There’s a nice slideshow in The Telegraph today, showcasing some of the new vegetable varieties that Gardening Which? tried out last year.

My initial thoughts were that the selection wasn’t very exciting – it starts out with a new slow-to-bolt coriander variety and carries on through a cucumber (which we don’t eat) and a bountiful runner bean. But then there’s Autumn Crown, a cross between a butternut squash and a Crown Prince, which sounds interesting, and Brokali ‘Apollo’ which is a cross between Kailaan (an Oriental broccoli) and calabrese, which grows really quickly to give you calabrese florets rather than a big head.

There’s also Moonlight, a cross between a French bean and a runner bean that is self-pollinating and can therefore be grown undercover.

But my personal favourite has to be Brussels Sprout ‘Petit Posy’, which is odd because we don’t eat sprouts. But it’s a cross with kale and produces tiny little kale ‘posies’ down the stem in true sprouty fashion and looks adorable. I may have to find some space in my winter garden for this one! In fact, if you look at the T&M site it gets even more interesting, as it’s a seed mix, with purple, green and bicoloured plants!

Are you trying something new and exciting in your garden this year?