Spring/Summer Plants
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Purple Sprouting Broccoli – Early
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, beautiful colour and fantastic flavour
An extremely healthy and tasty vegetable that is so much more flavoursome when harvested and eaten fresh from your own garden. This variety is great to plant in spring/summer for a harvest between February and May, when there’s not much else to harvest! 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.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Early (organic*)
In the kitchen: Packed full of flavour when lightly steamed, stir-fried or boiled in just a few minutes so that the florets become tender. Drizzle with melted butter and lemon juice to make a delicious side dish.
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Rainbow Chard – Bright Lights
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Colourful, nutrient-rich and delicious
Rainbow chard will bring a pleasing punch of colour to your veg patch during the colder months. It is a flavoursome and nutrient-rich plant that will produce leaves throughout the seasons. Simply cut off the bigger, outer leaves at the base and more will keep growing. It is easy to grow rainbow chard from plug plants – just plant in raised beds or large containers and follow the growing guide that is provided with the plants.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Bright Lights (organic*)
In the kitchen: The 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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Romanesco Cauliflower
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)A weirdly beautiful cauliflower to grow
These plants will produce jade green spears which are beautiful and intriguing to look at. They are also delicious to eat! They taste like a mixture between broccoli and cauliflower and can be cooked in much the same way. As with all brassica plants, these are best grown in beds and will need good protection from pigeons and other pests. You’ll receive a full growing guide with your plug plants, so just follow the advice and you’ll find it easy to grow your own romanesco cauliflower.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Romanesco (organic*)
In the kitchen: Perfect for roasting, steaming, deep frying in batter, or even raw in your salads!
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Rosemary – Trailing
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)A trailing variety suitable for hanging baskets and walls
A great choice for hanging baskets (especially if you tend to forget about watering them!) or for trailing over a wall. Rosemary is an evergreen, and this variety will produce blue flowers in spring. Our Rosemary plug plants will arrive ready to plant, in plastic-free packaging.
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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Spinach – Perpetual
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)A fantastically versatile nutrient-rich plant
Producing tasty leaves for you throughout the seasons, as perpetual spinach grows you can simply cut the bigger outer leaves off at the base and it’ll keep producing more and more. As long as the slugs and caterpillars don’t get to it, it’ll carry on for ages. Perpetual spinach is very easy to grow from our organic plug plants – suitable for pots and beds, and will grow well in sun or partial shade. Full growing instructions come with the plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Perpetual (organic*)
In the kitchen: You can either cook the spinach leaves making a delicious addition to a wide range of dishes, use the baby leaves in salads or add to smoothies or juice.
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Sweetcorn – Sweet Nugget
Original price was: £5.99.£4.49Current price is: £4.49.
(10 Plug Plants)Produces lovely golden cobs with a super sweet flavour
Sweetcorn is easy to grow but be sure to plant them in blocks rather than rows. This sweetcorn variety produces cobs approx. 20cm in length, and looks lovely when it’s growing in the veg patch. Growing sweetcorn from plug plants is very easy – just pop them in your veg plot when your plants arrive and keep them well watered. See our growing guides for more details.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Sweet Nugget (organic*)
In the kitchen: Best eaten fresh from the garden with butter and black pepper. Alternatively, try bbq-ing them with chilli and garlic butter.
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Tomato – Gardeners Delight
Original price was: £6.99.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(5 Plug Plants)If you only grow one variety of tomato then Gardener’s Delight should be the one.
An easy to grow, large cherry tomato. The fruits are small but the taste is sweet and amazing. Growing your own tomatoes is very easy from plug plants. They are best grown in a greenhouse or polytunnel, but you can plant them in a sunny, sheltered spot from late May once the weather is warmer. Full growing guide comes with the plug plants to make growing your tomatoes easy, even if you are completely new to growing your own vegetables!
Number of plants: 5 plug plants
Variety: Gardener’s Delight (organic*)
In the kitchen: Chop up and throw in a handful of fresh basil leaves, a drizzle of olive oil and in an instant, you’ll have a delicious summer salad. These are delicious eaten raw, roasted or cooked in Mediterranean dishes.
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Wild Bergamot
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Bees, butterflies and beneficial insects love this plant
Wild Bergamot is a beautiful North American wild flower with a strong scent and very attractive lavender coloured flowers. It can grow to approximately 1m in height.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pot)
Variety: Wild Bergamot (organic*)
In the Kitchen: Bergamot leaves make a fantastic accompanying flavour to meat dishes. The leaves are also wonderful used in herbal tea.
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Wild Rocket
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, full of flavour and plentiful
This is one of our favourite vegetable plants to grow. Keep it well watered, and plant it in a slightly shady spot. The taste is phenomenal compared to shop bought rocket and it just keeps cropping for months. Cut the outer leaves off as they reach the desired size. Simple. Growing wild rocket from our plug plants is easy – just follow the instructions in the growing guide that is provided with your plants when they arrive.
Number of plants: 10 organic plug plants
Variety: Wild Rocket (organic*)
In the kitchen: With its peppery flavoured leaves it is delicious used in salads. Sprinkle over pizzas and pasta dishes too for a little kick.
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Winter Squash – Uchiki Kuri
Original price was: £5.99.£4.49Current price is: £4.49.
(3 Plug Plants)Very early to ripen – great for UK growing!
A lovely looking winter squash, each plant forms three to five small pumpkin-like fruits averaging 1.5kg. The fruits are an intense orange/red colour with golden flesh and have a sweet nutty flavour. We really love this variety – it is very pretty, and a popular one amongst foodies and chefs. It ripens early making it a safe bet if you’re planting late, or if autumn comes sooner in your neck of the woods. Winter Squash is easy to grow using plug plants and full growing guide is provided with the plants.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Uchiki Kuri (organic*)
In the kitchen: For a simple and delicious side dish, try roasting this squash with garlic cloves and seasoning. Also brilliant and tasty in soups.
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Beetroot – Chioggia
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Stripy Beetroots!
This traditional Italian beetroot has beautiful, decorative white rings when sliced. It looks amazing sliced finely and added to salads. Definitely worth growing! Our beetroot plug plants make it very easy to grow your own beetroot, whether you are growing in pots or beds. The plants arrive with a complete growing guide, and are delivered in plastic-free packaging.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Chioggia Italian (organic*)
In the kitchen: This variety of beetroot is great for slicing into salads so that you can see the beautiful stripes.
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Broccoli (Calabrese) – Green Sprouting
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)A delicious and easy to grow family favourite
This is a green sprouting variety of broccoli. After you have harvested the main head of broccoli (the ‘leader’), it will start to produce successive spears for you to harvest. You can either harvest them whilst small and tender or wait until they form a larger head. Use netting to keep butterflies (and therefore caterpillars) at bay! Growing from our broccoli plug plants is quick and easy – just plant them in your garden when your plugs arrive and keep them well watered – a complete growing guide comes with every delivery.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Green Sprouting (organic*)
In the kitchen: Great steamed, roasted with a little oil or stir-fried, it is an extremely versatile kitchen garden staple.
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Cauliflower – All Year Round
£5.99
(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
£5.99
(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 plug plants
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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Cobra French Climbing Bean
Original price was: £6.99.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(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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Courgette – Genovese
Original price was: £5.99.£4.49Current price is: £4.49.
(3 Plug Plants)A compact variety of pale skinned courgettes
With pale, mottled light green skin, these courgettes tend to start cropping a little earlier in the season (if the weather is good, of course!) It is a bush variety so will not take up too much space – great for pots! Courgettes are very easy to grow using plug plants – just follow the advice in the growing guide that comes with the plants.
Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Genovese (organic*)
In the kitchen: Courgettes are a wonderfully versatile vegetable – they can be used in stir-fries, soups, casseroles, salads, pasta dishes, pickled, the list goes on. You can even cook the flower: try stuffing with herbs and cream cheese and frying it lightly.
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Courgette – Green Bush
Original price was: £5.99.£4.49Current price is: £4.49.
(3 Plug Plants)A high yielding, easy to grow courgette plant
This is a bush variety of courgette, which means that plants are large, robust and vigorous but stay compact without sprawling. The fruit are uniform and straight, with a rich dark green colouring and a fine flavour that’s delicate and sweet enough to eat raw, straight off the plant. Growing courgettes from plug plants is very easy – plant in full sunshine, in beds or large pots, and be sure to water well. You will receive a complete growing guide with your plug plants.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Green Bush (organic*)
In the kitchen: A wonderfully versatile vegetable, courgettes can be used in stir-fries, soups, casseroles, salads, pasta dishes, pickled, the list goes on. You can even eat its beautiful flower, try stuffing it with herbs and cheese and frying it briefly.
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Cucumber – Marketmore
Original price was: £5.99.£4.49Current price is: £4.49.
(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 plug plants
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.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(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 plug plants
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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Endive – Pancalieri
£5.99
(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 plug plants
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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Feverfew
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Pretty daisy-like flowers
Long used medicinally for making herbal teas with the leaves for fever and migraine, the best thing about Feverfew is the carpet of daisy-like flowers that appear in summer and continue through to late autumn. They are great for bees, and are good for cutting too!Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic*
In the kitchen: Use leaves to make herbal teas
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French Bean – Yard Long
Original price was: £6.99.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(10 Plug Plants)Super long, snakelike French beans!
These brilliantly long French Beans are so easy to grow from plug plants, however they will need full sunshine so make sure you position them well, or you could grow them in a polytunnel/greenhouse. They can be grown in large pots or beds and will need a 2m tall wigwam structure or other bean support to climb. Harvest the yard long beans in late summer. Some say that the beans have a slightly aspargus-like flavour, and in other parts of the world they are called Asparagus Beans.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Yard Long (*organic)
In the kitchen: Can be steamed, blanched, added to stir fries and even braised with garlic.
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Giant Winter Leeks
£6.99
(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 plug plants (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
£5.99
(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 plug plants
Variety: Golden Ball (organic*)
In the kitchen: Great in casseroles and stews or even slow roasted.