Autumn Veg Plants
Autumn Veg Plants are available to order for delivery between early September and mid/late October. Plant them up in early autumn for a harvest through the winter months.
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Cabbage – Greyhound (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 plug plants)One to harvest in early spring
This is a new variety for the Rocket Gardens autumn collection – it produces a lovely pointed cabbage head in early spring. Like all brassicas, it will do best under netting to protect it from pigeons etc. Plant them about 35cm apart.
Variety: Greyhound
Number of plants: 10 plug plants (organic*)
In the kitchen: Enjoy cabbage in stir-fries, steam it, or add leftovers to hashes or bubble & squeak.
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Cabbage – Winterjewel (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 plug plants)Bring on the bubble & squeak!
This is a fabulous cabbage to grow over winter for a good supply of greens. It is very compact, so perfect for smaller plots and container growing. You can harvest outer leaves through the winter or wait until late winter to harvest whole. Plant about 25cm apart.
Variety: Winterjewel (organic*)
Number of plants: 10
In the kitchen: Great for stir-fries, braised or cooked down with kale and spinach.
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Carrots – Early Nantes (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, deliciously tasty and a true family favourite
Growing carrots is one of the most rewarding things to do in your kitchen garden…there is just something so satisfying about pulling them up and washing off all the soil so that you can cook them. These Nantes Carrots have a lovely sweet flavour. They’re a bit of a classic in the carrot world, and you can expect to get a size around 6 inches out of them. Plant your carrots plants in early/mid September for a harvest in time for Christmas! If the weather starts to get a bit chilly/frosty – cover outside plants with a fleece or grow them in a greenhouse.Growing Autumn carrots from plug plants is easy – the plants arrive in tiny biodegradable pots and you can simply plant them into well dug soil or containers. A complete growing guide comes with the plants.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Early Nantes (organic)
In the kitchen: Carrots can be steamed or are delicious eaten raw in salads. They are also great roasted with some honey.
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Cavolo Nero Black Kale – Nero di Toscano (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)A popular kale plant for autumn growing
This Italian kale has beautiful dark green leaves and looks really striking in the vegetable patch when it’s fully grown. In fact, many people choose to plant it in borders for exactly that reason. It’s easy to grow (easier than many other brassicas) and will provide you with leaves for several months, right into spring. You’ll find it grows slowly over the coldest months, but you should be able to enjoy a crop from late November onwards, depending on the weather. You’ll receive a complete growing guide with the plug plants when they arrive.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Nero di Toscana (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add kale to stews, steam it, or fry it up with a little garlic butter.
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Chicory – Variegata di Castelfranco (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Colourful leaves for winter salads
These are such gorgeous leaves for winter growing, with freckle-like red flecks. The leaves can be used as cut-and-come again for salads while the plant is quite young. In the heart of the winter, when it reaches maturity, you are better off harvesting the whole heart and cooking it to eat. You’ll find that the red flecks gradually darken as the plant matures. Plant in September and October approx 25cm apart in raised beds, traditional veg patches or in pots and planters. They are frost tolerant and can be grown outside very happily.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Variegata di Castelfranco (organic*)
In the kitchen: Can be used in salads or cooked. Try blanching it or braised.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Curly Kale – Green Curled Dwarf (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plants)Easy to grow, hardy and wonderfully nutritious
This is a very popular, compact curly kale that is an extremely nutritious leafy veg that looks great and requires little attention to produce a good crop. It is exceptionally hardy and grows really well through autumn and winter giving you a nice, constant supply of healthy greens from your garden. If you are short on space, this can be grown in pots.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Green Curled Dwarf (organic*)
In the kitchen: This is an incredibly nutritious vegetable. It can be steamed, baked or fried with a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle of seasoning to make delicious kale crisps or used in smoothies.
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Kale – Red Russian (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)One of our favourite vegetables to grow for the winter!
You get really lovely tones of colour on this kale plant as it grows, making it a very attractive addition to your veg patch, and of course it’s uber healthy too and easy to grow. It is a great grower for autumn/winter, and will provide you with lots of lovely leaves right through to spring. It will tolerate frosts and even snow, although its growth will slow down in such cold temperatures. On milder autumn and winter days it’ll keep on growing. You will receive a full growing guide along with your plug plant delivery.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Red Russian (organic*)
In the kitchen: Red Russian Kale is the sweetest of the kale types. An incredibly nutritious vegetable, it can be enjoyed steamed, baked in a gratin or used in stir-fries, stews or even smoothies.
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Lettuce – Arctic King (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)A compact butterhead lettuce with bright green crisp heads.
This butterhead variety of lettuce was bred especially for the winter. If it’s mild it’ll probably mature in the new year, and it will do even better if you can pop a cloche or fleece over the lettuce plants as they are growing. The plug plants arrive with a full growing guide to get you started.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Arctic King (organic*)
Can be grown in: Pots and containers, grow bags, raised beds.
In the kitchen: A wonderful base for your salads with its mild flavour and crisp texture
Ready to harvest: December to April, depending on weather
Delivery: These plants can be delivered from late August until mid/late October.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Lettuce – Greenhouse Brighton (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 plug plants)A brilliant buttercrunch lettuce for winter growing
This is a fab buttercrunch lettuce for winter growing and we are delighted to add it to our plant collection this autumn. We find it best to wait and harvest as whole heads, but if you’re impatient you can pick some of the outer leaves earlier in the season. It is nice and hardy so will withstand the winter well, although you could cover it with horticultural fleece if it turns really cold.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Greenhouse Brighton (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add to salads through autumn and winter
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Lettuce – Marvel of Four Seasons (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 plug plants)With its beautiful colour, this is a stunning addition to your winter veg garden
This winter lettuce will cope with any conditions that the UK throws at it! It’s a very pretty, tasty red lettuce that should be harvestable before Christmas if mild, especially if grown under a cloche or fleece. You can harvest outer leaves through the season, or wait until the plant reaches maturity and forms a heart in late winter. The plug plants come with a full growing guide to get you started.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Marvel of Four Seasons (organic*)
In the kitchen: Not only does it look great, but this deep red and pale green butterhead lettuce makes a colourful and flavoursome addition to winter salads.
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Lettuce – Winter Density (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)A crunchy winter lettuce to grow
This is a cos style of lettuce that you’ll really enjoy if you like Little Gem lettuce. It’s got a nice crisp texture and should mature in late winter or early spring, depending on the weather. It’ll be even earlier if you pop some fleece over it, or a cloche – you can grow it well in a greenhouse too. The plug plants will arrive with a complete growing guide for you to refer to when planting and growing your lettuces.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Winter Density (organic*)
In the kitchen: A lovely crisp cos-style lettuce to add crunch to your winter salads.
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Mizuna – Red Knight (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Red spicy leaves to add to winter salads
Mizuna is an attractive and delicious cut and come again salad leaf with punchy leaves. It is easy to grow and well worth having in your veg patch over autumn and winter. The leaves are fairly frost tolerant, although we would recommend protecting them with horticultural fleece if there’s snow on the forecast. You can expect to be able to harvest from November through to March, depending on the weather of course! The plug plants come with a complete growing guide.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Red Knight (organic)
In the kitchen: Delicious in salads and also great for stir frying.
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Rainbow Chard – Bright Lights (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Colourful chard leaves for winter growing
Rainbow chard will bring a pleasing punch of colour to your veg patch during the colder months. It is a flavoursome and nutrient-rich vegetable that will produce leaves throughout the seasons. A good vegetable plant to try growing if you like spinach. Simply cut off the bigger, outer leaves at the base and more will keep growing from the centre. It will tolerate light frosts. You will receive a growing guide with the plug plants.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Bright Lights (organic*)
In the kitchen: The chard leaves are lovely wilted with a bit of garlic butter, and the stalks are great chopped up and thrown into paellas and risottos.
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Tatsoi (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 plug plants)An easy grower for autumn and winter
This is a lovely looking, easy-to-grow Chinese cabbage plant that can be harvested whole or used as a cut & come again for individual leaves for stir-fries (it tastes amazing with ginger, honey and soy sauce) and salads. It grows well at this time of year, when it is less prone to bolting. Keep tatsoi plants well protected from slugs and they should do well. The plug plants come with a growing guide.
Number of plug plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Tatsoi (organic*)
In the kitchen: Try it in stir fries with ginger, say sauce, honey and garlic.
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Wild Rocket (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Wild Rocket is perfect for autumn growing
This is one of our favourite vegetable plants to grow over autumn and winter. The taste is phenomenal compared to shop bought rocket and it just keeps cropping for months, right through to the following spring. Cut the outer leaves off as they reach the desired size, usually from November onwards. Be sure to plant it in a spot that gets plenty of winter sun – or a greenhouse would be even better. In very cold weather it will not grow much, but will burst back into action when it warms up. You’ll receive a growing guide with the plants.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Wild Rocket (organic*)
In the kitchen: With its peppery flavoured leaves, wild rocket is delicious used in salads. Sprinkle over pizzas and pasta dishes too for a little kick.
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Autumn Quick Growing Salad Collection
£39.99
(120 Plug Plants)Easy growing salad leaves for autumn and winter
If you are keen to begin harvesting tasty salads just a few of weeks after planting, then this little pack of cut and come again salad plants is perfect. You’ll receive a delicious mixture of different salad plants including lettuce, spinach, rocket, mizuna and mustard, so you can pick a few leaves from each to make your own mixed salad. You can expect to harvest a bit from each plant from as early as November, and, with reasonable conditions and regular picking, it should keep you going right through till spring.Number of plants: 120 plug plants (organic*)
Can be grown in: Pots and containers, grow bags, raised beds.
In the kitchen: Pick a few leaves from each to make your own mixed salad and ditch the supermarket salad bags this autumn and winter.
Ready to harvest: Some plants will be harvested before Christmas, others will be ready in the new year and early Spring.
Delivery: These plug plants can be delivered from early September until mid/late October.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Broccoli – Purple Sprouting (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, beautiful colour and fantastic flavour
This delicious variety of purple sprouting broccoli will produce fantastic coloured broccoli spears during late winter and early spring, possibly as early as February if mild. You can expect to then enjoy harvesting the broccoli spears for several weeks, usually into May when you can pull the plants up to replace with a spring planting. You will receive a growing guide with the plug plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Purple Sprouting (organic*)
In the kitchen: Try stir-frying purple sprouting broccoli with a little garlic and chilli or boil/steam for just a few minutes so that the florets become tender.
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Broccoli (Calabrese) – Green Sprouting (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)For a crop of sprouting broccoli in early spring
This is a green sprouting variety that will produce successive spears for you to harvest. You can either harvest them whilst small and tender, or wait until they form a larger head. Planted in autumn you may get the first few spears before Christmas if it is mild enough, otherwise, it’ll be a spring crop that will hopefully see you through until planting time in May. The plug plants will arrive with a full growing guide.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Green Sprouting (organic*)
In the kitchen: These broccoli spears are great steamed, roasted with a little oil or stir-fried.
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Carrots – Chantenay Red Cored (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Perfect carrots for roasting
There’s just something about the shape and colour of Chantenay carrots that makes them so appealing and pleasing to harvest. As the name suggests, these are a lovely deep red-orange in the centre. Growing Chantenay carrots from plug plants is really easy – the plants will arrive as plug plants and you can simply plant them into well dug soil or containers. The are quick croppers – usually harvest within a couple of months – just in time for your winter roast dinners. Check out the growing guide for helpful tips.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Chantenay Red Cored (*organic)
In the kitchen: Perfect for roasting with a glazing of honey, or cut in half lengthways to steam.
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Cos Rouge d’Hiver Lettuce (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 plug plants)A brilliant cos-style lettuce for winter growing
This is a wonderful lettuce for winter growing so we are excited to add it to our plant collection this autumn. It is an old French romaine variety that can be harvested as single leaves or whole heads. The leaves turn redder and redder as the weather turns colder, and it is really hardy so excellent for outside growing during these colder months.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Rouge d’Hiver (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add to salads through autumn and winter
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Frills Mustard (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Punchy mustard leaves for winter growing!
These leaves have a fab flavour, giving a mustardy punch to salads and other dishes. You can start harvesting as soon as the leaves reach 5-10cm (probably in November) and if you keep picking off the leaves it will keep producing more for you to enjoy right through the colder months. It will produce small yellow flowers in spring, at which point it is best to pull the plants up so that you can plant some summer vegetables in their place. You will receive a complete growing guide with your plug plants.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Frills (organic*)
In the kitchen: The texture is crunchy yet tender with a robust mustard flavour and mild sweet and spicy peppery finish. The young leaves are mild and best used raw in a salad, but more mature leaves stand up well to a light sauté or braise.
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Turnip – Goldana (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Cheerful golden turnips that are sweet in flavour
A lovely, sweet flavoured turnip that’ll store well. They’re quick growing and ready to harvest when the roots are about the size of a golf ball, between November and March. Once harvested, store them in a cool dark place. Perfect for warming winter casseroles and so much tastier than shop bought turnips. You will receive a complete growing guide with your turnip plants. They are very easy to grow in autumn and winter.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Goldana (organic*)
In the kitchen: These turnips are great in casseroles and stews or even slow roasted.
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Carrot – Paris Market Round (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)So good for roasting whole!
Sometimes known as Globe Carrots due to their roundness, this variety is a little different from your standard garden carrot. They are a fantastic addition to the kitchen garden in Autumn, a good way of plugging gaps where you may have already harvested, and an excellent way of topping up your Vitamin A when you eat them! They will arrive as plug plants ready for you to plant out straight away, can be grown in the ground or in containers and are not particularly fussy about the climate conditions. However if its particularly chilly/frosty cover the plants with a fleece or grow them in a greenhouse. Check out the growing guide that will arrive with your plants, for helpful tips.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Paris Market Round Carrot (*organic)
In the kitchen: These carrots can be roasted, boiled, steamed and even grilled – a versatile and delicious little kitchen vegetable. If you’re feeling adventurous why not have a go at pickling them.
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Carrot – Purple Sun (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Fun purple carrots for autumn growing
It’s so pleasing to pull up a bunch of deep purple carrots from the ground. The flesh is purple too and the colour stays when cooked. This variety is lovely and sweet in flavour, and tends to grow quite long providing the roots are not disturbed. Our plug plants come in biodegradable pots and we would recommend planting them like this to avoid disturbing the roots. Plant your carrots early-mid September for a harvest before Christmas making them a colourful addition to your Christmas Roast! If the weather starts to get chilly/frosty then cover with a fleece or grow in a greenhouse. These carrots are easy to grow, just follow the growing guide advice when your plug plants arrive.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Purple Sun (*organic)
In the kitchen: This variety of carrots can be steamed or roasted and are a delicious addition to any winter roast dinner.