Annual Flowers
Bean Amethyst (Dwarf French)
$3.03DESCRIPTION
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.
SOWING ADVICE
Sow outdoors after last frost. Sow in rows 1-2 inches deep 1 seed per cane. Plant a few extra to fill in gaps Keep well watered and feed weekly.
Carrot Atillio F1
$2.52A very high yielding main crop Nantes variety. Delivers a high level of uniform roots, giving an excellent yield. Smooth texture with a very nice deep orange colour. Features a high resistance to breakage and silvering.
SOWING ADVICE
Can be sown under cloches from March onwards and outside from April to July for later cropping. Sow in narrow drills 1 inch deep and 6 inches apart. Sow the seed thinly to avoid too much thinning out later. Cover the seeds with fine soil very gently tamping it down later. Water with a fine spray if the conditions are dry. The seedlings should start to appear 15 to 20 days later.
Carrot Chantenay Royal
$2.52DESCRIPTION
A short, stump-shaped carrot which gives heavy yields. The roots have a golden-orange flesh and a sweet taste which retains flavour even when large. These carrots, which rarely split are the ones to choose if your soil is heavy.
SOWING ADVICE
Can be sown under cloches from March onwards and outside from April to July for later cropping. Sow in narrow drills 2cm deep and 12cm apart. Sow the seed thinly to avoid too much thinning out later. Cover the seeds with fine soil very gently tamping it down later. Water with a fine spray if the conditions are dry. The seedlings should start to appear 15 to 20 days later.
Carrot Early Nantes
$2.52DESCRIPTION
An early strain of this superb tasting carrot. The medium-length, uniform, blunt ended, tubular roots are deep orange with a very small core. They perform well in heavy soil and are suitable for deep freezing.
SOWING ADVICE
Can be sown under cloches from March onwards and outside from April to July for later cropping. Sow in narrow drills 1 inch deep and 6 inches apart. Sow the seed thinly to avoid too much thinning out later. Cover the seeds with fine soil very gently tamping it down later. Water with a fine spray if the conditions are dry. The seedlings should start to appear 15 to 20 days later.
Carrot Ruby Prince F1
$2.23Crisp, delicious red carrots. Red on the outside and the same inside so very attractive added raw to salads. Best sown late spring – early summer and harvested for main crop carrots later in the year.
SOWING ADVICE
Direct sow into well prepared, light well-drained soil that is stone free. Carrots do not like manured soils so beds are best prepared during the previous autumn. Rake in a general purpose fertilizer 1-2 weeks before sowing. Sow very thinly 10mm deep in drills 30cm apart. Water until germination occurs. Germination takes 10-20 days. When large enough to handle thin to 10cm spacing.
Marrow Bush Baby F1
$3.42An attractive baby marrow which only grows to three quarters the size of a normal marrow. The bush habit and relatively small size, but high yield, make it an ideal choice for growing in tubs or containers.
SOWING ADVICE
Very heavy feeders, they need soil heavily amended with manure, compost, or other source of lots of nutrients. Sow in place in full sun after last frost; or start a couple weeks earlier indoors, but never let the transplants become root-bound, and do not disturb the roots in transplanting. Seed are sown up to one inch deep. Grow 4-5 feet apart.
Radish Albena
DESCRIPTION
A round radish with white skin and flesh. Resistant to cracking and bolting. Harvest after 30-35 days.
SOWING ADVICE
Sow radish seeds in slightly acidic soil. 2 to 3 weeks before the last spring frost. Plant the seeds 1/4 inch deep and 1 inch apart in all directions. Thin the crop to one plant every 2 inches for spring radishes and 4 inches for winter radish. A semi-shaded and well-watered situation is essential in summer.
Radish Black Spanish Round
$2.90DESCRIPTION
A sweet and mild, very hardy winter radish with snowy-white succulent flesh and a near black skin which lacks the fieriness found so often in summer varieties. It has likely been grown since at least the 16th Century.
SOWING ADVICE
Sow radish seeds in slightly acidic soil. 2 to 3 weeks before the last spring frost. Plant the seeds 1/4 inch deep and 1 inch apart in all directions. Thin the crop to one plant every 2 inches for spring radishes and 4 inches for winter radish. A semi-shaded and well-watered situation is essential in summer.
Radish Diana
$2.52DESCRIPTION
This new introduction has a distinctive, attractive purple skin with a white tip. They are resistant to cracking and bolting and are quick to harvest – taking only 35-40 days from sowing to reach maturity and can be succession sown from spring until early autumn.
SOWING ADVICE
Sow radish seeds in slightly acidic soil. Plant the seeds 1/4 inch deep and 1 inch apart in all directions. Thin the crop to one plant every 2 inches for spring radishes and 4 inches for winter radish. A semi-shaded and well-watered situation is essential in summer. Sow every few weeks from February to September.
Tomato Abraham Lincoln
$3.03DESCRIPTION
These delicious, rich, slightly acidic “big reds” consistently rank at the top, being one of the heirloom tomatoes that faithfully produce huge crops of large to extra-large, meaty, brilliant red, round tomatoes in sizeable clusters. It also resists foliage disease, producing heavily right up to the first killing frosts. (Cordon)
SOWING ADVICE
Cover seeds only slightly. Do not allow the soil to dry out. Containers are held in warm conditions until sprouts appear, which may take 3-10 days. Move sprouting plantings immediately to bright light conditions, eg a window. Inadequate light is a frequent cause of failure of young seedlings. Around time of last frost, set seedlings into pots. Remove side-shoots and support the plant.