Choosing what to add to the range is one of the best jobs of our year. We trial far more than we ever list, and only the varieties that genuinely earn their place — for beauty, for scent, for flavour, or simply for being something a little different from the usual — make it through. This season's new arrivals are some of the ones we're most excited about in a long while.

There's a lot here, so we've sorted everything into four simple groups — annuals, biennials, perennials and vegetables — to make browsing easy. Whether you're planning next year's cutting patch, filling a border for years to come, or just after a really good tomato, there should be something new below to tempt you. Every one is grown and trialled here on our own Norfolk beds.