Kitchen Garden

GO SOW!

Here you will find some totally new varieties and others that are not so new but new to a particular catalogue if you have a favourite one. Happy sowing!

SPILLING THE BEANS (AND PEAS!)

FRENCH BEAN (DWARF) ‘ATLANTA’

Compact and bushy, this plant produces large and flat, stringless pods with a crisp texture. Fast growing, so a good one for late sowing. 50 seeds for £3.29. (DT Brown)

PEA ‘JOHAN’

If you want very a reliable, high-yielding pea plant than this one is a good option. An early/maincrop variety with very good disease resistance, plants will produce 8-10 peas per pod. 300 seeds for £2.80. (Mr Fothergill's)

RUNNER BEAN ‘POLESTAR’

This scarlet-flowering runner bean produces a plentiful supply of stringless, tender pods up to 25cm (10in) long. 40

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