Herb & Vegetable Seeds
Richters seeds offer a wide variety of high-quality herb and vegetable seeds, perfect for growing your own fresh produce.
Small, plum shaped bright red fruit that is thick walled with meaty interior & few seeds. Fine tomato flavour that is excellent for paste, sauce, canning or freezing whole. Determinate variety. Very prolific. 75 days.
Mild flavour & early maturing round bright red with pure white, crisp interior is a garden favourite. Somewhat heat tolerant. 22 days
A long time favourite of gardeners with crisp, dark green, reddish-tinged leaves & a yellowish-white heart. Keeps its buttery sweetness well even in the heat of summer & is more bolt-resistant than other butterhead varieties. 50-75 days.
Vigorous productive vine produces straight, deep green fruit, 20cm/8” long, bright white flesh with bitter-free flavour. Excellent for slicing, in salads & also used for pickling when small. 60 days.
Heritage variety from the 1800s with compact growth of medium size pure white heads, mild flavour, excellent keeper & suitable cooked, raw or frozen. Plant seeds in early spring for fall harvest. 70 days.
Heirloom Italian variety producing small, deep blue-green central heads with numerous side shoots throughout the season. Very tender, mild tasting, good raw in salads & with dips, or lightly steamed. Seeds are used as sprouts, similar to alfalfa.
Many health enthusiasts believe that wheatgrass, pressed into juice, is a powerhouse of nutrients, enzymes & biotic factors. It replenishes the body that's starved of nutrients & restores the body’s ability to fight diseases, especially cancer.
A culinary staple, sweet resinous flavour used for savoury meats & baking. An upright, bushy growth, woody stems, & sticky aromatic evergreen leaves, rich in oils smelling of pine/sea. Oils have anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial properties!
Plain Parsley is a favourite because of its extra rich flavour. Adds true European character to soups & stews. Deeply cut, bright green leaves with excellent flavour.
Bouquet Dill is a particularly good variety to grow in containers or smaller herb gardens. It is a dwarf, compact version of dill. Finely cut foliage. Excellent used fresh as dillweed or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles. Ht. 75cm/3ft.
The Slow Bolt Cilantro is an easy-to-grow variety that has a great flavour! This variety gets its name for being slow to bolt so it will have a longer harvesting period.
Italian Large Leaf basil is very similar to Genovese. It is the favoured cultivar for tomato sauces because of its more delicate leaf. It has a milder, sweeter flavour. It also bolts more slowly.