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February Orchid Orychophragmus violaceus
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February Orchid
Orychophragmus violaceus A wild plant from China made popular by Joy Larkcom. This is a brassica for use in salads or as a cooking green. Sown in summer and autumn it provides mild but tasty leaves throughout the winter. Sow directly in the ground or in modules from June to September. The beautiful violet spring flowers are also edible.
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MIzuna
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Brassica rapa var. niposinica. Salad or stir-fry greens with a slight mustard flavour. Very easy to grow.
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MIbuna
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Brassica rapa var. niposinica This Japanese vegetable has strap-like leaves that can be used for salads or cooked. Mibuna can be planted in early spring for early leaves but is probably most useful sown in late summer for a winter crop as it is pretty hardy. It tends to bolt in hot weather. It also makes nice micro greens or tiny salad leaves which can be grown on a windowsill.
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Purple Thrills Mustard
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Frilly dark red mustard leaves, selected and grown by Jason in Co Clare. This exciting new variety is mildly spicy and adds zest to more bland salad leaves. Especially good in winter as the deeply incised leaves seem to be avoided by pests.
Gardener packet 200 seeds
Grower Packet 2,000 seeds
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Pak Choi
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Fast growing Asian cabbage, can be sown in spring but best sown after summer solstice for winter heads.
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