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Wild Rocket – Dragons Fire
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(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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Broccoli – De Cicco
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(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 midsummer (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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Cauliflower – All Year Round
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

A popular cauliflower that can be planted in spring, summer or autumn!

This variety is a very popular all season cauliflower which can be set closer together than others to produce tasty small heads and is easier to grow than most other varieties. Firm the plants in well when you plant the plugs, as this will help them to form a firm cauliflower head. You’ll receive a complete growing guide with the plants, so follow the advice in that for best results with growing cauliflower.

Number of plants: 10 plug plants

Variety: All Year Round (organic*)

In the kitchen: Perfect for roasting, steaming, making soup and for a lovely warming cauliflower cheese!

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Chicory – Rossa di Treviso
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

An interesting plant to try in your kitchen garden

This is a fun little plant to grow, adding a deep red colour to your plot. Harvest the whole head or just use the outer leaves. Once fully grown you can usually leave it in the ground until you’re ready to harvest. It is easy to grow chicory using our organic plug plants, and the plants arrive with a full growing guide to get you started.

Number of plants: 10

Variety: Rossa di Treviso (organic)

In the kitchen: Chicory can be used in salads or cooked. Try blanching or braising it.

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Endive – Pancalieri
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

A crunchy salad leaf that grows easily

A frizzy, frilly feast of a plant! Harvest the young leaves as a cut-and-come-again to add a punchy flavour and a good crunch to salads, or wait until the whole head has matured. Endives are very easy to grow using our organic plug plants, just follow the advice in the comprehensive growing guide that arrives with your delivery.

Number of plants: 10

Variety: Pancalieri (organic)

In the kitchen: Endives have a slightly more biting flavour than lettuce so the leaves work wonderfully well in salads.

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Giant Winter Leeks
Original price was: £6.99.Current price is: £5.59.
(20 Plug Plants)

The gardener’s choice of leek
Giant Winter is an excellent late variety producing thick leeks that will hold well in the ground for a long time and are winter hardy. You will find more than one leek growing in most of your plug plants, so you will get plenty of leeks to harvest! You can either tease them apart to plant each leek separately, or plant together without separating. There is plenty of growing advice in the growing guide that arrives with the plug plants.

Number of plants: 20 (although you are likely to receive two or three seedlings in each plug)

Variety: Giant Winter (organic)

In the kitchen: Leeks are delicious in soups, stews and pies. You can steam, fry or boil. Finely chopping leeks brings out their flavour and texture.

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Golden Ball Turnip
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

A truly unique, brightly coloured turnip with an exquisite flavour
A lovely, sweet flavoured turnip that’ll store well. Growing from our plug plants is very easy – just pop them in your veg plot when your plants arrive and keep them well watered – a complete growing guide is provided with every plant delivery. Turnips are quick growing – they will be ready to harvest when the roots are about the size of a golf ball. Once harvested, store them in a cool dark place. Perfect for warming winter casseroles and so much tastier than shop bought turnips.

Number of plants: 10

Variety: Golden Ball (organic)

In the kitchen: Great in casseroles and stews or even slow roasted.

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Leeks – Musselburgh
Original price was: £6.99.Current price is: £5.59.
(20 Plug Plants)

A tried and tested traditional variety
Musselburgh produces huge, handsome leeks with thick stems and dark green leaves. It is reliable, easy to grow, winter hardy, with good disease resistance and an excellent strong flavour. It will be ready for harvesting late summer to early winter. It’s easy to grow leeks from plug plants – just follow the instructional leaflet that will arrive with your plug plants.

Number of plants: 20

Variety: Musselburgh (organic)

In the kitchen: Leeks are delicious in soups, stews and pies. You can steam, fry or boil. Finely chopping leeks brings out the flavour and texture.

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Lemon Verbena
Original price was: £8.99.Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)

Great for soothing herbal teas

Lemon Verbena is a real treat to grow for its lemon scented leaves. We’d recommend growing your plug plants in pots, so you can move them under cover as the weather turns cooler in autumn, and hopefully they’ll keep going. Pick a few leaves and brew them in hot water for the most delicious herbal tea. Great for ice cream and cake baking too!

Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)

Organic*

In the kitchen: Great for herbal teas, puddings & ice cream

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Lettuce – Acherito
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

A cross between little gem & red romaine

Producing petite crunchy lettuce with red leaves, these lettuce plants can be grown alongside other vegetables as they are very space efficient. Just pop them in any gaps that have come up in your plot. They are excellent for summer growing as they are fairly resistant to bolting. Best harvested whole when they are mature. The plug plants arrive in plastic-free packaging together with a complete growing guide.

Number of plants: 10 plug plants

Variety: Acherito (organic*)

In the kitchen: Perfect tossed in a variety of salads but can also be braised in butter or oil for a tasty side dish to grilled chicken or fish.

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Lettuce – Lollo Rossa
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

This wonderful looking lettuce is a must in any kitchen garden
Lollo Rossa lettuce forms tight frilly maroon heads. You can wait and harvest the whole plant, or pick a few leaves here and there as needed. It is very easy to grow lettuces from plug plants – just pop them in the ground, or in pots or a window box, and keep them well watered. A full growing guide is provided with the plants.

Number of plants: 10 plug plants

Variety: Lollo Rossa (organic*)

In the kitchen: Use this lettuce to bulk up salads and add a splash of colour.

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Lovage
Original price was: £8.99.Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)

A punchy herb for celery fans
Loveage is a superb hardy perennial herb which produces leaves that have quite a strong, punchy flavour that is not dissimilar to celery, but more intense! It’ll grow quite big in the summer, to approximately 1m-2m high, and 1m wide, so give it plenty of space. It will die back for winter before returning in spring. Your Lovage plug plants come in sets of 3 in small 8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots, ready to be planted straight away.

Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)

Organic*

In the kitchen: Great to add to stews, soups and stocks.

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Mizuna – Kyoto Green
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

Attractive, delicious salad leaves

Mizuna is a cut-and-come-again Oriental salad leaf with deeply cut, spicy flavoured leaves. It is easy to grow and well worth having in your salad patch. Harvest the leaves regularly so that the plant continues to grow for many weeks. If you grow these plants in a slightly shaded spot, they will last even longer without bolting early. Mizuna plug plants make it easy to get going – no fussing with seeds! Just follow the advice in the growing guide when your plants arrive.

Number of plants: 10 plug plants

Variety: Kyoto (organic*)

In the kitchen: Mizuna is delicious in salads, adding a punchy flavour. When it does bolt you can use the broccoli-like florets in stir-fries.

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Oregano (Greek)
Original price was: £8.99.Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)

Delicious in smell and taste, a delightful addition to the garden.
With its lovely bright green leaves and aroma, Greek Oregano is a very attractive plant for the garden.

Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)

Variety: Greek (organic)

In the kitchen: With a warm aroma, oregano goes particularly well with tomatoes, aubergine and lamb and is generally added just at the end of cooking, so that it retains its pungency. It is a popular addition to many Italian and Greek dishes.

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Rhubarb Chard
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

Colourful, nutrient-rich and delicious

This is a leaf beet chard that will add a nice splash of colour to the garden. It’s a nice one to grow in borders and pots as well. Treat it like spinach or pick the leaves while they are young for salads. Growing rhubarb chard from plug plants is easy – just follow the instructions in the growing guide that is provided with the plants.

Number of plants: 10

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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Rosemary
Original price was: £8.99.Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)

A delicious classic
This delicious culinary variety of Rosemary will produce upright deep green foliage and blue flowers. Rosemary can create a fantastic decorative and fragrant hedge if you plant a series of plug plants about 2 feet apart.

Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)

Organic

In the kitchen: Spike meat, poultry and game with rosemary. Alternatively, chop it and use in stuffings and sauces for fish, lamb or chicken. Can be used fresh or dried.

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Calendula – Marigold Pot
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

Stunning edible flowers that make great companion plants
Whether you grow calendula for the bees, for adding petals to salads and paella or to keep pests at bay, the fabulous flowers will really add to your plot. Calendula plants grow easily in full sunshine and will flower right through the summer and on into autumn – just keep them well watered. They will self seed as well.

No. of plants: 10

Variety: Marigold Pot

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Comfrey
Original price was: £8.99.Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)

A wonder plant!
Drawing minerals out of the soil and into its roots and leaves, Comfrey can be used as a compost accelerator, to make liquid manure, mulch, weed suppressant and as an insect attractor. Our Comfrey plug plants come in sets of 3 in small 8cm biodegradable pots, ready to be planted straight away.

Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)

Organic

Uses: Comfrey should not be eaten. Comfrey is however wonderful used for grazes, bruising and stings. Pick a leaf, spit on it, rub it between the palms till it starts breaking up, then rub on the affected area.

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Companion Plant Pack
Original price was: £13.99.Current price is: £11.19.
(30 Plug Plants)

Help to keep pests at bay with beautiful companion plants
Companion planting is a traditional and natural way to deter pests from crops that you are growing and to attract good insects such as hoverflies, lacewings and ladybirds which are the best natural predators of aphids and whitefly. Our little companion plant pack is a great way to get started and not only do the plants look lovely when interspersed with your vegetables, they all have the advantage of being edible too.

With 30 plants in total, this pack contains the following plants:

Calendula x 10
Plant calendula all around your plot, particularly close to your tomatoes, peppers and aubergine to help deter aphids. They also look very pretty when in flower. Use petals to garnish salads.

Calendula (Pot Marigold) x 10
The strong colour of marigolds attracts beneficial hoverflies, lacewings and ladybirds. Plant them in amongst your crops or next to rows of veg. You can add the petals to brighten up your salads and even add to paella too.

Nasturtiums x 10
Nasturtiums secrete a mustard oil that insects love, plant them as a sacrificial crop close to brassicas to deter caterpillars. A wonderful pretty companion plant with edible leaves and petals which have a distinctive peppery taste.

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Curly Parsley
Original price was: £8.99.Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)

Much more than just a garnish
Curly Parsley is the most common type of Parsley, producing tight emerald green curly leaves.

Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)

Variety: Curly (organic*)

In the kitchen: Parsley is such a wonderfully versatile and nutritious herb with its clean flavour demanding no restraint on use. It can be the main ingredient in everything from salads to smoothies. Parsley keeps its bright colour and flavour even when pureed. Make it the base of your next pesto, sauce, soup or shower it over meats and seafood to brighten up your dish.

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Kale – Red Russian
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

This is one of our favourites!

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 super healthy and easy to grow. We’re sure you will enjoy it just as much as we do! Growing kale is very easy from plug plants – just pop 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

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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Kale – Rote Krauser
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(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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Lettuce – Baby Leaf Mix
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

Perfect for small gardens (or even a windowsill)
This is a new mix of baby leaf varieties, with four different lettuce varieties that offer a range of shapes, colours and textures that are perfect together in salads. Use as a cut-and-come-again crop, harvesting baby leaves regularly right through the summer and into autumn. The lettuce plug plants are very easy to grow – perfect for pots, beds or window boxes. A full growing guide is included with the plant delivery.

Number of plants: 10 plug plants

Variety: Baby Leaf Mix (organic*) – includes Albabionda, Albaverde, Albarossa and Baby Romaine

In the kitchen: This mixture makes for a quick and easy green salad

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Lettuce – Lollo Biondi
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)

Tender cut and come again lettuce leaves
One of the prettiest lime-green varieties of multi leaf lettuces. It is the shiny-green sister of Lollo Rosso. This variety has extremely frizzy, crinkled and compact leaves. Growing lettuces from plug plants is incredibly easy – just plant up in beds or pots and keep them well watered and protected from slugs. Complete growing guide comes with the plants which are delivered in plastic-free packaging.

Number of plants: 10

Variety: Lollo Biondi (organic)

In the kitchen: The best salads have lettuce as their base to give you background flavours and plenty of crunch.

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