Where can I buy 'unusual' seeds?
 

Good afternoon,

After some success growing Kohl Rabi this season, I want to plant some more
'unusual vegetables next year.

I've had a chat with the chap at the local hardware/gardening store, and
whilst he can order some varieties through Sutton's, who he deals with, he
cannot get hold of others. For example he can order Salsify and Scorzonera,
but not Good King Henry - no idea what any of these taste like, but they all
look interesting!

Can anyone suggest a specialist supplier?

Many thanks in advance.

Regards,


Andrew

"ajr" wrote in message
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Good afternoon,

After some success growing Kohl Rabi this season, I want to plant some
more 'unusual vegetables next year.

I've had a chat with the chap at the local hardware/gardening store, and
whilst he can order some varieties through Sutton's, who he deals with, he
cannot get hold of others. For example he can order Salsify and
Scorzonera, but not Good King Henry - no idea what any of these taste
like, but they all look interesting!

Can anyone suggest a specialist supplier?

Many thanks in advance.

Regards,


Andrew

type 'name of plant' seeds; into google and you'll come up with plenty of
suppliers.
536 results for Good King Henry seeds for example.
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"ajr" wrote in message
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Good afternoon,

After some success growing Kohl Rabi this season, I want to plant some
more 'unusual vegetables next year.

I've had a chat with the chap at the local hardware/gardening store, and
whilst he can order some varieties through Sutton's, who he deals with,
he cannot get hold of others. For example he can order Salsify and
Scorzonera, but not Good King Henry - no idea what any of these taste
like, but they all look interesting!

Can anyone suggest a specialist supplier?

Many thanks in advance.

Regards,


Andrew

type 'name of plant' seeds; into google and you'll come up with plenty of
suppliers.
536 results for Good King Henry seeds for example.
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Tumbleweed

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Many thanks - it hadn't occured to me to do
that..................................

To clarify, so that is no confusion - can someone suggest a seed supplier,
within the UK, that they have dealt with in the past and who can supply a
variety of specialist seeds.

Other than from my local hardware shop, I haven't purchased seeds/plants
from any other soures, therefore I have no idea who are considered good or
bad suppliers - hence the question.

Many thanks.

"ajr" wrote in message
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Good afternoon,

After some success growing Kohl Rabi this season, I want to plant some
more 'unusual vegetables next year.

I've had a chat with the chap at the local hardware/gardening store, and
whilst he can order some varieties through Sutton's, who he deals with, he
cannot get hold of others. For example he can order Salsify and
Scorzonera, but not Good King Henry - no idea what any of these taste
like, but they all look interesting!

Can anyone suggest a specialist supplier?

Try the following...

http://www.edirectory.co.uk/chiltern...?companyid=211

or http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~nfarl...etty/etty.html


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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"ajr" wrote in message
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Good afternoon,

After some success growing Kohl Rabi this season, I want to plant some
more 'unusual vegetables next year.

I've had a chat with the chap at the local hardware/gardening store, and
whilst he can order some varieties through Sutton's, who he deals with,
he cannot get hold of others. For example he can order Salsify and
Scorzonera, but not Good King Henry - no idea what any of these taste
like, but they all look interesting!

Can anyone suggest a specialist supplier?

Try the following...

http://www.edirectory.co.uk/chiltern...?companyid=211

or http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~nfarl...etty/etty.html


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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London


Spot on!!

Many thanks for that Bob - all sorts of weird things from Hamburg Parsley to
Liquorice!!

Cheers,


Andrew

Hi, I get my seeds from Chiltern Seeds, Bortreee Stile, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7PB www.chilternseeds.co.uk. They have a section on oriental and unusual vegetables and their mail order catalogue is over three hundred pages!

jay jay

chiltern seeds www.chilternseeds.co.uk might have what you want. Big
catalogue with no pictures presumably for grown ups in the garden

On 19/10/04 2:06 pm, in article ,
"ajr" wrote:

Good afternoon,

After some success growing Kohl Rabi this season, I want to plant some more
'unusual vegetables next year.

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Can anyone suggest a specialist supplier?

Try this site:
www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk
They're based in Needham Market, Suffolk and we received the two catalogues
today. One is devoted to flowering plants and one to 'simply vegetables'
It appears to have a good range of unusual things and lots of varieties of
tomatoes.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

ajr wrote or quoted:

After some success growing Kohl Rabi this season, I want to plant some more
'unusual vegetables next year.

I've had a chat with the chap at the local hardware/gardening store, and
whilst he can order some varieties through Sutton's, who he deals with, he
cannot get hold of others. For example he can order Salsify and Scorzonera,
but not Good King Henry - no idea what any of these taste like, but they all
look interesting!

Can anyone suggest a specialist supplier?

SCORZONERA (Scorzonera hispanica) 80 3.20 10.70 24.10
- http://www.cnseeds.co.uk/herb_cat/salads.htm

SALSIFY (Tragopogon porrifolius) 90 4.00 13.40 30.15
- http://www.cnseeds.co.uk/herb_cat/salads.htm

bonus-henicus, Good King Henry HP 420 2.40 4.50 9.75
- http://www.cnseeds.co.uk/herb_cat/c2_herbs.htm
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In article , Tim Tyler wrote:
ajr wrote or quoted:

After some success growing Kohl Rabi this season, I want to plant some more
'unusual vegetables next year.

I've had a chat with the chap at the local hardware/gardening store, and
whilst he can order some varieties through Sutton's, who he deals with, he
cannot get hold of others. For example he can order Salsify and Scorzonera,
but not Good King Henry - no idea what any of these taste like, but they all
look interesting!

Both scorzenera and salsify are good, but I have not been very
successful recently. I think that they need more sun that my garden
has been getting :-( They are nearly as fartaceous as Jerusalem
artichokes.

You can blanche Good King Henry and eat it like asparagus (it was
called Lincolnshire asparagus). It's not as good, but is worth
trying. The green leaves are much like any of the other coarse
'perpetual spinaches' (e.g. New Zealand).

Be warned: It seeds like the devil and has deep roots, and can
rapidly become a pest. You should be careful to ensure that it does
not seed too vigorously.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

My problem is that having come unstuck with using previous year's seed before, I try only to use 'fresh' seed. But when trying to grow several unusual types/varieties of veg, there's a lot of wastage if only growing a few of each. Do any vendors sell small packs? Or can anyone suggest a different solution?

David