Echium italicum Icing-pink flowers appear on this statuesque beauty's fuzzy stem from June to October
Alpine strawberry Baron Solemacher This European favourite will produce small, intensely sweet berries for a lengthy season
Meraviglia di Venezia A meaty, stringless French Bean that can grow up to three yards high with support Primula secundiflora The magenta bells of this diminutive woodland dweller have helped to establish it as a favourite
Seakale The stalks of this Victorian delicacy can be eaten raw, or steamed and served with butter Tropaeolum majus Empress of India A gloriously old-fashioned form of the garden nasturtium, with velvety, open-throated flowers
Where to buy
Chiltern 01229 581137; www.chilternseeds.co.uk
Franchi 020-8427 5020; www.seedsofitaly.com
Marshalls 01480 443390; www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk
Pictorial Meadows 0114-267 7635; www.pictorialmeadows.co.uk
Ray Brown 0870 850 3756; www.raybrowns.co.uk
Thomas Etty 01460 298249; www.thomasetty.co.uk
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The pink granite chateau that the Cointreau family built in the Loire Valley is for sale at £3.5 millionThe great country seats of the Guinness family have an equivalent over the Channel, where the chateau built by the Cointreau family is on the market.
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Quiz ahoy! Even these gorgeous mice have been waiting for the Country Life Quiz of the Day, November 21, 2025From school reports in South America, it's all in today's Country Life quiz.
