Late Summer Planting
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Beetroot – Cylindra
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Unusual, easy to grow and deliciously tasty
This cylindrical beetroot has smooth skin and dark purple-red flesh. We love it for being so easy to slice, and it is perfect for pots too as it really needs very little space to grow. The roots tend to poke above the soil, but they can be earthed up and will remain in good condition for several weeks until you are ready to harvest them. Beetroot is very easy to grow, especially using our organic plug plants which come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Cylindra (organic*)
In the kitchen: The roots of this beetroot are sweet with an earthy-caramel taste, especially lovely when roasted. Or you could try boiling the beetroot or sliced up and in salads.
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Beetroot – Detroit
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)A classic variety that is easy to grow
This is a super tasty, popular variety of beetroot that produces smooth skinned, dark red, medium to large beetroots to harvest. Perfect for growing in beds or containers, beetroot is incredibly easy to grow, especially using our organic plug plants. You’ll receive a complete growing guide with your plug plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Detroit (organic*)
In the kitchen: This variety of beetroot is great for roasting or you can pick them a little earlier as baby beets and use the leaves in stir-fries or salads.
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Carrots – Early Nantes
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, deliciously tasty and a true family favourite
Growing carrots is one of the most rewarding things to do in your kitchen garden…there is just something so satisfying about pulling them up and washing off all the soil so that you can cook them. These Nantes Carrots have a lovely sweet flavour. They’re a bit of a classic in the carrot world, and you can expect to get a size around 6 inches out of them. Growing carrots from plug plants is easy – the plants arrive in tiny biodegradable pots and you can simply plant them into well dug soil or containers. A complete growing guide comes with the plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Early Nantes (organic)
In the kitchen: Carrots can be steamed or are delicious eaten raw in salads. They are also great roasted with some honey.
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Cavolo Nero – Nero di Toscano (Black Kale)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)An easy to grow, decorative and healthy kale plant
This Italian kale has beautiful dark green leaves and looks really striking in the vegetable patch when it’s fully grown. In fact, many people choose to plant it in borders for exactly that reason. It’s easy to grow (easier than many other brassicas) and will provide you with leaves for several months. The plug plants will arrive with a complete growing guide full of planting advice and tips.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Nero di Toscana (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add Cavolo Nero kale stews, steam it, fry it up with a little garlic butter.
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Globe Artichoke – Green Globe
£5.99
(5 Plug Plants)Majestic perennials for your kitchen garden
Producing a tight globe-shaped green and purple head, these plants look fantastic in any garden. Artichokes are reliable croppers and perennials so you will be able to harvest from these plants for about 4-5 years. Leave some space for them to grow as they can get quite large. They are lovely at the back of a border. The plug plants will come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 5 plug plants
Variety: Green Globe (organic*)
In the kitchen: Steamed, grilled, roasted, or sautéed, globe artichokes are one of spring’s most delectable treats.
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Golden Beetroot – Boldor
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Incredible golden fleshed beetroots to grow
This variety produces such a wonderful colour of beetroot – it is really striking, and we’d highly recommend growing golden beetroot alongside purple beetroot so that you can mix the two colours in your cooking – they look brilliant together. The flavour is very similar, so if you love beetroot, give this variety a go! Our organic plug plants come in plastic-free packaging and arrive with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Boldor (organic*)
In the kitchen: Great for roasting, pickling or try making a golden beetroot soup. Alternatively, you can pick them a little earlier as baby beets and use the leaves in stir-fries or salads.
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Kale – Cottagers
£5.99
(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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Lettuce – Buttercrunch
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)A firm favourite in the lettuce world
This variety of lettuce is actually somewhere between a butterhead and a crisphead. It has soft outer leaves but with a creamy green heart of a much crispier texture. Buttercrunch will stand well without bolting – a very good option for suntrap gardens. Growing lettuces using our organic plug plants is so simple, and you’ll receive a complete growing guide with your plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Buttercrunch (organic*)
In the kitchen: The best salads often have lettuce as their base to give you background flavours and plenty of crunch.
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Lettuce – Green Salad Bowl
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)A cut & come again favourite
You’ll get a steady supply of frilly, light green leaves from this lettuce. Use it as a cut-and-come-again, harvesting leaves as required without lifting the whole plant. It is very easy to grow, and from just ten plug plants you should have lettuce all summer long (as long as you keep the slugs at bay!) You’ll receive a full growing guide with the lettuce plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Green Salad Bowl (organic*)
In the kitchen: Use this lettuce in all types of salad – it is a real winner.
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Lettuce – Little Gem
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)A crunchy, compact lettuce that takes up little space
Producing small plants, this lettuce forms a small, tight heart – it is quick growing and will do well planted in between rows of other veggies as it doesn’t need much space. Harvest the entire lettuce once the head reaches full size, approx 12-15cm tall. The plug plants arrive in plastic-free packaging together with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Little Gem (organic*)
In the kitchen: Wonderfully versatile with so much to offer, this lettuce is deliciously in salads, or braised/sautéed. Try braising it with peas and mint!
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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 plant
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
£4.99
(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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Spinach – Perpetual
£4.99
(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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Wild Rocket
£4.99
(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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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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Carrots – Chantenay Red Cored
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Perfect carrots for roasting
There’s just something about the shape and colour of Chantenay carrots that makes them so appealing and pleasing to harvest. As the name suggests, these are a lovely deep red-orange in the centre. Growing Chantenay carrots from plug plants is really easy – the plants will arrive in biodegradable pots and you can simply plant them into well dug soil or containers. The are quick croppers – usually harvest within a couple of months. Check out the growing guide for helpful tips.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Chantenay Red Cored (*organic)
In the kitchen: Perfect for roasting with a glazing of honey, or cut in half lengthways to steam.
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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
£4.99
(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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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.
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Endive – Pancalieri
£4.99
(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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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.
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Kalibos Red (Red Pointed Cabbage)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)A red cabbage that is slow to bolt
The Kalibos Red Cabbage is a lovely addition to the garden, best known for its distinctive red/purple colour and pointed shape. It has a sweet flavour making it great for shredding and adding to salads and slaws. It tends to be slow to bolt, making it a good choice for summer planting. It is fairly quick growing and should be ready for harvesting in late autumn or early winter.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Kalibos Red (organic*)
In the kitchen: This variety of cabbage is perfect for shredding into a tasty slaw or can be used in a stir fry or braised in the usual way to accompany winter roasts!
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Lettuce – Acherito
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)A cross between little gem & red romaine
Producing petite crunchy lettuce with red leaves, these lettuce plants can be grown alongside other vegetables as they are very space efficient. Just pop them in any gaps that have come up in your plot. They are excellent for summer growing as they are fairly resistant to bolting. Best harvested whole when they are mature. The plug plants arrive in plastic-free packaging together with a complete growing guide.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Acherito (organic*)
In the kitchen: Perfect tossed in a variety of salads but can also be braised in butter or oil for a tasty side dish to grilled chicken or fish.