Courgette & Summer Squash Plants

Grow your own courgettes and summer squash from organic plug plants. Choose a sunny site, keep well watered and you’ll get a great crop from just a few plants. Courgettes and summer squash tend to be very easy to grow, and plug plants make it even more straightforward.

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  • Courgette – Green Bush

    £5.99
    (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.

    THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024

    Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.

    Planting Advice: These plugs will need to be planted at least 60cm apart. They need a lot of sunshine and water. Harvesting: Harvest as soon as the fruits are the right size. They should start to produce fruits 2-3 weeks after the first flowers form in early summer, as long as it is warm enough and pollination is good.

    *Transplants suitable for organic growing.

  • Courgette – Genovese

    £5.99
    (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.

    THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024

    Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.

    Planting Advice: These plugs will need to be planted at least 60cm apart. They need a lot of sunshine and water. Harvesting: Harvest as soon as the fruits are the right size. They should start to produce fruits 2-3 weeks after the first flowers form in early summer, as long as it is warm enough and pollination is good.

    *Transplants suitable for organic growing.

  • Colourful Courgette Collection

    £12.99
    (12 Plug Plants)

    A fantastic set of different courgette plants
    This colourful courgette collection contains 3 plants of each of these super tasty and easy to grow varieties: All Green Bush, Atena Polka, Tondo Chiara di Pizza, Tromboncino Albania. Harvested together you can put together some beautiful summer dishes. It is very easy to grow courgettes from plug plants – they just need sun and lots of compost dug in. Perfect for pots too. A complete growing guide will arrive with your plug plants.

    Number of plants: 12 plug plants (3 of each variety)

    Space required: An area of approx 1.5m x 4m – Tromboncino will readily climb, so can be grown up a trellis to save space.

    In the kitchen: Slice and grill courgettes on the BBQ, slice into ribbons for pretty salads, add to pasta dishes and ratatouille.

    THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024

    Delivery Info: Available to order now for delivery from late April 2024 until July 2024. Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.

    Planting/Growing Advice: Please see our growing guides for each individual advice for each plant type and for spacing between plug plants.

    When to harvest: Please see our growing guides for each individual advice.

    *Transplants suitable for organic growing.

  • Courgette – Tondo Chiara di Nizza

    £5.99
    (3 Plug Plants)

    A good cropping round courgette
    A delightful, round shaped courgette which is pale green in colour. It is highly productive so you’ll get a great crop. The courgettes should be cut when they reach about 10 cm diameter – they’re great for roasting and stuffing. The plants are quite compact so you could easily grow them in a large container, or plant them in beds. You’ll receive a complete growing guide with the plug plants to help you get off to a good start.

    Number of plants: 3 plug plants

    Variety: Tondo Chiara di Nizza (organic*)

    In the kitchen: A wonderfully versatile vegetable, this courgette variety is perfect for stuffing, roasting or slice it into rounds to grill on a bbq.

    THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024

    Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.

    Planting Advice: These plugs will need to be planted at least 60cm apart. They need a lot of sunshine and water. Harvesting: Harvest as soon as the fruits are the right size. They should start to produce fruits 2-3 weeks after the first flowers form in early summer, as long as it is warm enough and pollination is good.

    *Transplants suitable for organic growing.

  • Courgette -Tromboncino Albenga

    £5.99
    (3 Plug Plants)

    Gives an exceptionally good crop right through the season
    This is a fantastic climbing squash – You can either eat the fruits like courgettes whilst they are still small – they taste quite similar – or leave them to grow and further ripen before storing them in much the same way as winter squash. When used as a winter squash, they have a milder flavour than butternut. You’ll find you get loads from just one plant! As a climber, you’ll need to have space for it to sprawl along the ground (a dedicated raised bed is perfect) or a sturdy trellis/fence for the plants to climb. Growing from plug plants is easy, just follow the advice in the growing guide.

    Number of plants: 3 plug plants

    Variety: Tromboncino Albenga (organic*)

    In the kitchen: A wonderfully versatile vegetable, this can be used as a courgette in stir fries, soups, risotto, pasta dishes, etc or wait until it is mature like a winter squash and roast it up for stews and soups.

    THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024

    Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.

    Planting Advice: These plugs will need to be planted at least 60cm apart. They need a lot of sunshine and water. Harvesting: Harvest as soon as the fruits are the right size. They should start to produce fruits 2-3 weeks after the first flowers form in early summer, as long as it is warm enough and pollination is good.

    *Transplants suitable for organic growing.

  • Yellow Courgette – Atena Polka

    £5.99
    (3 Plug Plants)

    A golden skinned courgette
    These plants will produce beautifully colourful courgettes to brighten up your vegetable garden. Atena Polka is a bush variety of courgette, so can be grown well in raised beds or in large pots. You should get a great crop from it, just follow the advice in our growing guide to get your plug plants off to a good start.

    Number of plants: 3 plug plants

    Variety: Atena Polka (organic*)

    In the kitchen: Such a 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. Delicious!

    THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024

    Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.

    Planting Advice: These plugs will need to be planted at least 60cm apart. They need a lot of sunshine and water. Harvesting: Harvest as soon as the fruits are the right size. They should start to produce fruits 2-3 weeks after the first flowers form in early summer, as long as it is warm enough and pollination is good.

    *Transplants suitable for organic growing.

  • Summer Squash – Custard White

    £5.99
    (3 Plug Plants)

    A Patty-Pan Variety of Summer Squash
    This interesting and very attractive patty pan bush type variety of summer squash produces creamy white flat fruits with scalloped edge and a very fine flavour. They have a delicate white skin (which is tender like a courgette rather than tough like winter squash).  The plants are fairly compact so a good option for growing in large pots or beds alike. Your plug plants will come with a complete growing guide.

    Number of plants: 3 plug plants

    Variety: Custard White (organic*)

    In the kitchen: Roast these squashes whole or grill slices on the bbq, or lightly fry. Chilli, lime and garlic work really well with it.

    THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024

    Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.

    Planting Advice: These plugs will need to be planted at least 60cm apart. They need a lot of sunshine and water. Harvesting: Harvest as soon as the fruits are the right size. They should start to produce fruits 2-3 weeks after the first flowers form in early summer, as long as it is warm enough and pollination is good.

    *Transplants suitable for organic growing.