Four new gourmet varieties including some snacking specials:
- Mini Love, a watermelon the size of a melon, with red, sweet flesh and very few seeds.
- Balconi, a mini bell pepper with a smooth, sweet flavor that can be grown in the garden, on a balcony or in a vegetable patch. They are ideal as an aperitif, or can complement planchas, kebabs or other summer dishes.
- Goldnugget, a Nantes carrot with a smooth, sweet flavor and juicy flesh.
- Buffalo Steak, a meaty tomato with juicy flesh, exceptional due to the size of its fruit.
- Passion flower. A climbing liana with dark green foliage and blue and white flowers, followed by bright orange berries, which can be eaten when they are very ripe.
- Goji. Originally from the Himalayas, this bush produces purple trumpet-shaped flowers, followed by red berries that resemble small, long cherry tomatoes, and which can be eaten and have antioxidant properties.
- Butterfly lavender. An easy, flowering perennial plant that adapts to all soil types.
- Ornamental rice. This ornamental grass with green-purple leaves flowers throughout the summer and provides a visual and exotic touch.
- Bird of paradise. Originally from South Africa, this exotic plant owes its name to its flowers in the shape of a bird's head with blue, purple and orange colors.
- China tea bush. A decorative bush with persistent foliage and colorful flowers all year long.
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