Fruiting Veg Plants
Easy to grow and perfect for adding colour and variety to your garden.
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Globe Artichoke – Green Globe
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(5 Plug Plants)Majestic perennials for your kitchen garden
Producing a tight globe-shaped green and purple head, these plants look fantastic in any garden. 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. They are lovely at the back of a border. The plug plants will come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 5
Variety: Green Globe (organic)
In the kitchen: Steamed, grilled, roasted, or sautéed, globe artichokes are one of spring’s most delectable treats.
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Cobra French Climbing Bean
Original price was: £6.99.£4.89Current price is: £4.89.
(10 Plug Plants)Deliciously tasty, and perfectly formed!
This is a really popular variety of French Climbing Bean that produces long, green bean pods which are about 7mm in diameter and can be harvested over a long period. If you enjoy French Bean salads, this is the bean for you! French Beans are easy to grow from plug plants – you can plant them in beds or large pots in full sunshine. A complete growing guide is provided with all plug plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Cobra (*organic)
In the kitchen: Great steamed with a drizzle of olive oil, perfect for salads.
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Cucumber – Marketmore
Original price was: £5.99.£4.19Current price is: £4.19.
(3 Plug Plants)Easy, delicious and decorative
Cucumber plants look beautiful when growing and can be grown by even the most inexperienced gardener. This variety produces thick dark green fruits which can reach 20cm in length. They are quite spiny, so you’ll need to peel them before eating. Cucumber plants are easy to grow from plug plants – best planted in a greenhouse, or in a sunny, sheltered spot in your garden. Full growing information is provided with the plants.Number of plants: 3
Variety: Marketmore (organic)
In the kitchen: Cucumbers are delicious in salads, a welcome addition to gin and tonic, and lovely with yoghurt and mint. Also great for dipping in hummus and dips.
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Dwarf French Green Bean – Tendergreen
Original price was: £6.99.£4.89Current price is: £4.89.
(10 Plug Plants)French beans for small plots
You’ll be surprised by how many beans one small plant can give you! These dwarf bean plants produce plenty of green beans over several weeks. They are ideal for growing in pots and containers, or plant in one or two rows in raised beds. Your plug plants will come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Tendergreen (organic)
In the kitchen: Steam lightly, or blanche. Toss with olive oil, garlic and chopped parsley once cooked for a very simple but tasty side dish.
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Runner Bean – Enorma
Original price was: £6.99.£4.89Current price is: £4.89.
(10 Plug Plants)Just keep picking those beans!
Runner Beans look so attractive climbing up their wigwams with their bright red flowers. Enorma is a quick growing variety that will produce a heavy crop of long runner beans for you to pick on many a summer’s evening. You can grow in large pots or in beds. Growing beans from plug plants is very easy – the plants come with a comprehensive growing guide to help you if you are new to growing your own vegetables.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Enorma (organic*)
In the kitchen: Runner beans are delicious steamed until just tender – add a knob of butter and some freshly chopped herbs too.
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Cucamelon
Original price was: £5.99.£4.19Current price is: £4.19.
(3 Plug Plants)Fun, quirky and great in a gin & tonic
These grape-sized cucumbers have mottled green skin that makes them look like tiny watermelons (hence the name). They are super refreshing and have a slight citrus flavour. They will grow best in the greenhouse but make sure you leave a window or door open for pollinators. Plug plants make them particularly easy to grow – just follow the guide that comes with your plants!
Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Cucamelon (organic*)
In the kitchen: These little beauties are a fun and interesting addition to any salad bowl and great in cocktails too.
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Peas – Kelvedon Wonder
Original price was: £6.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
(10 Plug Plants)Pop some peas in your veg plot!
Home grown peas are so sweet and delicious, they rarely make it back to the kitchen. Just open the pods while you’re doing the weeding and have a healthy nibble! You can expect a good crop from this variety. Perfect for pots or beds, alike. You’ll receive a full growing guide with your plug plants making it very easy to get started with growing peas. In late summer – plant in a greenhouse.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Kelvedon Wonder
In the kitchen: Eat your peas raw, or steamed/blanched. We love peas paired with freshly chopped mint and some garlic and olive oil.
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Cucumber – Crystal Lemon
Original price was: £5.99.£4.19Current price is: £4.19.
(3 Plug Plants)Easy, quick growing and very prolific
This old-fashioned round cucumber will produce delightful shaped, yellow coloured fruits. The fruits are crunchy, juicy, mild and sweet with fantastic flavour. You should be able to eat the cucumbers by the end of July. If you keep picking, they’ll go on producing into the autumn, and finish in October (depending on the season, of course!) Cucumbers are best grown in a greenhouse or polytunnel, but you can plant them outside in a sunny, sheltered spot from late May onwards as well. Plug plants make them particularly easy to grow – just follow the guide that comes with the cucumber plants!Number of plants: 3
Variety: Crystal Lemon (organic)
In the kitchen: These cucumbers are delicious in salads adding a lovely splash of colour. Also great for dipping in hummus and for making tzatziki style dips.
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Dwarf Runner Bean – Hestia
Original price was: £6.99.£4.89Current price is: £4.89.
(10 Plug Plants)Runner beans for small gardens & containers
This variety is ideal for smaller plots, reaching only 45cm tall. You can plant 4 to 5 in a large pot. They are largely self-supporting, but if grown in a windy spot they would benefit from being grown around a short bamboo wigwam. These plants produce striking red and white flowers that look really lovely in the garden. Plug plants come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Hestia (organic)
In the kitchen: Steam or boil runner beans until they are just tender. Lovely served with a herby olive oil.
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Mangetout Peas – Carouby de Mausanne
Original price was: £6.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
(10 Plug Plants)Pretty plants that look like sweet peas!
This old French variety of mangetout produces large flat pods. You can expect to pick your own mangetout peas for several weeks once they start cropping. We particularly love growing them for their sweet pea-like flowers – they look great climbing a wigwam. Perfect for pots and beds, and very easy to grow from our plug plants. You’ll receive a full growing guide with your plant delivery. In late summer – plant in a greenhouse.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Carouby de Mausanne
In the kitchen: Mangetout are delicious eaten raw in salads, or add them to a stir-fry. Try steaming with french beans and drizzling with olive oil and freshly chopped herbs for a warm salad.
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Broad Bean – Aquadulce Claudia
Original price was: £6.99.£4.89Current price is: £4.89.
(10 Plug Plants)A reliable broad bean variety
Very easy to grow, this variety of broad bean produces longer bean pods. Best harvested young and tender. The plants can be grown in beds or in large pots/planters. There is plenty of growing advice in the growing guide that comes with the plug plants, to help get you off to a good start with your broad bean growing.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Aquadulce Claudia (organic)
In the kitchen: Delicious boiled or steamed, and best eaten podded and peeled, broad beans are great in risotto, pasta dishes or smashed up with butter and served on bruschetta.
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Baby Sweetcorn – Minipop
Original price was: £5.99.£4.19Current price is: £4.19.
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, crunchy, sweet and full of flavour
This is a special variety for the production of delicious mini cobs which can be harvested at about 10 cm in length.If you are short of space, these plants can be planted much closer together than normal sweetcorn and you do not need to plant in traditional blocks to aid germination.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: Minipop (organic)
In the kitchen: Perfect for stir-fries, steaming or to add extra crunch to your salads.