This year has been named Year of the Salad by Fleuroselect and Johnsons veg seeds have three new lettuces in its organic range as well as a supporting cast of colourful, tasty crops.
Spring Onion Bulbous Mix
Add extra colour to your stir-fries and salads! An attractive mix of purple, pink and white bulbing spring onions. Highly productive, these can be grown in containers or grown on for larger onions, £2.99 for 250 seeds.
Johnsons veg seeds – Basil Serrata
Herbs are always popular for all gardening skill levels. New Basil Serrata has unusual serrated leaves with a spicy basil flavour. It’s especially good for use in Asian dishes. This versatile variety can be grown indoors on a windowsill all year round, £2.79 for 300 seeds.
Chinese Cabbage Nigel F1
A fast-growing variety, with orange tinted, crisp and succulent leaves. Perfect for stir fries, soups and salads and late bolting, for a long harvest season, £3.29 for 50 seeds.
Johnsons veg seeds – Radish Royal Purple
Colourful, succulent roots with a delicious mild flavour and crunchy texture. Fast growing, it is an ideal crop for containers and small growing spaces, 300 seeds for £2.99.
Tomato Bliss F1
Dazzling yellow fruit with unique green stripes, is perfect for snacking and irresistible straight from the vine, 10 seeds for £3.59. I trialled this variety last year – read more here.
Johnsons veg seeds – Tomato Orange Slice F1
A modern variety producing reliably high yields, with a tangy and rich, traditional flavour, 10 seeds for £3.29.
Organic Lettuce Salad Bowl Green
Ideal for beginners, plants produce easy crops of loose leaves. A non-hearting variety it is ideal for ‘cut and come again’ harvests. 500 seeds for £2.79.
Organic Lettuce Little Gem Maureen
A compact semi-cos lettuce, selected for garden performance, reliability and mildew resistance. 250 seeds for £2.79. Other new varieties in the organic range are…
Johnsons veg seeds – Mizuna
Attractive leaves with a mildly spicy flavour. Perfect for stir-fries, soups and salads. Young flowering shoots can also be used. 350 seeds for £2.99.
Johnsons veg seeds – Radish Saxa 2
Ideal for crisp roots in a short time. Packed with flavour and is great in salads, stir-fries or just as a tasty and healthy snack. 500 seeds for £2.79.
Spring Onion White Lisbon
A gardening favourite, for easy and reliable crops. Great for containers, raised beds or the vegetable garden. 500 seeds for £2.99.
Johnsons veg seeds – Organic Lettuce Reine des Glaces
Attractive and crunchy leaves which are delicious raw, or cooked. Try quartered hearts flash-fried in garlic and butter. 250 seeds for £2.79.
Johnsons range of seeds is available from garden centres, supermarkets and leading DIY stores throughout the UK, visit johnsons-seeds.com.
