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Spinacia oleracea. Dark green, semi-savoy-leaved variety producing plenty of 'baby leaves'. Spinach Picasso is slow to bolt (run to seed). Perfect in containers. Can be grown all year indoors for 'baby leaves'.
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Brassica oleracea convar. acephala. Grow all the year round as a 'baby leaf' indoors on the windowsill. Outdoors if given wider spacing it will make an abundance of densely curled leaves over a very long period. Winter hardy as a full sized plant.
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Brassica rapa var. rapa. Flatter, globe-shaped roots with purple crowns and white bases, ideal as baby turnips when the taste is sweet and succulent. Dark green, erect leaves are ideal steamed as 'greens'. Turnip Atlantic is ideal for growing in containers.
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One of the darkest blue sweet peas in existence. Up to five large, wavy blooms are borne on long, slender stems, making this an excellent cut flower, where its fragrance will pervade the air. A superb performing garden variety. Flowers summer. Climber.
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Pastinaca sativa. Slender, bayonet shaped roots, virtually coreless and tender and sweet. Sow regularly for fresh roots throughout the summer and autumn. Parsnip Arrow is ideal in deeper containers with a minimum depth of 37cm (14½in), or outside in the garden.
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Capsicum annuum. Compact 'ornamental edible' on the windowsill or outside in a sunny spot, producing abundant green turning black to red sweet peppers throughout the summer. Pepper Sweet Ingrid makes an attractive and edible feature on a windowsill or sunny patio.
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Daucus carota. Baby round carrots, deliciously sweet and crunchy and with rich orange, coreless flesh. Just wash under the tap as a raw snack, add Carrot Atlas to salads or as a steamed vegetable.
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Vicia faba. Compact, upright plant habit, and producing early setting of short, slender pods. Pick regularly for delicious 'mangetout' pods to eat raw or steamed, or allow pods to fill out with tasty small beans. Broad Bean Statissa is ideal in containers.
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Allium porrum. An alternative as a milder flavoured spring onion when sown thickly. Leek Lancelot is ideal for growing in containers, use in salads, stir-fries or as a steamed vegetable. Also grow as a full sized leek for autumn and winter harvesting.
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Lycopersicon lycopersicum. An ultra compact, determinate variety only 25-30cm (10-12in) in height. Good crops of sweet 20-25g cherry-shaped fruit for continuous picking. Tomato Sweet 'n' Neat Cherry Red is ideal in patio containers and mixed planters and due to its compact habit, can even be grown on a sunny windowsill.
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Allium cepa. A quick growing, small round, succulent silver skinned cocktail/pickling onions, Spring Onion Pompeii is ideal for sowing thinly in containers or window boxes.
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Capsicum annuum. Compact 'ornamental edible' on the windowsill or outside in a sunny spot, producing masses of upright pale green, turning vivid red chillies throughout the summer. Chili Pepper Krakatoa makes an attractive and edible feature on a windowsill or sunny patio.
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