weeks after sowing. Collection includes the following varieties:Beetroot Boltardy – Top selling variety.Carrot Ideal – Baby type, easy to grow.Spring Onion White Lisbon – Popular for salads.Leaf Salad Italian Mix – Nutritious mixed leaves.Spinach Beet (Chard) Bright Lights – Treat as cut and come again.Radish French Breakfast 3 – Crispy, tasty, succulent roots.Lettuce Lollo Rossa – Tasty Italian picking type.Rocket (Cultivated) – Adds a peppery tang to salads.Kohl Rabi Purple & White Vienna Mix – Juicy and crispy.Pak Choi – May be used as baby leaves.
Seed Tapes – Spring Harvesting Collection £9.99
Feed a family of 4 for up to 13 weeks (depending on how hungry they are!). Weve developed a new range of seed tapes that make seed sowing and crop planning easier than ever! Our top quality seeds are pre-spaced in a biodegradable tape which can be simply rolled out, covered with soil and watered. Whats brand new and exclusive to Suttons is our amazing collection which allows you to feed your family for a season. Quick & easy! Sow veg seeds in seconds perfect spacing every time! Collection contains 2m tape of each variety = 20 metres! Sow together and pick throughout spring! Sow February-March. Harvest from 8-11 weeks after sowing. Collection includes the following varieties:Beetroot Boltardy – Top selling variety.Carrot Early Nantes 2 – Harvest from small finger size onwards.Spring Onion White Lisbon – Popular for salads.Leaf Salad Spicy Mix – Nutritious mixed leaves.Spinach Beet (Chard) Bright Lights – Treat as ‘cut and come again’.Radish French Breakfast 3 – Crispy, tasty, succulent roots.Lettuce Lollo Rossa – Tasty Italian ‘picking’ typeTurnip Purple Top Milan – Delicious, crunchy texture.Rocket (Cultivated) – Adds a peppery tang to salads.Spinach Gigante d’inverno – Vigorous plants with good leaf production.
Huge range of carrots at Suttons to grow.
Grow in a fine soil. John Innes No.3 is good apparently.
Dedicate one bed to them and rotate it each year round your plot.
Protect from carrot fly.
