Unique Leek
£2.50
Out of stock
Coming soon – awaiting processing and germination testing.
A winter leek with blue green leaves, long white shanks and good flavour. It is reputed to be very hardy and stand well into spring. A heritage variety from Canada under trial by Wales Seed Hub growers. We would love you to try it too!
This variety was apparently once on the National List of varieties that can legally be sold in the UK and seed is the UK Vegetable Gene Bank at Warwick University. The variety was on sale in Canada in the early 1990s from a commercial company called Stokes Seeds and when they dropped it from their list, it was kept in cultivation by a professional gardener and author Linda Gilkeson and subsequently by the small Canadian seed company Full Circle Seeds. Wales Seed Hub growers were interested in this variety because, as well as producing a good crop, Linda reports that is remarkably hardy.
Approx. 200 seeds
Botanical name: Allium porrum
Sow undercover in early spring – either in individual modules or in pots large and deep enough to grow a number of seedlings. Alternatively sow in a well-prepared seed bed undercover or – once temperatures are above 10C – outdoors. Transplant them after around 10 weeks, once the seedlings have reached about 20cm high and up to pencil thickness. Make holes made with a dibber, spaced about 20cm each way in well composted soil, and put one plant in each. If necessary you can trim the roots and leaves slightly to stop them trailing. Keep well watered.
A beautiful herbaceous perennial, this mint is loved by pollinators. Its tall spikes of eye-catching purple flowers can grow to…
20 in stock
Coming soon – awaiting processing and germination testing. Open pollinated landrace variety that grows study, medium sized plants reaching 70/90cm…
Out of stock
Gardeners Delight is a classic german heirloom variety. It’s been a best seller in the UK for decades thanks to…
20 in stock
Coming soon – awaiting processing and germination testing. This is a great option for an early bush tomato – somewhere…
Out of stock
Coming soon – awaiting processing and germination testing. A hardy, easy-to-grow and versatile vegetable. Its long, slender, delicately flavoured roots…
Out of stock
A really easy to grow perennial with loads of deep blue-green leaves that looks fab in any border and is…
17 in stock
Coming soon – awaiting processing and germination testing. A Japanese bunching salad onion that grows really well in a UK…
Out of stock
Coming soon – awaiting processing and germination testing. The winner of our leek trials a few years ago, we really…
Out of stock
Ok, so I admit they’re not actually Welsh. The name refers to a near obsolete word ‘welch’, which means ‘foreign’…
13 in stock