First introduced in 1897 this parsnip, with a good resistance to canker, has long, tapered, smooth-skinned roots from a broad 3" shoulder. The flesh is fine-grained and sweet-tasting with very little core. ... Learn More

White, purple and lavender sweetly-perfumed flowers are followed by small fruits on this slender, tendriled climbing plant which has unlobed, three pointed leaves resembling the leaves of an Alder tree. It is native to montane rainforests and cloud forests of the Andes mainly in Colombia and Ecuador between 1700 to 3200 m. and therefore, coming from altitude, does well in temperate conditions which are neither too hot in summer or too cold in winter. This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies and the many other types of pollinating insects. ... Learn More

Beautiful, tubular, deep pink-red flowers flare open on strong, superfast-growing stems, which can reach up to 20m in height, and are clad with trilobed leaves. Later appear the large, round, fleshy, sweet and aromatic yellowish fruits. This rare and vigorous evergreen climber comes from cool, high elevation Andean cloud forests in southwestern Colombia and in Ecuador between 2200 and 3600 m. It is therefore well adapted to cool conditions, and will grow in many warm temperate climates, although in frosty weather leaves and shoots will be cut back, but will regrow from the base in spring. B ... Learn More

One of the hardier and prettier of the Passion Fruits , this is a relatively short vine, easy to grow in well drained soil and enjoying full sun to part shade. It is drought tolerant and flowers in early summer with the sweet golden fruits ripening toward the end of autumn. Its evergreen, deeply lobed leaves provide an excellent backdrop to show off the attractive bright purple bowl-shaped flowers. ... Learn More

A robust, woody vine common in the Andes in South America from Colombia to Bolivia, where it is found in cloud forests at higher elevations between 1400 and 3800 m. It is popular for its lovely pink to red flowers and edible, roundish, very sweet and tangy fruit. They are both eaten fresh and made into juice. Passiflora mixta is well adapted to cool conditions and will grow in many warm temperate climates. ... Learn More

Resembling a straight banana with rounded ends, this passion fruit prefers a cooler and less humid environment than others, when it will produce dozens of large, bright yellow fruits which usually hang, hidden, deep within the foliage of the plant, the vines sometimes having the tendency to fall down to the ground with the great weight of the fruit. These are ripe when they are easily pulled from the vine, the interior being a deep, dark orange. Unlike the more common passifloras, this is quite sweet, and when very ripe can be eaten out of hand. It is native to the Andes, and is found wild i ... Learn More

A vigorous and delicious type of early main-crop pea with good resistance to powdery mildew and fusarium wilt, and which is reliable in all soil types, producing large crops of blunt, double pods averaging 8-9 peas per pod. ... Learn More

If you're going to sow only one pea, sow Pea 'Hurst Green Shaft'. A sweet-tasting, wrinkle-seeded, tall, super heavy-yielding variety, with long, 4-5 inch pods, with 9-11 peas in a pod, and double podded too, and it resists downy mildew and fusarium wilt. ... Learn More

A popular old favourite variety of second early/maincrop pea, Kelvedon Wonder, produces pods with up to 8 tasty wrinkled peas inside. It is resistant to Pea Wilt and tolerant to Downy Mildew and can be succession sown from March to July but is versatile enough to be sown in November, in well-drained soil, for an early harvest. ... Learn More

An award-winning mangetout sugar pea which produces pods in clusters of two rather than the usual one. Consequently, a very heavy yielding variety with good disease resistance. The sweet, crunchy pods are ideal for use in stir-fries. ... Learn More

A purple podded snow pea variety producing attractive, flat, purple pods with good flavour. Very slow seed development and are often used in stir fries. Resistant to Powdery Mildew. Can be sown from March to June (or in November if overwintering). ... Learn More

Peanuts, are a crop of global importance and are widely grown in the tropics, subtropic and warm temperate zones. Quite uniquely, peanut pods develop under the ground after the pretty yellow flowers on the rising shoots are fertilised. The stems lean over sideways and the developing seed pods bury themselves under the soil where the seed develops inside a hard shell. They are very easy to grow, whether in the garden or a large pot and constantly surprise, and furthermore educate children who try this experiment. ... Learn More

These excellent fertile seeds were harvested from locally grown Conference Pear fruit trees, which produce one of the very best eating and storing pears. Important, you may not grow absolutely identical pears from these seeds, as fruits produced may vary in size, sweetness and taste greatly, but you should certainly get a lovely new cultivar, as new varieties are produced by growing large numbers of seedlings and choosing the best. Most seeds in the original fruits are hollow, and thus infertile, with very few fat fertile seeds being produced, and these have been selected individually. ... Learn More

This sweet Paprika variety of pepper produces an abundance of bright 13cm long red fruits and is the traditional pepper used in hungarian goulash and many other dishes as a dried powder. Plants produce on average 20 plus fruits and can be grown both in the greenhouse or outdoor in pots. Scoville units / heat level: 0 Average fruits per plant: 20 plus Plant type: indeterminate (needs support) Maturity: mid Production: greenhouse and outdoors in pots and field Culinary use: Dry fruits into sweet powder for Goulash and soups. ... Learn More

This extremely attractive, early-fruiting sweet pepper is very high yielding, with large, thick-walled, square-shaped fruits which start off green and turn fiery red. They are perfect for growing either in a greenhouse or in a sheltered position outside. F1 seeds. ... Learn More