Throughout the summer these naturally bushy plants will continuously produce delicious long, sausage-like, bright green fruits which should be harvested regularly. The young and pure coloured fruit have the best flavour and can be used in Asian stir fries, Indian curries or baked in Mediterranean dishes. Very easy to grow in outdoor patio containers and pots. ... Learn More

A vigorous plant continually producing delicious shiny green fruits throughout the summer. For the best flavour, harvest regularly when the fruits are young and pure coloured. Ideal for roasting and mashing with spices, it may also be sliced in Asian stir fries, Indian vegetarian curries or baked in Mediterranean dishes. Can even be grown in outdoor patio containers and in the greenhouse. ... Learn More

A compact variety that produces small, oval shaped, creamy white fruits. Ideal for pots and containers. Spine free under normal growing conditions. ... Learn More

This incredible plant produces large quantities of astonishingly attractive 2-3" oval, creamy white fruits all season long. The fruits have a delicate flavour with little trace of bitterness and are absolutely perfect for use in stir frying. ... Learn More

Throughout the summer these naturally bushy plants will continuously produce delicious brightly coloured lilac fruits which should be harvested regularly. The young and pure coloured fruit have the best flavour and can be used in Asian stir fries, Indian curries or baked in Mediterranean dishes. Can also be grown in outdoor patio containers and pots. ... Learn More

Long Purple Aubergine is one of the most beautifully-formed commonly grown varieties producing superb quality, long, tapering, dark fruits. If you grow peppers with success you will not have trouble with aubergines. For best production grow the aubergine seeds and plants under cover. ... Learn More

This unusual variety produces small, oval shaped, light purple fruits with creamy white stripes. Spine free under normal growing conditions. ... Learn More

A semi-vigorous plant which continually produces delicious small dark purple 'Chu-chu' type fruits throughout the summer. For the best flavour harvest regularly when the fruits are young and pure coloured. Ideal for roasting and mashing with spices and can also be sliced in Asian stir fries, Indian vegetarian curries or baked in Mediterranean dishes. May be grown in outdoor patio containers and in the greenhouse. ... Learn More

A spineless cluster type which can be grown in outdoor patio containers and in the greenhouse. These semi-erect plants produce delicious shiny white and purple striped fruits continually throughout the summer. Harvest regularly when the fruit are young to use sliced in Asian stir fries, Indian curries or baked in Mediterranean dishes. ... Learn More

Throughout the summer these naturally bushy plants will continuously produce delicious bright white fruits which should be harvested regularly. The young and pure coloured fruit have the best flavour and can be used in Asian stir fries, Indian curries or baked in Mediterranean dishes. Can be grown in outdoor patio containers and pots. ... Learn More

The avocado is highly prized for its large tasty fruit, which are claimed to be the healthiest and most nutritious fruit in existence and are invariably expensive to buy in the shops. It also makes a most attractive plant for the sunlounge in colder countries, or outside in the garden in warmer countries, where it will make a medium-sized, fruiting, evergreen tree. Surprisingly, it is botanically in the laurel family and is native to the Americas, where it was first domesticated in Mesoamerica more than 5,000 years ago, as it still is now. ... Learn More

With a mild yet tangy flavour and crunchy texture, this superb leaf is perfect for salads, producing deeply serrated leaves in profusion. Very easy and fast to grow, it is ready to eat in just a couple of weeks from sowing! It is a very early productive salad for unheated greenhouses and also outdoor use in spring and autumn, making a rosette of lobed leaves with a tangy spinach flavour. ... Learn More

These compact plants produce a heavy crop of excellent, very tasty, stringless, quick maturing beans over a long picking season. The 15cm (6in) long pods turn green once cooked. It makes an attractive addition to any vegetable plot. ... Learn More

This drought-resistant gardeners' favourite produces a high yield of string-less full flavoured beans which retain their sweet taste and tender texture when cooked or they may be used in summer salads when used raw. If left on the plant their dried white seeds can be used as haricot beans. ... Learn More

"Tongues of fire" is an Italian climbing French bean, with attractive red-purple and green speckled pods. This versatile bean can be cropped young and the pods eaten as flageolets or allowed to mature when the ripe beans can be eaten as haricots. ... Learn More