This is a heavily ribbed, small, black skinned round shaped squash! A choice and rare variety originating from Japan, it has an excellent sugary-nutty flavour when roasted reminiscent of hazelnuts. The flesh is golden coloured while the skin will turn chestnut colour in storage. (3 seeds)

Unforgettable steel grey-blue skinned squash, with deep orange flesh, renowned for its eating qualities having deep orange flesh with a sweet and nutty flavour. A very worthy winner of an AGM. It stores well too allowing you to enjoy the fruits right through to late spring. Price for 3 seeds.

Grow your own bright white flying saucers!  Patty Pan Disco are well behaved bushy plants that grow plenty of these lovely flavoured, scalloped edges squashes.  As a summer squash they are best eaten fresh, we think they are gorgeous sliced in half and roasted with a sprinkling of herbs.

Price for 3 seeds

SOW: from late April to the end of May, under cover to start them off, 1 per pot.  Some people like to soak the seed overnight before sowing.

GROW: keep moist but not waterlogged.  Harden off and plant out after all danger of frost has passed.  In cooler areas you can protect young plants with cloches until they have settled in.  Disco matures in about 12 weeks, best eaten fresh (will not store beyond 2 weeks)

EAT: thin skinned summer squashes can be eaten as you would courgettes – try frying or grilling – we think Disco is gorgeous sliced in half and roasted with a sprinkling of herbs.

Small and sweet, there is no acorn squash like Honey Bear. With a spread of only a metre this is the perfect choice for smaller plots and even large pots. Its exceptional eating qualities have won it a number of awards

SOW: between late April to end of May, start 1 seed per pot or module

GROW: keep moist but not waterlogged. Harden off and plant out after all danger of frost has passed. In cooler areas you can protect young plants with cloches until they have settled in. After harvest leave them outdoors for about 14 days to harden the deep green skin for storing (protect from frost) or ripen in a greenhouse.

EAT: bake, roast or stir fry, use in soups or sweet pies.

The fruits have a strong orange coloured skin hiding golden flesh with a sweet and slightly nutty flavour. Each plant will form up to 5 small fruits (about 1.5kg). It matures in late summer and stores very well. 

We have successfully grown these up a support structure (tying in the stems as needed) so that the fruits hang and catch the eye as they grow - this means they dont take up lots of space in the garden

This is one of the most popular butternut squashes and deservedly so. Pick the fruits at about 15cm long; they have a bulbous end with rich orange flesh and a delicious flavour, uniquely sweet. They store well too.

Waltham Butternut does take a while to grow, about 15 weeks, but as the saying goes – good things come to those that wait. 

With is blue-green skin and sweet,deep yellow-orange flesh this is an eye-opener with a matching flavour. The fruits weigh up to 1kg, 15-20cm in diameter. Taking about 13 weeks to reach harvest this productive variety is well suited to British summer seasons.

A lush tasty squash that almost looks too good to eat with a creamy skin and green stripes. It has an excellent flavour, ready in 11-12 weeks, and is rich in potassium and vitamins. It can be baked, steamed, roasted, grilled or even punctured and put in the microwave for a quick snack. Price for 3 seeds

Delicious tear-drop shaped fruit (with a lightly flattened bottom), green with pale yellow splashes and stripes with a rich gold flesh that is both smooth and sweet. These 1kg fruits can be stored through to the new year.  Fairy is a vining plant, with smaller leaves, allow to scramble about or help it to behave and tie in to a frame, trellis or fence           Price for 3 seeds

SOW: late April to the end of May, start 1 seed per pot or module.  Keep moist but not waterlogged. Harden off & plant out in June in a sunny spot with lots of compost. 

GROW: let these scramble around, if you are growing other squashes and pumpkins the smaller leaves will show you where your Fairy has got to!  You can tie in and train up a trellis, fence or an obelisk so that the vines have somewhere to grow!  Use a planted plastic bottle so that you can direct water to their roots.   If storing ripen them outdoors (or in a greenhouse or sunny windowsill if the weather turns poor) for about 14 days after picking to harden the skin.  They can keep through to the new year.

EAT: fruits can be 1kg & the rich gold smooth, sweet flesh is exceptional baked, roasted or steamed, lovely in sweet or savoury recipes.  You can harden the skins for storing or you can dice the fruits as you harvest and freeze in portion sized amounts.

a lovely sweet taste from bright orange flesh covered by an unassuming tan colour skin. This is one of the first butternut squashes to be bred for the UK climate. It is mature and ready to harvest after 15 weeks.