JungleSeeds

A mixed packet each of:-

• Atriplex hortensis - Red Orache
• Carrot Purple Haze F1 - Purple Carrot
• Cauliflower Graffiti F1 -  Purple Cauliflower
• Radish Nero Tondo - Black radish
• Swiss chard 'Bright Lights'
• Sweet Corn Blue Hopi

Ivy Gourd or Dondakaya is a widely consumed vegetable in India, rich in beta-carotene, and available in India through out the year, large numbers are now imported daily to the UK.  The small, stubby, green coloured vegetables which grow on aggressive perennial vines are used to prepare delicious stuffed curries, stews, pickles, salads and stir fries. can be harvested at the green unripe stage or when red. The young shoots and leaves can also be eaten as greens and the fruits can be eaten raw. Worth a try as an annual crop in a warm sheltered spot in the UK and our seeds come from a selected Indian cultivar.

A very high yielding and prolific courgette with dark green, spine-free fruits that makes picking much easier Use as a hot vegetable or try frying in butter for a delicious taste. Pick young for courgettes or leave to large marrows, which are excellent for stuffing with a mincemeat filling and baking in the oven. For a continuous crop pick regularly.

A modern hybrid organic bright golden courgette, they are prolific croppers and add a real dash of colour to both the vegetable garden and the table. Pick young as courgettes or leave to large marrows, which are excellent for stuffing with a mincemeat filling and baking in the oven. For a continuous crop pick regularly.

We have been growing these bright yellow courgettes for many years, they are prolific croppers and add a real dash of colour to both the vegetable garden and the table. Pick young as courgettes or leave to large marrows, which are excellent for stuffing with a mincemeat filling and baking in the oven. For a continuous crop pick regularly.

A unique all female variety with resistance to all known strains of powdery mildew, scab and leaf-spot. Fruits are bitter free and produced in abundance with 50 or more per plant. Easy to train and day length sensitive. For maximum yield plant  March to April.

Organic seed producing robust plants with slim, dark green 1ft long fruits,  which are free from any bitterness. Suitable for polytunnel or outdoor cultivation.

An unusual small Oriental melon, with oblong-shaped melons 3-4 inches long, these fruits have a smooth, golden skin and a very crisp, sweet white flesh.  Plant grows vigorously in warm climates. This melon is very prolific and is very popular in Taiwan, Korea and Japan. Sow seeds in seed pots in spring and transplant to a greenhouse border or warm frame when large enough. The plant begins to set fruits 40 days after transplanting.

Cucumis metuliferus, or ‘horned melon’ is a fast growing annual vine related to the cucumber family that is best planted in a greenhouse as our summers are not really warm enough for it. Prized by some for its slightly bitter papaya and watermelon flavour. Beware though the fruits have thorns and the leaves have very small spines. Best grown for its novelty value.

Suhyo is a long-time favourite cucumber in Japan, that produces long slender cucumbers, 1” x 18”. The cucumber skin is dark green and has small spines. The flesh is firm, crisp and delicious. A very productive variety.

Squash make an excellent vegetable and are easy to grow, use either just diced and cooked, or stuffed with a mincemeat filling. Buttercup a late autumn variety, is said to be the smoothest, best flavoured squash yet produced, up to 3 or 4 lbs. each.

Squash make an excellent vegetable and are easy to grow, use either just diced and cooked, or stuffed with a mincemeat filling. ‘Cream of the Crop’ is an All American Winner and a winter acorn squash with a tasty creamy flesh.

Squash make an excellent vegetable and are easy to grow, use either just diced and cooked, or stuffed with a mincemeat filling. Kabocha has a very sweet nutty flavour and is a particular favourite of ours.

Squash make an excellent vegetable and are easy to grow, use either just diced and cooked, or stuffed with a mincemeat filling. For a fabulous red colour display as well as a delicious vegetable with a sweet creamy flesh try Uchiki Kuri.

Lemon grass is an excellent aromatic clumping tropical grass growing to 6' tall.  When the leaves are crushed the fragrance resembles the scent of lemon. The stem and leaves are used for cooking in the Asian kitchen but it is also used to make a refreshing tea and for perfume, oil and medicine.

Mino Early is a long-time favourite of Japanese Daikon radish. This variety is widely planted in Japan from late summer through to autumn. Plants mature 40 days after sowing. The root is 18” to 24” long, pure white and slightly tapered. White flesh is very crispy and tender with mild pungency.

Blaro an F1 hybrid takes slightly longer to reach maturity than other types, but producing good quality purple bulbs resistant to cracking with excellent crisp white flesh.

Grand Duke is a high-yielding white kohl rabi hybrid. Maturity is approximately 50 days after transplanting. The very uniform bulbs are round to slightly squashed and up to 4” across.

This early variety is comparable to Goliath if left to mature to full size. It has a long shaft and erect leaves, with some rust resistance. Can also be used for succulent baby leeks and therefore a useful multi purpose variety.

Green Salad Bowl is a large fast growing rosette lettuce with long, light green deep cut leaves. Heat tolerant and very slow to bolt. Red Salad Bowl is very similar but with a brownish red head. Excellent for continual harvesting and we seem to be able to get an all summer crop from only two sowings.

One of the earliest varieties to mature. Little Gem produces small compact plants which are packed with a crisp sweet heart and little outside leaf. Very useful for cloches and small gardens.

All melons are best grown under glass or in a warm cold frame. This one is a Charantais F1 hybrid producing early, heavy yields of good sized fruits with a smooth skin. The flesh is sweet with a mild aromatic flavour. Medium globe shaped fruits to 600gms.

Egg shaped inch-long green & white striped or mottled fruits resembling tiny watermelons. Fast-growing annual with lobed leaves from Mexico. Fruits have a tasty flavour and crunchy in texture, used in salads or stir fries and pickled in Mexico where they are known as Mexican Sour Gherkins.

Native originally to the Himalayan foothills of northern India, the horseradish tree can be found widely planted throughout the tropical areas of the world. Nutritionally, ounce for ounce, powdered Moringa leaves have seven times the vitamin C of oranges, four times the calcium of milk, three times the potassium of bananas, four times the vitamin A of carrots and two times the protein of milk. The one to four foot long pods lend the plant the common name of drumstick tree. They are also high in nutritional value and can be cooked like green beans when young. The flowers are high in calcium and potassium but must be cooked before consuming. The peeled root tastes like horseradish, hence the common name, but care must be taken as the root bark is toxic. It is also used in many Indian traditional medicine recipes where they have over 300 uses for Moringa.

The Horseradish tree is fast growing, up to ten feet the first year, and matures at a height of thirty-five feet, but it will bloom the first year from seed. Tip pruning will encourage more leaf and fruit production and control its size and hence able to be pot grown. It has drooping branches with alternate, fern-like leaves, 9"-24" long, the 1" wide, white fragrant flowers are borne in loose clusters in the leaf axils. The pods are narrow, round, pointed growing to 18" long.

Vigorous 1 metre tall plants with burgundy-tinged stems and foliage, soft yellow 4" flowers followed by 4-6 inch long burgundy pods. Makes a bold statement in any arrangements or tropical border and quite an unusual selection.

An unusual vegetable to try growing in the greenhouse border. A member of the Hibiscus family with long green fruits used in stews or cooked as a different vegetable - one of my favourites!

I have been growing onions from seed for many years, as the results are far superior to sets, both in size and quality, with little or no running to seed. Ailsa Craig is a large onion with a good flavour and for us keeps until early spring when strung up in bunches in our kitchen. Sow in Jan/Dec in heat and grow on in small pots before planting out in early April for the best results.