Part of the Gourmet Roots collection. Rarely seen vegetable & very easy to grow. Prolific & delicious, producing lots of knobbly roots. Crunchy & nutty in taste, they can be used instead of water chestnuts in stir-fries or raw in salads. No need to peel, just wash & enjoy. Leave tubers in the ground until needed. ...
Part of the Gourmet Roots collection. Rarely seen vegetable & very easy to grow. Prolific & delicious, producing lots of knobbly roots. Crunchy & nutty in taste, they can be used instead of water chestnuts in stir-fries or raw in salads. No need to peel, just wash & enjoy. Leave tubers in the ground until needed. ...
Perfect for use as a mini Chinese cabbage in stir-fries, or leave it to develop fully for use as a normal cabbage. Dark green outer leaves with pale succulent centre. 150-200g heads. High in vitamins A, C & iron. Harvest in 35-45 days for mini-heads, 55 days for full size heads. Harvest June-October. Tom says: Bred to be harvested as a miniature head, it has a sweet flavour that works perfectly when simply sliced in half & sauteed in a little sesame oil or sliced into a salad. Alternatively allow it to grow for a little longer & harvest as a full suze head & use in much the same way as a savoy cabbage. ...
Native to China & other parts of Asia these attractive plants look great in the vegetable or ornamental garden, can be eaten young in salads or left to mature & used in stir fries. An ideal vegetable as part of the eat-5-a-day plan. Culture: Sow thinly, direct into finely raked, warm, moist, weed-free soil 6mm (¼") deep in rows 30cm (12") apart. (Germination 10-21 days). Thin the resulting seedlings by degrees to a final spacing of 20cm (8") apart. Plants reach a stage for 'baby leaf' harvest in 28 days & mature plants take around 50 days. Pak Choi grows best in a sunny position in a fertile soil. It is important to water well in dry weather. Height 30cm (12").. Average Packet Contents 1000 seeds.... . ...
Chionanthus retusus (Chinese fringe tree) a bird friendly, tall, deciduous shrub with snow white flowers in abundance on mature trees. Its foliage, light green, glossy & underneath with a little whiteness. In autumn the foliage turns yellow. Flowers are followed by damson like fruit. Flowers May-June. Height 250-300cm. Supplied in a 7.5-10 litre pot. ...
Chionanthus retusus (Chinese fringe tree) a bird friendly, tall, deciduous shrub with snow white flowers in abundance on mature trees. Its foliage, light green, glossy & underneath with a little whiteness. In autumn the foliage turns yellow. Flowers are followed by damson like fruit. Flowers May-June. Height 250-300cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot. ...
Large blue flowers with white stars. Low-growing plants that are native to Turkey. Flowers February-March. Height 11-20cm. Bulb size 5cm+. (Bulb sizes"ed in centimetres refer to the circumference of bulbs. All bulbs are sourced from cultivated stocks.) ...
Pink, star-shaped flowers with pale centres. Low-growing plants that are native to Turkey. Flowers February-March. Height 11-20cm. Bulb size 5cm+. (Bulb sizes"ed in centimetres refer to the circumference of bulbs. All bulbs are sourced from cultivated stocks.) ...
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Chinese Lantern Seeds
Bright orange, papery, lantern-shaped calyces, several to each long stem. Much in demand for winter arrangements. Exotic-looking flowers. Flowers July-October. HP - Hardy perennial. Height 60cm (2).
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Bright orange, papery, lantern-shaped calyces, several to each long stem. Much in demand for winter arrangements. Exotic-looking flowers. Flowers July-October. HP - Hardy perennial. Height 60cm (2).
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Seeds - A small embryonic plant within a casing. Used to grow plants
Hp - Horse Power. A measurement of power. The greater the horsepower output, the more energy it produces.
Winter - The fourth season of a year that comes between Spring and Autumn
Lantern - A lamp usually with a transparent case, commonly found in olden times down the mines.
perennial - A plant that lives for more than two years. Tending to bloom during spring and summer to die back to root over winter.
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