Seeds for growers
Independent supplier and breeder of salad, babyleaf, herb, vegetable and flower seeds.

About Us

If you are new to CN Seeds then we welcome you and invite you to contact us if you have any queries or need advice on variety choice or cultivation. Please download our catalogue or request a copy by post.

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We keep a select range of bedding plant seed and also offer instead a broad range of perennials and more unusual specimen plants, including a strong range of grasses. We also stock a useful range of direct drilled annuals and wild flower mixes, for ground cover on a small scale or over larger areas of prairie style plantings.

CN Seeds Ltd is a family company established in 1990 serving professional growers with a wide range of herb, vegetable and flower seeds from our base near Ely in Cambridgeshire. We are able to offer small pack sizes and a low minimum order threshold to suit the small grower or smallholder and promise good customer service from our warehouse team. Most of our prices include cost of delivery to UK mainland addresses. International deliveries (including UK offshore) we charge delivery at cost. Sales outside Europe may be subject to Import restrictions.

Our Product Range

CN Seeds specialise in herbs and leafy salads, we offer a wide range of traditional and innovative leaf products for the babyleaf fresh cut and bagged salads. Look for the new varieties of red leaf pak choi and komatsuna and new herb varieties for pot production or cut product. There are several new introductions ideal for the emerging microgreen market, also a purpose made growing medium, GrowFelt, specifically for microleaf production.

We also have a good selection of vegetables for farm shop and retail plant sales.

Babyleaf
Babyleaf is a convenient way of describing the optimum growth stage of many different leafy vegetables when cut to provide an individual leaf for salads. This is normally within the range 8-14cm in size. The popularity of bagged salads in recent years has risen sharply due the excellent quality of the components, and over 90% of households in the UK regularly buy their salads in this form. CN Seeds screen many hundreds of varieties for their suitability for the babyleaf market, examining leaf size and shape, speed of growth, size of cut area (normally stem thickness) ease of harvest, flavour, colour and general appearance, and of course shelf life after harvest. Do ask us if you want more information about any of our babyleaf products and their suitability for your needs.

Cress
Here we offer true cress varieties, with their distinctive peppery flavour. If you want the "cress " offered in in todays punnets then see also salad rape.