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Salad and leaf

42 varieties · sowing from March under cover

Assorted seeds arranged in a grid on pale paper

Rocket, Wild

Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Peppery, slow to bolt, cuts four times from one sowing.

£2.40
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A single sprout emerging from pale soil

Lettuce, Merveille

Lactuca sativa

Butterhead for spring and autumn. Poor in high summer.

£2.10
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A shallow crate of leafy produce shot from above

Mizuna, Green

Brassica rapa

Fast, hardy, tolerates a cold frame all winter.

£1.90
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A plain paper seed packet standing against a mint wall

Chicory, Castelfranco

Cichorium intybus

Speckled heads after frost. Sow July, not before.

£3.20Back in August
Seedlings in paper pots on a pale bench

Sorrel, Broad-leaved

Rumex acetosa

Perennial. One sowing lasts about six years.

£2.60
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Assorted seeds arranged in a grid on pale paper

Claytonia

Claytonia perfoliata

Winter purslane. Germinates in the cold, self-seeds freely.

£2.00
0
A single sprout emerging from pale soil

Mustard, Red Frills

Brassica juncea

Hot when mature, mild as a baby leaf.

£1.80
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A shallow crate of leafy produce shot from above

Corn Salad

Valerianella locusta

Lamb's lettuce. The most reliable thing in a cold winter.

£1.95
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