Autumn Veg Plants
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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 – Dragons Fire (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Looks great in a mixed salad!
We’re so excited to add this wild rocket to our collection. Obviously, we are big fans of rocket, and this one is a particularly great-looking variety with its deep red veins. Wild rocket is SO easy to grow and maintain and can be planted in most positions in the garden, in full sun or semi shade, and in beds, pots or grow bags. Your rocket plug plants will come with a full growing guide.
Number of plants: 10 organic plug plants
Variety: Dragons Fire (organic*)
In the kitchen: Perfect for adding a bit of spice to your salads or works well sprinkled on top of your favourite pizza too. You can even make a delicious rocket pesto with this one.
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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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Winter Purslane – Claytonia (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)A really nutritious and tasty winter salad leaf that’s high in vitamin C
This tastes similar to baby leaf spinach and grows amazingly well over the winter. You should be able to start cutting leaves off just a few weeks after planting and you can keep harvesting right through until spring when it starts to flower. You will receive a full growing guide along with your plug plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Claytonia (organic*)
In the kitchen: A fabulous addition to winter salads, or it can also be lightly boiled or steamed, much like spinach.
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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 – De Cicco (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Quick growing for a late autumn crop
As long as the weather plays ball, this variety of broccoli should start to produce florets in late Autumn if planted in early (and if it doesn’t reach maturity, it will stand over the winter and crop in early spring). After the main broccoli head comes through, you’ll get a succession of smaller sprouting broccoli to harvest.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: De Cicco (organic*) (sometimes known as Di Ciccio)
In the kitchen: Great for steaming, roasting, stir-frying and all sorts!
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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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Broccoli (Calabrese) – White Sprouting (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)For a delicious crop of sprouting broccoli in early spring
This is a white sprouting variety that will produce successive spears for you to harvest and can be sweeter than the other varieties. Planted in autumn you can expect to get the first few spears in Feb/Mar and successive cropping through to April. 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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Corn Salad (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)This tasty salad leaf is perfect for growing in pots
You can get a great crop of winter salad leaves from these. Our top tip is to buy 2 sets and plant them really close together, then harvest every other plant and leave the remainder as cut & come again. A brilliant space saver and tasty too – a little like baby leaf spinach. Your plug plants will arrive with a full growing guide.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Verte De Cambrai (organic*)
In the kitchen: A delicious addition to winter salads
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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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Lettuce – Cos Rouge d’Hiver (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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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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Giant Red Mustard (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow mustard leaves
This is a fabulous plant that stays reasonably small over autumn and winter before it suddenly grows quite large in spring. It’s great looking! Best used as a cut and come again leaf it has a really punchy, mustardy flavour. Add baby leaves to salads or treat larger leaves like spinach and wilt them down. If it’s mild you’ll get leaves right through from November to late Spring (and beyond!) Plant approx 30cm apart. There is a growing guide included with the plants.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Giant Red (organic*)
In the kitchen: Cut mustard leaves young for a baby leaf salad or leave to mature to use in stir fries and stews.
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Kale – Rote Krauser (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)A curly kale that turns deep red as it gets colder
As this curly kale plant grows, its leaves slowly begin to turn and by winter they are a gorgeous purple-red. It’s a little larger than our green Curly Kale (green curled dwarf) and better suited to growing in the ground or in raised beds where it can have a little more space. Growing kale is straightforward using plug plants – just plant them in the ground and keep them well watered. It is best to net them to protect from birds and butterflies, but full growing advice is in the guide included with your plug plants and makes it super simple.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Kale – Rote Krauser (organic*)
In the kitchen: Use kale steamed, baked in a gratin or chucked in stir-fries, stews or even smoothies.
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Leaf Beet – Bulls Blood (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)A cut and come again crop, beet leaves are nutritious, hardy and easy to grow
This variety of leaf beet not only looks amazing when growing with its dark red leaves, but also adds a wonderful sweet flavour to autumn and winter salads and is very nutritious. If you like spinach and chard, this will be a great addition to your vegetable garden. It’s great to grow over the colder months, providing you with leaves throughout, even when it gets frosty. Once the plant matures, you may find its root has turned into a sizeable beetroot that you can cook with as well. Your plug plants will come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Bulls Blood (organic*)
In the kitchen: Leaf beet can be used raw in salads adding a wonderful sweet taste or can be steamed, boiled or used in a stir fry. If left to mature you can also enjoy the root which is, as the name suggests, a beetroot.
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Rhubarb Chard (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Love chard? Try this brilliant vegetable plant
This is a leaf beet chard that will add a nice splash of colour to the garden over winter. It’s a nice one to grow in borders and pots as well. Treat it as spinach or pick the leaves while they are young for salads. It will do particularly well grown under cover during the autumn/winter months if you can plant it in a greenhouse. You will receive a growing guide with the plug plants.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Rhubarb Red (organic*)
In the kitchen: The rhubarb 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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Turnip – Milan Purple Top (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Deliciously tasty, quick growing turnips
Milan Purple Top is a really popular variety, so we’re excited to introduce it to our range. The turnips are quite flat, with purple tops. They are renowned for being tasty, easy to grow and a good size (without becoming woody as they grow). If possible, grow in a greenhouse or polytunnel over autumn and winter, otherwise, cover with fleece to keep it a little warmer so that you can harvest it, hopefully before Christmas. These are one of the easier brassicas to grow, and you will receive a full growing guide with the plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Milan Purple Top (organic*)
In the kitchen: Try grating turnip raw into salads, adding to casseroles, stir-fries or roasting.
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Chicory – Brussels Witloof (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)A classic white chicory variety for forcing
Also known as Belgian Endive (if you are confused about the difference between chicory and endives, then don’t worry, you are not alone – it’s right up there with turnip and swede!) this is a really classic variety to grow. It is one of the best for blanching/forcing (more on that below) and can also be used for baby leaf salads. Plant it 25-30cm apart.
To ‘force’ chicory:
In late autumn (Nov/Dec) lift the plants and cut any foliage to 2-3cm above the roots. Replant into deep pots or containers: use potting compost to fill the pots leaving about 15cm from the top of the pot. Re-plant the chicory so that the top of the plant is only just showing and then cover with compost filling the pot almost to the top (so you will be adding another 12-15cm compost on top of the planted chicory.)
Put the pots/containers in a warm dark place – an outside building or shed, for example. 3-4 weeks later the forced ‘chicons’ will be ready for harvest.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Brussels Witloof (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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Chicory – Rossa di Treviso (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Colourful plants for autumn/winter growing
This is a fun vegetable plant to grow, adding a deep red colour to your plot over autumn and winter. Harvest the whole head in early spring or just use the outer leaves earlier on in salads. Once fully grown you can usually leave chicory in the ground until you’re ready to harvest. Chicory will start out with greener leaves that gradually darken as the plant matures. You will receive a full growing guide with the plug plants.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Rossa di Treviso (organic*)
In the kitchen: Can be used in salads or cooked. Try blanching it or braised.
Delivery Info: Available to order now for delivery in September and October. Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Planting/Growing Advice: 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.
When to harvest: You can start picking the outer leaves a month or so after planting or wait until the entire head forms and harvest in early spring.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Globe Artichoke – Green Globe (Autumn)
£5.99
(5 Plug Plants)Globe artichoke plants are easy to grow and will last for years
Producing a tight globe-shaped green and purple head, these plants look fantastic in any garden. Globe Artichokes are reliable croppers and perennials so you will be able to harvest from these plants for about 4-5 years. Leave some space for them to grow as they can get quite large (up to 2m). Plant in autumn to help roots get established before the spring season when they will produce fruit. They will die back over late winter in colder parts of the country, with new leaves coming through in early spring. Your globe artichoke plug plants will come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 5 plug plants
Variety: Green Globe (organic*)
Can be grown in: Large pots and containers, grow bags, raised beds.
In the kitchen: Steamed, grilled, roasted, or sautéed, globe artichokes are one of spring’s most delectable treats.
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Mibuna (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plants)Cut & come again salad leaves
If you love wild rocket and mizuna, then mibuna is an excellent plant to add to your salad patch crops. It is a little more mustardy in flavour. Great for sun or shade, and perfect for pots as you can grow them close together, about 10-15cm apart. They will be a great addition to any Autumn veg patch.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: Mibuna (organic*)
In the kitchen: Use in your winter salad recipes, or cook lightly (chuck it in a stir-fry just before serving, or toss it through cooked rice/pasta so that it lightly steams)
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Bulb Fennel – Romanesco (Autumn)
£6.99
(10 Plants)High resistance to bolting, perfect for autumn planting
Extend your fennel growing season with an extra crop of Romanesco florence bulb fennel – it has excellent resistance to bolting, making it a wonderful variety for those parts of the country that don’t get as much rain as we do here in Cornwall.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: Romanesco (organic*)
In the kitchen: Delicious roasted, or in a gratin