What’s new, what’s hot
By Tania Moffat Broccolini 'Artwork'.
Cherry tomatoes 'Pink Bumble Bee'.
Cherry tomatoes 'Purple Bumble Bee'. Vegetables Beet 'Avalanche'.
Beet ‘Avalanche’ (Beta vulgaris 'Avalanche') A pure white-fleshed beet with a very mild, sweet flavour. Tasty raw or cooked, these beets mature in only 50 days and are best harvested at three inches in diameter. Great for garden markets or home eating, they are sure to tempt even the most ardent beet-a-phobes.
Cherry tomatoes 'Sunrise Bumble Bee'. E
very year even more incredible plants and seeds are available for purchase, and this year is no different. We have dug through catalogues and online, spoken
to garden centres and trialled some of this year’s wonder- ful picks. Vegetable gardeners be prepared to be amazed by some of this year’s new produce which promises to be tasty and pretty. Our flower picks were even more difficult with so many stunning new varieties from annuals, biennials and perennials to flowering shrubs. Enjoy and share any new items you find with us and fellow gardeners online!
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Broccolini ‘Artwork’ (Brassica cretica 'Artwork') Why buy this pricey veg when you can grow it yourself? This vigorous, early mini broccoli, or broccolini, produces sweet, tender side shoots over several weeks. Harvest the small main head early to encourage side shoot production. Matures in 57 days.
Cherry tomato ‘Bumble Bee’ mix (Solanum lycopersi- cum ‘Bumble Bee’) Bright colors and contrasting stripes, this modern mix contains three varieties: 'Purple Bumble Bee', 'Sunrise Bumble Bee' and 'Pink Bumble Bee'. These are vigorous growers with colourful, cheery cherry tomatoes that grow in clusters. Tomatoes have an excellent texture and taste, and they are crack resistant. Ideal for snacking and cook- ing. 70 days to maturity from transplanting.
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Photo courtesy of Veseys Seeds.
Photo courtesy of Veseys Seeds.
Photo courtesy of Veseys Seeds.
Photo courtesy of Veseys Seeds.
Photo courtesy of West Coast Seeds.
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