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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.
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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.
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CN Seeds Ltd
Pymoor, Ely,
Cambrigeshire
CB6 2ED
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Cardoon
A close relative of the artichoke. A very useful architectural plant for the garden, which is rarely used for culinary purposes these days.
 Common NameBotanical NameCategory
Cardoon   Cynara cardunculusCardoon
   PRODUCT CODE : LCARD200000
   Cardoon
  Botanical Cynara cardunculus
  Family Cardunculus
Closely related to the artichoke, and widely appreciated as an architectural plant, with deeply lobed leaves in silver grey. Cardoon is a clump-forming perennial, growing to 1.5m tall and spreading to 1.2m, producing purple thistle type flower heads from July onwards. Leafstalks and midribs are edible but should be first blanched by covering for several weeks before cutting. Bee and butterfly attractant
Technical Information
  Height 140-160 cm
  UOM (Unit of Measure) Grams
  Average Seed Count 24 Seeds/Gram
  Life Cycle Hardy Perennial
  Treatment -
Cultural Notes
QuantityPack SizePrice
x 25 GramsGBP £2.40 
x 50 GramsGBP £4.50 
x 100 GramsGBP £8.20 
x 250 GramsGBP £17.65 
x 500 GramsGBP £35.10 
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