Spring/Summer Plants
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Garlic Chives
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Not only adds great flavour to your dishes but looks attractive growing in the garden
Garlic Chives are similar to Chives, but the leaves are flatter with a white flower that has a delicate garlic and onion flavour. If you don’t have access to a patch of wild garlic in early spring, these make an excellent substitute, producing lots of leaves at around the same time.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic*
In the kitchen: The slim, elegant dark green leaves can be used as a tasty addition to salads, or in soups, stews and curries. The flowers are also edible and look lovely when sprinkled over a summer salad.
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Quick Growing Salad Collection
£32.99
(90 Plug Plants)Cut and come again salad to enjoy all summer
If you are keen to begin harvesting tasty salads in just a couple of weeks after planting, then this easy to grow little pack of salad plug plants is perfect. The plug plants are so easy to grow, just pop them in the ground, water well and keep protected from slugs. Suitable for growing in pots or beds, and will do well in light shade. All our vegetable plug plants are delivered in plastic-free packaging and come with a complete growing guide.You’ll receive various different salad plants, with 3 types of lettuce, as well as spinach, rocket, mizuna, endive, chard and beetroot.
Number of plants: 90 plug plants
Space required: An area approx 120cm x 150cm
In the kitchen: Pick a few leaves from each plant to make your own mixed salad and ditch the supermarket salad bags this summer.
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Tomato – Saint Pierre
£6.99
(5 Plug Plants)Late cropping & a good yield
Extend the tomato season with this late cropping variety. It is a lovely fleshy tomato, with great flavour not dissimilar to beefsteak types. It tends to be quite productive so you can expect a good crop if we get a reasonable summer.
Number of plants: 5 plug plants
Variety: Saint Pierre (organic*)
In the kitchen: Chop up tomatoes and throw in a handful of fresh basil leaves, a drizzle of olive oil and in an instant, you’ll have a delicious colourful summer salad. These are delicious eaten raw, roasted or used in preserves.
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Tomato – Yellow Perfection
£6.99
(5 Plug Plants)A long cropper
Yellow Perfection crops for several months, making it a good option if you’re short on space and can only grow one variety, but would like to enjoy your own home grown tomatoes right through summer and into autumn. The tomatoes are quite small in size, but a little larger than a cherry tomato.
Number of plants: 5 plug plants
Variety: Yellow Perfection (organic*)
In the kitchen: Chop up tomatoes and throw in a handful of fresh basil leaves, a drizzle of olive oil and in an instant, you’ll have a delicious colourful summer salad. These are delicious eaten raw, roasted or used in preserves.
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Tree Spinach
£5.99
(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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Baby Sweetcorn – Minipop
£5.99
(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 plug plants
Variety: Minipop (organic*)
In the kitchen: Perfect for stir-fries, steaming or to add extra crunch to your salads.
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Japanese Mint
£8.99
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
£8.99
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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Chervil
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Delicious and rich in vitamins
Chervil is confused with parsley because of its leaves. This annual has an unusual aniseed flavour and is very rich in vitamins.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Organic*
In the kitchen: Delicious in soups and salads. Chervil goes very well with chicken and white fish.
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Gourmet Bean and Pea Collection
£26.99
(60 Plug Plants)A must have in your kitchen garden
This lovely collection of beans and pea plants will provide you with a plentiful harvest during the summer months. This collection contains Runner Beans, Borlotti Beans, French Beans, Sugar Snap Peas and Mangetout Peas. Please note that contents may vary depending upon the season. Growing from plug plants is very easy – just pop them in your veg plot when your plants arrive and keep them well watered. Our growing guide has plenty of advice and comes free with every order. In late summer – plant in a greenhouse.Number of plants: 60 plug plants
Space required: An area of approx 1m x 5m
In the kitchen: All full of flavour, these plants are so versatile and complement any dish whether it be a Sunday roast, stir-fry, soup or a summery salad.
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Hyssop
£8.99
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
£8.99
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
£8.99
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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Pineapple Sage
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Stunning red flowers and a pineapple scent
Named for the strong pineapple scent of the leaves, you might prefer to grow this bushy variety of sage for its spectacular, spiky red flowers which earn it the alternative name of Scarlet Pimpernel. Our Pineapple Sage plants come ready to be planted straight away. They are best grown in pots and containers and will need to be placed in full sun.
Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Pineapple (organic*)
In the kitchen: The leaves of this sage are well suited to ice creams, puddings and fruit salads.
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Pumpkin & Squash Patch – Plug Plant Collection
£21.99
(15 Plug Plants)Colourful, decorative, fun and ever so tasty
This is a lovely collection of pumpkins, winter and summer squash that will provide you with colourful and tasty vegetables throughout the summer and autumn months. Growing pumpkins and squash from our plug plants is very easy – just plant them in a sunny part of the garden, and refer to your growing guide (provided with every plant delivery) for growing advice.Number of plants: 15 plug plants
Space required: If growing on the ground, allow approx 15 metres growing space. If growing vertically, against a trellis or fence, you could pack the plants in a little closer, allowing 10 metres space, or grow them in big containers (15 containers, 1 plant per pot)
In the kitchen: This collection of pumpkins and winter squash are all delicious and are great for stuffing, roasting, using in soups or to make delicious pies.
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Tomato Collection
£15.99
(15 Plug Plants)Homegrown tomatoes knock the spots off anything you can buy
This colourful tomato collection contains 3 different super tasty and easy to grow varieties, 15 plug plants in total. Tomatoes are easy to grow from plug plants. We’d recommend growing your tomatoes in a greenhouse or polytunnel if you can, if not, choose a sunny, sheltered spot in the garden. You’ll receive a complete growing guide with your plug plants when they arrive.Number of plants: 15 plug plants (organic*)
Space required: 5 grow bags, or 15x individual pots, or an area measuring approx 2m x 3m
In the kitchen: Chop up the tomatoes and throw in a handful of fresh basil leaves, a drizzle of olive oil and in an instant, you’ll have a bright, colourful and delicious summer salad. These are delicious eaten raw, roasted or cooked in Mediterranean dishes.
(please note – if varieties specified are unavailable we may replace with alternatives.)
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Offer!
Kestrel Seed Potatoes (Second Early)
Original price was: £4.99.£3.99Current price is: £3.99.
(10 Tubers)Good taste, and good slug resistance
Kestrel is a great looking potato, but its real qualities come in the form of flavour and slug-resistance. It is a particularly good choice for those with heavy, clay-type soils. With fun purple and white patchy skin, and very versatile in the kitchen, this is definitely one of our favourites. Be aware, it doesn’t do brilliantly if the soil dries out, so if you live in a drier part of the country or have sandy soil, you’ll need to water frequently (or go for a different variety!) Usually ready to harvest in July.
Number of tubers (seed potatoes): 10
Variety: Kestrel
In the kitchen: Great for boiling, mash, chips, roast
Delivery: We start shipping seed potatoes in February
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Offer!
Paris Seed Potatoes (Second Early)
Original price was: £4.99.£3.99Current price is: £3.99.
(10 Tubers)A great all rounder
Paris usually produces a good yield of waxy, oval/round shaped potatoes with a smooth skin and creamy light yellow flesh. It tends to produce perfectly formed potatoes, all of a similar size, that are great for cooking up in all sorts of ways – roasted, in mash and as salad potatoes. It is a second early variety with reasonably good resistance to disease. Potatoes will grow best in fertile, well-dug over soil with good drainage.
Number of tubers (seed potatoes): 10
Variety: Paris
In the kitchen: Great for baking, mashing, roasting, frying – will also work really well as a salad potato.
Delivery: We start shipping seed potatoes in February
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Vietnamese Coriander
£8.99
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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Basil – Crimson King
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Delicious flavour, purple leaves
This variety is everything you’d expect from basil but with purple leaves. Great flavour, easy to grow in pots, perfect for sunny spots… Basil ‘Crimson King’ is a perfect addition to window boxes or outdoor herb gardens where it can grow in full sun.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Crimson King (organic*)
In the kitchen: Use as you would the green variety – can be added to salads, tomato dishes and its perfect on top of your homemade pizzas. Try making purple pesto!
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Greek Basil
£8.99
3 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
£8.99
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
£8.99
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
£8.99
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.