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Koralik is a determinate bush variety with high yields of small fruit.
Late maturing, Koralik has exceptionally high tolerance to blight.
Fruits weigh 12-15 gms, are an appealing bright red colour with a sweet flavour and all tomatoes on a truss ripen together.
Koralik will thrive outside in wet seasons where other varieties fail.
Grow in a container on the patio or in open beds. Use for salads or chutney.

Annual plant with aromatic leaves for cucumber souring. Dried leaves are good for salads, cottage cheese, fish, roast meat and sauces.
Basil came originally from India where it was used to cleanse and protect Hindu houses and temples.
The flavour is sweet but slightly peppery. It is used extensively in Mediterranean and Greek cooking, blending particularly well with tomato dishes, soups, pasta, risottos and eggs. It also goes well with pork and cheese dishes.

Seeds per packet (approx.): 325

Carrot Amsterdam 2 is a very early variety with slender, juicy, cylindrical, orange-red roots.
Superbly sweet, Amsterdam 2 has a great colour and is virtually coreless, especially when picked as young finger carrots. The firm foliage of this carrot holds well and does not produce oversized roots even when harvested late.
Plant this sweet tasting carrot from early spring until mid-summer in open ground, thin out if necessary. Given time, the carrots will grow to a respectable size. A very versatile variety Carrot Amsterdam 2 has a long season and is an excellent source of vitamin A and antioxidants. When steamed and buttered an Amsterdam 2 carrot turns a meal into a feast.

Seeds per packet (approx.): 1400

English Daisies

Species: Bellis perennis

Family: Compositae

Common name: English daisy

Height:15cm (6 inches)

Grow as: biennial

Flowering period: April to July

Use packetseeds.com Monstrosa mixture at 95 pence per packet.

English daisies are popular as bedding and border plants, for window and balcony boxes and for earthenware urns. Some varieties may be used for forcing for home decoration in vases. The flowering period is from the end of April until the beginning of July.

Bellis perennis, though strictly a perennial, is treated as a biennial and is good for autumn and above all spring decoration. As well as planted in flower beds, it may be placed in all kinds of containers, best of all in shallow ones, together with myosotis or tulips.

The original species of this plant is a small perennial native to Europe, found commonly growing in grass. From this plant have sprung various garden forms which are more robust and bear larger blooms. Present-day cultivars have flower-heads up to 4cm (1.5 inches) across and leaves up to 10cm (3 in.) long and 2.5 cm (1 in.) wide; the ray petals are either broad or quilled.

The many varieties have been divided into several groups, or strains, according to the size and type of flower; for example 'Pomponette' with miniature, double blooms; 'Double Monstrosa' with large, semi-double blooms; 'Monstrosa Super Giants' with flowers up to 3 in. across. The flowers may be white, pink, red or a combination of two colours.

Sowing: the seeds should be sown from June to July at a temperature of 20°C (68°F).

Germination takes place within seven to ten days, and the seedlings should be pricked out when large enough (pricked-out seedlings have a better root system). Hardened-off seedlings may be moved at the end of August or in September to their outdoor places, where they should be spaced some 30cm (12 in.) apart. Alternatively they can be 15 – 20cm (6 to 8 in.) apart in beds where they over-winter, and then transferred to their flowering positions the following spring. After the main spring flowering the plants should be replaced by other species. The plants may be put into prepared containers in August or September and left to over-winter outdoors or else put out in early spring when they have begun to flower. The English daisy requires full sun. Damp situations should be avoided and care should be taken not to over-water the plants.

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