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Vegetable Plants

This is a full list of all the vegetable plants that we home grow here at Flitton's Nursery. 

Plant Variety
Description
Availability
Leek Zermatt
An early Swiss giant variety with long shaft and erect foliage. Features good base and some rust resistance. Good storage characteristics. Suitable for baby leek production.
Lettuce Allsorts
Mixed varieties-
Lettuce Krista (Lolla Bionda)
Open leaved lettuce, like Lolla Rossa in habit and cropping but with attractive pale green curled leaves.
Lettuce Little Gem
A quick maturing, compact small Cos type with tight hearts. Especially suited to small pots. Very sweet flavour.
Lettuce Matador (Lolla Rossa)
Non-hearting type, red tinged leaves with waved and serrated edges.
Lettuce Mixed Leaves
Cut and come again.
Lettuce Moonred little gem
Crisp and flavoursome glossy red outer leaves enclose this dense hearted romaine-type lettuce. Neat and compact, Lettuce ’Moonred’ is the ideal choice for growing in more confined spaces, including window boxes and patio containers as well as making neat rows on the allotment. The attractive and nutritious leaves are the perfect addition to sandwiches or as part of a refreshing, mixed salad. Easy to grow, sow throughout the spring and early summer months for a long lasting crop which continues through to late autumn. Height: 20cm (8”). Spread: 15cm (6”).
Lettuce Paris Island Cos
A Lobjoit's type but with a pale green heart. Crisp texture and sweet flavour. Medium to large sized heads.
Lettuce Pigail
A very attractive red Little Gem type, with dark red outer leaves and green hearts. Suitable for spring, summer & autumn production.
Lettuce Saladin (Iceberg)
Standard crisp head variety, large dark green heads, fairly dense. Very good holding ability.
Lettuce Tantan
One of the best small cos varieties currently available, with good green colour and sweet flavour. Suitable for production throughout the spring, summer and autumn.
Marrow F1 Bush Baby
A baby marrow variety bred to satisfy market demands for a smaller marrow. Grows to approximately three quarters the size of a standard variety. Suitable for field and container production. Produces a high yield per plant.

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