Brassica Plants
Brassicas are very nutritious vegetables and easy to grow. It’s a big category, including calabrese, broccoli, cabbage and kale and there are others too. Our Organic vegetable plug plants are a great way to get growing. All plants will arrive with a full growing guide.
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Kale – Cottagers
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)A Brussels sprouts/kale/purple sprouting broccoli cross
This is a fun new addition to our range of brassicas – it’s a cross between sprouts, kale and purple sprouting broccoli! An attractive plant with a mix of purple and green tones, this will give you a good supply of kale-like leaves throughout the winter and then a secondary supply of outer leaves in early spring as well. It is easy to grow and can be planted in sun or semi shaded areas. For hints and tips our plug plants arrive with a handy growing guide.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Cottagers Kale (organic*)
In the kitchen: The best way to retain the amazing health properties of kale is to steam the leaves. However it can also be sauteed, braised, roasted and stir fried making it an extremely versatile vegetable to use.
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Romanesco Cauliflower
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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
Variety: Romanesco (organic)
In the kitchen: Perfect for roasting, steaming, deep frying in batter, or even raw in your salads!
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Broccoli (Calabrese) – Green Sprouting
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current 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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Golden Ball Turnip
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current 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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Kale – Red Russian
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current 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.£4.79Current 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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Savoy Cabbage – Vertus
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, hardy and delicious
This variety of savoy cabbage has rounded heads of dark green ruffled leaves that have a more subtle flavour compared to other savoy cabbages, slightly less bitter. It’s a very hardy variety and stands well without splitting. Best grown in beds, but it can be grown in large pots too. Growing from our organic plug plants is easy – follow the advice in the comprehensive growing guide that you will receive with the plants.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Vertus (organic)
In the kitchen: Shred or cut savoy cabbage into wedges with the hard core discarded. Steam, boil, braise or stir-fry. It especially delicious braised with pancetta and garlic.
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Brussels Sprouts – Evesham Special
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Perfect for a festive harvest
This traditional variety produces large quantities of medium size, solid sprouts which, if planted in early spring, will crop from October to Christmas. If you plant them later in the year, say June or July, you can expect a crop from December through to February. Sprouts are easy to grow, just remember to earth them up a little to keep them stable on windy days. Harvest them individually from the bottom of the stalk upwards, or pull up a whole stalk. Our plug plants make it very easy to get going, and your plants will come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Evesham Special (organic)
In the kitchen: Roast sprouts with balsamic, finely slice and stir fry, steam and add garlic butter and bacon.
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Kohl Rabi – Delicacy Purple
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)An unusual addition to the vegetable garden
Although popular in Europe, Kohl Rabi is not that common a vegetable in the UK. It tastes like a cross between a broccoli stalk and a turnip. Kohl Rabi ‘Delicacy Purple’ is an early maturing purple variety with round shaped stems and good quality, delicate flesh. Harvest once the diameter reaches about 10cm. It is quite easy to grow, and full instructions are included with the plug plants.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: Delicacy Purple (organic)
In the kitchen: Kohl Rabi is a super tasty addition when grated into coleslaw or salads. Also yummy when roasted, steamed or stir-fried.
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Spring Cabbage
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)An easy growing, loose-leafed cabbage
This is a dwarf variety that can be planted quite close together (25-30cm). When planted in spring you can expect to harvest it from July through to September. Alternatively, plant later and you can harvest later! You can harvest them as delicious, small, tender cabbages or a little later on once the heads have matured. A very useful plant to grow if you struggle to get other cabbages to form a firm heart. Our plug plants make it easy to grow, just follow the advice in the growing guide that comes with the plants.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: April (organic)
In the kitchen: Enjoy spring green cabbage in stir-fries, steam it, boil it and all sorts. We rather like it cooked up in tasty bubble & squeak with a poached egg on top.