Late Summer Planting
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Beetroot – Cylindra
Original price was: £4.99.£3.99Current price is: £3.99.
(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
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
Original price was: £4.99.£3.99Current price is: £3.99.
(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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Globe Artichoke – Green Globe
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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
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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Lettuce – Buttercrunch
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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
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 – Butterhead Roxy
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)A gorgeous looking lettuce, and fairly drought-resistant too
Butterhead Roxy tends not to bolt easily, making it a very good option for suntrap gardens that can get a little warm, or for growing in those areas of the UK that don’t get a lot of rain in summer (which is not us here in Cornwall!) 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: Butterhead Roxy (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
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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
£5.99
(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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Rocket – Wasabi
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Actually tastes like wasabi
This is a relatively new variety of rocket and has a similar spicy taste to wasabi. It’s a really easy grower. You can harvest the baby leaves for a milder flavour, which is our preference, or later when they mature for a little more of that spicy flavour. Your rocket plants will arrive with a full growing guide.
Number of plants: 10 organic plug plants
Variety: Wasabi (organic*)
In the kitchen: Perfect when served with sushi but can add a fiery flavour to your salads too.
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Wild Rocket – Dragons Fire
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Looks great in a mixed salad!
We’re so excited to add this wild rocket to our collection. Obviously, we are big fans of rocket, and this one is a particularly great-looking variety with its deep red veins. Wild rocket is SO easy to grow and maintain and can be planted in most positions in the garden, in full sun or semi shade, and in beds, pots or grow bags. Your rocket plug plants will come with a full growing guide.
Number of plants: 10 organic plug plants
Variety: Dragons Fire (organic*)
In the kitchen: Perfect for adding a bit of spice to your salads or works well sprinkled on top of your favourite pizza too. You can even make a delicious rocket pesto with this one.
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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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Chicory – Rossa di Treviso
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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
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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Endive – Pancalieri
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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
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
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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Lettuce – Acherito
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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.
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Lettuce – Lollo Rossa
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)This wonderful looking lettuce is a must in any kitchen garden
Lollo Rossa lettuce forms tight frilly maroon heads. You can wait and harvest the whole plant, or pick a few leaves here and there as needed. It is very easy to grow lettuces from plug plants – just pop them in the ground, or in pots or a window box, and keep them well watered. A full growing guide is provided with the plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Lollo Rossa (organic*)
In the kitchen: Use this lettuce to bulk up salads and add a splash of colour.
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Rhubarb Chard
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Colourful, nutrient-rich and delicious
This is a leaf beet chard that will add a nice splash of colour to the garden. It’s a nice one to grow in borders and pots as well. Treat it like spinach or pick the leaves while they are young for salads. Growing rhubarb chard from plug plants is easy – just follow the instructions in the growing guide that is provided with the plants.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: Rhubarb Red (organic)
In the kitchen: The rhubarb chard 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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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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Lettuce – Red Salad Bowl
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, loose leafed red lettuce
This is an excellent non-heading lettuce that provides a steady supply of deep red, oak-shaped leaves. Use it as acut-and-come-again crop, harvesting regularly through the summer months. The lettuce plug plants are very easy to grow – perfect for pots, beds or window boxes. A full growing guide is included with the plant delivery.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Red Salad Bowl (organic*)
In the kitchen: The best salads have lettuce as their base to give you background flavours and plenty of crunch. This red leafed variety adds good colour.
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Peas – Kelvedon Wonder
Original price was: £6.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
(10 Plug Plants)Pop some peas in your veg plot!
Home grown peas are so sweet and delicious, they rarely make it back to the kitchen. Just open the pods while you’re doing the weeding and have a healthy nibble! You can expect a good crop from this variety. Perfect for pots or beds, alike. You’ll receive a full growing guide with your plug plants making it very easy to get started with growing peas. In late summer – plant in a greenhouse.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Kelvedon Wonder
In the kitchen: Eat your peas raw, or steamed/blanched. We love peas paired with freshly chopped mint and some garlic and olive oil.
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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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Wildflower Mix – Bee & Butterfly (50 Plugs)
Original price was: £19.99.£15.99Current price is: £15.99.
(50 Plug Plants)Plant a mini wildflower meadow!
Hugely popular when we introduced them in 2020, our wildflower plug plants are brilliant for attracting bees, butterflies and other pollinators. There are over 100 different varieties, all annuals which will readily self seed, giving you continual colour for months. They are great for planting in a dedicated patch in the garden, or in a pot/planter for a mini-meadow on your patio!Each plug plant will have a cluster of different seedlings emerging, a lucky dip from the list below, and should not be thinned out. This way, you’ll get a fairly natural looking little meadow. For best results, plant the plugs approximately 15-20cm apart. You can fill a planter or pot quite happily with several plugs to each, allowing for at least 15cm per plug.
Number of plugs: 50 plug plants (multiple seedlings per plug)
Contains a lucky dip seedling mix from over 100 different wildflowers, including:
Borage
Clover
Corn Cockle
Cornflower
Daisy – Ox-Eye
Foxglove – Wild
Knapweed
Cranesbill
Poppy – Common
Scabious – Field
Ragged Robin
Teasel
Yarrow
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Wildflowers for Birds Mix (50 Plugs)
Original price was: £19.99.£15.99Current price is: £15.99.
(50 Plug Plants)Plant a mini wildflower meadow to attract birds to your garden
This mix of wildflower plugs contains a mix of wildflowers and grasses that will attract a range of wild birds to your garden. Some will also provide seeds making them a great food source for the birds during the winter months. The mix will also attract bees and butterflies to your garden too, great if your also growing veg nearby. There are over 100 different varieties, all annuals which will readily self seed, giving you continual colour and diversity for months.You can plant the 50 plugs in a dedicated patch in the garden, or in planters to create a mini-meadow. You’ll receive a full growing guide with the plug plants.
Each plug plant will have a cluster of different seedlings emerging, a lucky dip from the list below, and should not be thinned out. This way, you’ll get a fairly natural looking little meadow. For best results, plant the plugs approximately 15-20cm apart, and don’t forget that you can plant several plugs to a pot/container, allowing for 15cm per plug.
Number of plugs: 50 plug plants (multiple seedlings per plug)
Contains a lucky dip seedling mix from over 100 different wildflowers, including:
- Burnet
- Cornflower
- Corncockle
- Dwarf Sunflower
- Goat’s Beard
- Hawkbit
- Knapweed
- Linseed
- Marigold
- Marjoram
- Millet
- Oxeye Daisy
- Phacelia
- Quinoa
- Scabious
- Selfheal
- Sorrel
- Teasel
- Trefoil – Bird’s Foot
- Vetch
- Yarrow
- Wild Carrot
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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.