Spring/Summer Plants
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Mizuna – Red Knight
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Attractive and easy to grow, a tasty addition to your veg patch
Mizuna is an attractive and delicious cut-and-come-again salad leaf with deeply cut spicy flavoured leaves. It is easy to grow and well worth having in your veg patch. 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
Variety: Red Knight (organic)
In the kitchen: Delicious in salads and also great for stir-frying.
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Nasturtium
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Fab edible flowers that make great companion plants
Pop some nasturtium plants in a pot near your brassicas to keep cabbage white butterflies off your veg crops, or pop them in a pot elsewhere so that you can pick off the edible flowers to enjoy in salads or sprinkled on dishes like risotto. Nasturtiums are very easy to grow from plug plants – just plant them and keep them well watered during dry spells. A full growing guide comes with the plants.No. of plants: 10
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Nigella (Love-in-a-Mist)
Original price was: £6.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
(10 Plug Plants)Great for cutting
Nigella, also known as Love-in-a-Mist is a lovely flower to grow in the kitchen garden. The flowers are edible (in small quantities, and only the flower, not the whole plant!), and they are also perfect for cutting to make posies for the kitchen – pop a few stems in a small vase or jam jar.No. of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Persian Jewel Mix
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Tagete – Starfire Mix
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Pretty flowers that’ll attract the bees
Tagetes have long been a veg patch favourite for encouraging bees and other pollinators, as well as helping to protect your crops from pests like aphids. Dotting a few clusters here and there amongst your crops will really bring your plot to life. They’ll keep flowering right through summer and autumn until the frosts get too heavy. Tagetes are easy to grow from plug plants – just pop them in the soil and let them do their work. A full growing guide is provided with all plants.No. of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Starfire Mix
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Zinnia – Purple Prince
Original price was: £6.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
(10 Plug Plants)A brilliant pop of colour
Easy to grow and stunning colour, zinnia is a great addition to the cut flower patch. Pop it in amongst some filler foliage like Hare’s Ear, and your vase will immediately be beautiful and zingy!No. of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Purple Prince
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Amaranth – Red Army
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Gorgeous reds for your garden
We’re excited to offer Amaranth Red Army as plug plants this year. You can enjoy the red leaves as micro leaves, cutting them very young to add a splash of colour to salad. Or you can wait a little longer and harvest larger leaves individually, or, and arguably the best option, wait until it reaches full height and produces striking flower spikes for cutting.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Amaranth Red Army (organic*)
In the kitchen: Great as part of any baby-leaf salad when small however larger leaves can be sauteed or steamed similar to spinach.
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Bulb Fennel – Zefo Fina
Original price was: £6.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
(10 Plants)Easy to grow fennel bulbs
This variety produces small-to- medium sized bulbs to harvest in late summer. The feathery foliage looks lovely in the veg patch, and is useful as a filler for cut flowers too. Bulb fennel is very easy-going – just pop it in the ground in fertile soil, keep it well watered and it should do well.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: Zefo Fina (organic*)
In the kitchen: Great for gratins, or chopped finely and added to bean salads and other green veggies. Try roasting them too.
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Celeriac – Giant Prague
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Celeriac plug plants make it easy to grow
If you love celeriac, then you have to try growing it! Suitable for raised beds and traditional plots – dig in plenty of compost when planting. The key to growing celeriac is to keep the plants well watered throughout the growing season, as this will help the root to swell so that you have a decent size celeriac to pull up over the winter months. Our organic plug plants arrive in plastic-free packaging and come with a complete growing guide to help you get the most from your vegetable plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Giant Prague (organic*)
In the kitchen: With its celery-like flavour with nutty overtones, celeriac is great mashed, boiled or roasted. Use it in slow cooked dishes or make a deliciously hearty soup.
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Lemon Balm
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)If you like sipping on herbal teas, then Lemon Balm is a must have for your garden!
Lemon Balm produces beautiful bright green leaves which have a lovely lemony flavour and fragrance. Lemon Balm will die back in winter and reappear the following spring.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic
In the kitchen: Works wonderfully as a herbal tea, just throw a few leaves into a mug of hot water and let it infuse for a few minutes for a calming cuppa. Alternatively, it works well with fish, poultry and vegetables as well as in salads, stuffings, juices and smoothies.
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Sorrel – Red Veined
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Delicious, colourful, full of nutrients and easy to grow
Sorrel is a perennial plant, one of the last to die down for winter and one of the first to appear in spring, so choose a permanent site to plant it. The tangy leaves can be added to salads and are best picked young. It is easy to grow, just pop the plug plants into beds or pots and keep them well watered. Plants arrive in plastic-free packaging and come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Red Veined Sorrel (organic)
In the kitchen: Sorrel adds colour to salads with a delicious sharp lemon flavoured salad leaf.
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Viola
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Beautiful edible flowers to grow
These pretty little flowers are so sweet and really decorative. Use them to decorate cakes and salads, or simply let them attract bees and other pollinators to your veg patch. Growing them from our plug plants is simple – just pop them in the soil in a sunny spot and keep them well watered. You’ll get a mixture of different coloured violas right through the summer and into autumn.Growing from our plug plants is very easy – just pop the viola plants in beds or pots when your plants arrive and keep them well watered – a complete growing guide is provided with all plants.
No. of plants: 10
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Bronze Fennel
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)A sweet aroma and a delicious aniseed flavour
Bronze Fennel is a superb hardy perennial herb which produces beautiful bronze coloured feathery foliage. It’ll grow quite big, to approximately 1m-2m high, and 1m wide, so give it plenty of space.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic
Great for protecting your tomatoes, chillies and aubergines!
In the kitchen: Bronze Fennel has a sweet aroma and a delicious aniseed flavour that goes well with white fish or used fresh in salads.
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Tree Spinach
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Sparkling pink and golden leaves!
Arguably the most beautiful salad leaf you’ll ever see! Tree Spinach plants deepen into a stunning magenta at the tips, and genuinely sparkle with a little gold dusting. Seeing is believing, so give them a grow and enjoy popping the pink leaves in your salads! The plug plants arrive with a complete growing guide, so it is easy to get started with growing these beauties, but worth knowing in advance that the plants grow quite tall and are best planted at the back of a border/bed.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Tree Spinach (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add Tree Spinach leaves to salads for a splash of bright pink – it’ll look really amazing!
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Japanese Mint
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Good for herbal teas and inhalations
This is almost like the Extra Strong Mint of the herbal mints. This variety of mint is grown for the medicinal use of the menthol essential oils found in its leaves. It can be used in similar ways to traditional mint varieties to make herbal teas, and it’s also a great one to use for a steam inhalation if you have a bad cold! Our Japanese Mint plug plants arrive ready to be planted straight away.
Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Japanese Mint (organic*)
In the kitchen: Make soothing herbal teas – great for colds!
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Apple Mint
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Mint with an apple-like scent
This is a softer variety of mint to garden mint, both in flavour and texture with its gently furry leaves! Named for the mild apple-like scent, it is a great one to grow for herbal teas and desserts like fruit salad, or grilled peaches. Our Apple Mint plug plants will arrive in biodegradable pots, ready to grow at home.
Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pot)
Variety: Apple Mint (organic*)
In the kitchen: Delicious sliced finely and sprinkled over grilled peaches
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Hyssop
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Bees and butterflies love these beautiful blue flowers.
Hyssop produces rich blue, clustered flowers that grow out of one side of its stem. These flowers are great at attracting bees and butterflies to the garden. The stem has a square shape with long pointed aromatic dark green leaves. Hyssop can grow to a height of 45cm.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cmbiodegradable fibre pots)
Organic
Great for protecting your brassicas!
In the kitchen: Use the young leaves of hyssop in salads or in meat or oily fish dishes or use to flavour soups, stews, stuffing and fruit dishes. Hyssop is said to aid the digestion of fatty or rich foods.
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Purple Sage
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Gorgeous shades of purple and green
This is such a beautiful variety of sage that looks fab growing in a herb bed or in the borders, providing purple and green foliage all year round. The bees will love the flowers that come out in summer. Great for stuffings, paired with squash, and to flavour nut roasts. Our Purple Sage plug plants are ready to be planted straight away.
Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Purple (organic*)
In the kitchen: Sage is traditionally used with pork, cheese and mushroom dishes and will make wonderful stuffings. The flowers are edible too and can be used to dress summer salads.
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Summer Savory
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Year round herbs for the garden
Summer Savory is an annual herb that produces peppery-flavoured leaves all summer. It is a real winner for stews, stuffings and roast veggies. The flavour is somewhere between thyme and pepper – much better and smoother once cooked, rather than being eaten raw. Best grown in well-drained soil, or in a pot with good drainage. Our Summer Savory plug plants come in sets of 3 in small 8.5cm biodegradable 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 stuffings.
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Vietnamese Coriander
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Striking in appearance with a punchy tasty flavour
Vietnamese Coriander is a popular herb in Asian cooking. It’s very punchy in flavour and has quite a striking look; the top of the leaf is dark green, with chestnut-coloured spots, and the bottom of the leaf is burgundy red. It’s a great alternative to traditional coriander that we’re so used to, the flavour is stronger and it’s less prone to bolting.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic*
In the kitchen: Young leaves are delicious chopped fresh in salads. Use in stir fries and curries, add towards the end of cooking time to retain the subtle flavours. It works wonderfully as a flavouring alongside lime, chilli and lemon grass.
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Greek Basil
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plug Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)The leaves on Greek Basil may be small, but its flavour is big and bold!
Greek Basil has a very tight compact growing habit and forms a perfectly spherical bush with tiny leaves appearing as though having been pruned.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Greek Basil (organic)
Great for protecting your tomatoes, chillies and aubergines!
In the kitchen: Pinch off small sprigs and add to salads, tomato dishes, sauces and vegetables.
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Chocolate Mint
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)An absolute delight for chocolate lovers
Chocolate Mint produces pretty brown/purple leaves, with a wonderfully minty chocolate taste and fragrance. Our Chocolate Mint plug plants come in sets of 3 in small 8.5cm biodegradable pots, ready to be planted straight away.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Chocolate (organic)
Great for protecting your brassicas, tomatoes, chillies and aubergines!
In the kitchen: Wonderful used in summery drinks, desserts, with fresh fruit or to make fresh mint tea.
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Ginger Mint
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Perfect for puddings and fruit salads
The gold-splashed leaves of Ginger Mint have a spicy ginger scent – this is a great one to grow for adding to cocktails and homemade lemonades as well as puddings, particularly fruit salads, or chopped and sprinkled over a slice of melon on a hot summer’s day.
Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pot)
Variety: Ginger Mint (organic*)
In the kitchen: The leaves of this herb are well suited to fruit salads, melon, Pimm’s and lemonades
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Sage
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Bees and other beneficial insects love these pretty flowers.
Sage is an evergreen herb with highly aromatic leaves. This lovely common broadleaf variety of Sage is arguably the best for culinary uses.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Common Broadleaf (organic)
Great for protecting your brassicas!
In the kitchen: Sage is traditionally used with pork, cheese and mushroom dishes and will make wonderful stuffings. The flowers are edible too and can be used to dress summer salads.
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Pineapple Mint
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Wonderful attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects
Pineapple Mint plants are one of the most attractive varieties of mints, producing beautiful green leaves edged with white. This mint has a lovely tasty hint of pineapple and is extremely versatile.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Pineapple (organic)
Great for protecting your brassicas, tomatoes, chillies and aubergines!
In the kitchen: Wonderful used in summery drinks, desserts, salads, with fresh fruit or to make fresh mint tea.