Most Popular Seeds 2024

Most Popular Seeds 2024
Looking for some ideas on what to grow this year? Check out our list of the most popular seeds from 2024. We've also spotlighted 5 newer arrivals that you may want to try this year.
Scallions / Bunching Onions 'Ischikrona'
As usual these were very popular! An excellent variety of fast growing bunching onion derived from Ishikura. Produces long white stems and dark green leaves with excellent mild taste. Ideal for salads or stir frys. This variety is cold hardy and resistant to pink root and botrytis leaf blight.

Courgette 'Zuboda'
‘Zuboda’ is a non-trailing early variety of courgette. It’s a very prolific cropper, producing long and slightly marbled green fruit with a small seed cavity.

Broad Bean 'Aquadulce'
An old favourite! 'Aquadulce' is an ideal broad bean for autumn sowing, producing an early harvest the following year. However they can still be sown in Feb/Mar. This white-flowered variety produces a high yield of large green beans, roughly 7-9 in each pod.

Pea 'Kelvedon Wonder'
Popular old variety of pea that is still going strong today. Excellent maincrop garden pea with a good fresh taste. Fast growing - usually ready 12 to 16 weeks after sowing.

Coriander
A classic herb with a distinctive citrusy taste. Coriander is also called Cilantro or Chinese Parsley. Leaves and seeds can be used for flavouring salads, curries, pickles and chutney.

Carrot 'Amiva'
An early maturing, Amsterdam-type, pointed carrot variety. It is ideal for early and late season production under cover, producing a crop of sweet, slender, long roots in 100 days. It is best suited to fresh consumption or short-term storage.

Beetroot 'Robuschka'
Vigorous main-crop beetroot variety with strong leaves and smooth-skinned round roots. The beets are dark red with strong skin and good flavour. ‘Robuschka’ is a general purpose beetroot variety for eating fresh, storing or processing.

Carrot 'Rodelika'
A vigorous and very flavoursome maincrop carrot that stores well. It's a large, smooth-skinned, stump-rooted variety with an intense red-orange colour. ‘Rodelika’ tolerates heavier soils and is suitable for large-scale production. It is ideal for juicing due its high Brix value.

Basil
A classic culinary herb. Often associated with Italian cuisine, it can be used for pesto, sauces or as a fresh aromatic garnish. This variety has medium-sized leaves with an excellent aroma.

Calendula Marigold
A hardy annual with vibrant, edible flowers. This is a mix of single, unfilled flowers in orange and yellow tones. Commonly cultivated for medicinal purposes, calendula is often used for skin care products and herbal teas. It is very easy to grow and suits most soils.

Plus, 5 New Arrivals to check out..
Corn 'Cinema
A popcorn variety of maize. It has a high starch content and so its glassy kernels pop very well when heated. What could be better than homegrown popcorn!

Edible Chrysanthemum 'Shungiku'
A species of annual edible chrysanthemum. The long shoots can be used fresh in salad or steamed as a vegetable. The buds and flowers are also edible. It can be cut repeatedly, providing high yields and is an ideal addition to baby leaf salad.

Pepper 'Liebesapfel'
Well known, traditional variety with round shaped fruits. Small (12-15cm) and thick fleshed. Excellent for indoor cultivation in Irish conditions - ripens well. Exceptional flavour.

Stevia
Stevia is a bushy perennial herb. It's well known as a natural sweetener and estimated to be 30 times sweeter than sugar beet. Leaves can be dried to sweeten herbal tea mixes.

Safflower
Safflower is a fast growing, strong summer flower with yellow-orange, thistle-like flowers that are very attractive to bees. It is suitable for professional flower growers and can also be used as a dried flower.
