VEGETABLE SEEDS Aubergines Beans - French Beans - Runner Beetroot Broad Beans Broccoli & Rapini Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Carrots Celery, & Celeriac Chilli Peppers Courgettes & Summer Squash Cucumbers, Gherkins & suchlike things Fennel Flowers Grains Herbs Kale Kohl Rabi Leaf Greens for Cooking Leeks Lettuces Melons & Watermelons Mustard Greens ( for cooking) Onions - spring sowing Onions - overwintering Onions - special types Oriental Greens for cooking & salads Parsnips Peas Pumpkins & Winter Squash Radishes (salad, & cooking types) Root Parsley Salad Vegetables Sweet Corn Swedes Sweet Peppers Tomatoes : Bush Types Tomatoes : Vines - Cherries Tomatoes : Vines - Larger Tomatoes : New Centiflor types Tomatilloes & Groundcherries Turnips Unusual Tubers: Oca & Yacon

~ FENNEL Seed (FLORENCE TYPE) ~

'Colossal' Fennel
We have tried other varieties but are sticking with this one because it’s just great.

This strain grows well, forming a really nice big white bulb (though 'colossal' is overstating it a tad in our opinion) with less tendency to bolt than other varieties that we have tried.

Consistently popular every year, it’s one we rely on in the veg patch.

Good for salads or cooking. Sow after mid-summer for autumn harvest

Order FeCO - 250 seed £1.99

'Mantovano' Spring-sowable Fennel
Fennel is normally sown in mid-summer, as it tends to bolt (go straight to seed) if planted in Spring.

But this variety from Italy was bred for spring sowing, with strong bolt resistance. It produces a nice white bulb, with a slightly flattened shape.

We have had good reports from people on this the last few years; please let us know how it does for you as well; feedback (both good and bad!) is really important for us to make this catalogue a list of 'the best of the best'.

Order FeMA - 250 seed £1.89

When? Bolt resistant, particularly worth trying for spring sowing, with a summer harvest, but you can also sow after mid-summer as usual as well.

Big Sicilian Fennel NEW FOR 2013
Another large fennel from Sicily for you to try out. It makes fat heart-shaped bulbs.

They call it ‘grossissimo’ which strictly speaking translates as ‘enormous’, but to be honest, in the UKclimate it is probably better described as 'big'.

We have found that it really can get quite large if happy, so give it plenty of sun and a rich site, but as with all fennel, avoid drought, watering it regularly in dry spells.

Order FeSi - 250 seed £1.84