Vegetable Plug Plants
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Mangetout Pea – Shiraz
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)British bred purple mangetout peas
Add some colour to your veg patch this summer with purple mangetout peas. With its deep purple pods and beautiful two colour flowers, this plant looks as good as it tastes. It produces sweet, crunchy pods perfect for cooking or eating raw. They will need pea sticks or netting to scramble up as they grow. Be sure to water well when the flowers appear to ensure a good healthy crop. Your plug plants will arrive with a helpful growing guide. In late summer – plant in a greenhouse.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Shiraz (*organic)
In the kitchen: This variety of Mangetout can be eaten raw in salads or taste delicious added to your favourite stir fry recipe. The purple colour may fade to green when cooked.
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Mangetout Peas – Carouby de Mausanne
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)Pretty plants that look like sweet peas!
This old French variety of mangetout produces large flat pods. You can expect to pick your own mangetout peas for several weeks once they start cropping. We particularly love growing them for their sweet pea-like flowers – they look great climbing a wigwam. Perfect for pots and beds, and very easy to grow from our plug plants. You’ll receive a full growing guide with your plant delivery. In late summer – plant in a greenhouse.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Carouby de Mausanne
In the kitchen: Mangetout are delicious eaten raw in salads, or add them to a stir-fry. Try steaming with french beans and drizzling with olive oil and freshly chopped herbs for a warm salad.
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Mizuna – Red Knight
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Attractive and easy to grow, a tasty addition to your veg patch
Mizuna is an attractive and delicious cut-and-come-again salad leaf with deeply cut spicy flavoured leaves. It is easy to grow and well worth having in your veg patch. 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 plants
Variety: Red Knight (organic*)
In the kitchen: Delicious in salads and also great for stir-frying.
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Red Onion – Red Baron
£6.99
(20 Plug Plants)A must have in the kitchen garden
This onion variety will produce firm, flattish-round bulbs with dark purple skin and red-tinged flesh. You can expect to harvest in late summer – if you dry the skins well (by drying in the sun for several days) the onions will store well. Try planting your onion plants next to carrots as this will help to deter carrot fly from the carrots. Growing onions from plug plants is just as easy as growing onions from sets. A full growing guide is provided with the plants.Number of plants: 20 plug plants
Variety: Red Baron (organic)
In the kitchen: Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Red onions are an attractive, milder, sweeter alternative to the yellow onion. Good for salads, marinades, salsas and roasts.
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Summer Squash – Custard White
Original price was: £5.99.£4.49Current price is: £4.49.
(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.
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White Cabbage – Golden Acre
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)A classic variety of firm, white cabbage
This cabbage variety will give you crisp thick leaves, with a crunchy texture when shredded. Firm the plants in really well when you plant the cabbage plug plants, and keep the plants well protected from slugs, pigeons and butterflies. Keep them well watered during dry spells as they will produce better cabbages if kept cool. The plug plants will come with complete growing guide to help get you started.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Golden Acre (organic*)
In the kitchen: A versatile vegetable, white cabbage can be enjoyed steamed, boiled, braised, stir-fries or eaten raw in a salad.
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Winter Squash – Marina di Chioggia
Original price was: £5.99.£4.49Current price is: £4.49.
(3 Plug Plants)Decorative and deliciously tasty
We like this one for a Hallowe’en display with its brilliant knobbly skin! Don’t carve it though as it is a great storer and best eaten in the winter months long after harvesting. The fruits are quite big (around 4-5kg) with vivid orange flesh that roasts well. Cut into chunky wedges and roast with the skin on, then peel when cooked.
Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Marina di Chioggia (organic*)
In the kitchen: For a simple and delicious side dish, try baking this winter squash until the flesh is soft. Also brilliant and tasty in soups. Top tip – cut into big chunks and roast – then peel afterwards, it is much easier!
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Amaranth – Red Army
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Gorgeous reds for your garden
We’re excited to offer Amaranth Red Army as plug plants this year. You can enjoy the red leaves as micro leaves, cutting them very young to add a splash of colour to salad. Or you can wait a little longer and harvest larger leaves individually, or, and arguably the best option, wait until it reaches full height and produces striking flower spikes for cutting.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Amaranth Red Army (organic*)
In the kitchen: Great as part of any baby-leaf salad when small however larger leaves can be sauteed or steamed similar to spinach.
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Aubergine – Black Beauty
Original price was: £6.99.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(5 Plug Plants)Easy to grow and deliciously tasty
Homegrown aubergines are an absolute delight. Easy to grow and delicious in flavour, finding these black jewels in your garden at harvest time is always a real treat. Aubergines are best grown in a greenhouse or polytunnel as they need the extra warmth. You could try them on a warm, sunny patio as well. They do well in pots – give them plenty of compost. You’ll receive a full growing guide with the plug plants.Number of plants: 5 plug plants
Variety: Black Beauty (organic*)
In the kitchen: Try drizzling aubergines with olive oil and grilling over hot charcoal. Perfect with crushed garlic and chilli flakes.
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Borlotti Bean – Barlotta Lingua di Fuoco
Original price was: £6.99.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(10 Plug Plants)Grow borlotti beans to store for stews
These beans add a splash of fun and colour into your garden. This variety of borlotti beans is perfectly suited to our cooler climate. The canes will climb to about 2 metres, so plant at the base of a wigwam or bamboo support. You can harvest young while the pods are green to use as runner beans, or wait until the end of the season when they’ve turned purple if you’d like to pod the beans to store for stews and casseroles. You’ll find plenty of advice in the growing guide that comes with the plug plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Barlotta Lingua di Fuoco (organic)
In the kitchen: You can eat these vibrant pods when small and tender (and mostly green) or allow them to reach full size and store the beans inside once the pods have dried and turned a deep purple. With a sweetish flavour and smooth creamy texture, these beans work well in a salad or in a hearty soup or casserole.
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Bulb Fennel – Zefo Fina
£6.99
(10 Plants)Easy to grow fennel bulbs
This variety produces small-to- medium sized bulbs to harvest in late summer. The feathery foliage looks lovely in the veg patch, and is useful as a filler for cut flowers too. Bulb fennel is very easy-going – just pop it in the ground in fertile soil, keep it well watered and it should do well.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: Zefo Fina (organic*)
In the kitchen: Great for gratins, or chopped finely and added to bean salads and other green veggies. Try roasting them too.
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Celeriac – Giant Prague
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Celeriac plug plants make it easy to grow
If you love celeriac, then you have to try growing it! Suitable for raised beds and traditional plots – dig in plenty of compost when planting. The key to growing celeriac is to keep the plants well watered throughout the growing season, as this will help the root to swell so that you have a decent size celeriac to pull up over the winter months. Our organic plug plants arrive in plastic-free packaging and come with a complete growing guide to help you get the most from your vegetable plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Giant Prague (organic*)
In the kitchen: With its celery-like flavour with nutty overtones, celeriac is great mashed, boiled or roasted. Use it in slow cooked dishes or make a deliciously hearty soup.
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Edamame Beans
Original price was: £6.99.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(10 Plug Plants)A nutritious little soya bean
Easy and fast to grow these delicious soya beans can be cooked in the pods and popped straight into your mouth. They are a superfood rich in vitamins, minerals and full of protein. Edamame Beans are so easy to grow from plug plants – best planted in a raised bed, you can grow them much like broad beans. A full growing guide is provided with the plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Edamame Green Shell (organic*)
In the kitchen: You must cook edamame before eating. Don’t eat them raw! Boil, stir fry or steam and add to salads and veggie dishes.
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Gourmet Brassica Collection
£21.99
(60 Plug Plants)Loads of cabbage, broccoli, kale & cauliflower plants to grow
This collection includes a great selection of plug plants that can be can be planted in early spring for an autumn harvest, or in mid to late summer to grow over autumn and harvest in winter. Brassica plants grow particularly well in raised beds – we’d advise growing them all in one or two raised beds together, so that you can cover them with mesh netting to keep pests at bay. There is plenty of growing advice in the growing guide that comes free with the plug plant collection.Number of plants: 60 plug plants
Space required: An area measuring approx 1.5m x 5m
In the kitchen: Packed full of flavour and nutrients, most brassicas are delicious when lightly steamed, roasted or stir-fried until tender. A little melted butter makes them taste all the more luxurious…
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Onion – Bedfordshire Champion
£6.99
(20 Plug Plants)A must have in the kitchen garden
This onion variety is reliable and well suited to the UK climate with late summer maturity. Bedfordshire Champion produces large, globe shaped, golden-brown skinned bulbs with a lovely mild flavour. Let the skins dry in the sun for a few days after harvesting and they should store well. You will receive a complete growing guide with your onion plug plants.Number of plants: 20 plug plants
Variety: Bedfordshire Champion (organic*)
In the kitchen: Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Gently fry chopped or sliced onion and use as the base to pasta sauces, soups and stews. Or cut into wedges and roast. Alternatively cut into rings, batter and deep fry.
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Orach Scarlet Emperor
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)A great spinach alternative
Mild in flavour with brilliant purple leaves, orach makes a colourful alternative to spinach and will brighten up any salad bowl. These are fast growing plants that produce two-toned red/purple leaves through summer. The plants can grow tall (up to 2.5m) and are best planted in a bed or border, but will do okay in a large patio container too.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Orach Scarlet Emperor (organic*)
In the kitchen: A very versatile salad leaf – can be added to quiche, salads, stews, soups and curries. Use as a summer alternative to spinach.
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Sorrel – Red Veined
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Delicious, colourful, full of nutrients and easy to grow
Sorrel is a perennial plant, one of the last to die down for winter and one of the first to appear in spring, so choose a permanent site to plant it. The tangy leaves can be added to salads and are best picked young. It is easy to grow, just pop the plug plants into beds or pots and keep them well watered. Plants arrive in plastic-free packaging and come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Red Veined Sorrel (organic*)
In the kitchen: Sorrel adds colour to salads with a delicious sharp lemon flavoured salad leaf.
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Spring Cabbage
£5.99
(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 plug plants
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.
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Tomato – Golden Sunrise
Original price was: £6.99.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(5 Plug Plants)Considered by many to be the best flavoured tomato
This is a cordon variety of tomato, producing lovely medium sized tomatoes which are beautifully golden yellow in colour. Very juicy. Tomatoes are easy to grow from plug plants – complete growing instructions come free with the plug plants.Number of plants: 5 plug plants
Variety: Golden Sunrise (organic*)
In the kitchen: These tomatoes have a deliciously sweet fruity flavour and add an eye catching dash of colour to any summer salad. These are delicious eaten raw, roasted or cooked in Mediterranean dishes.
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Tomato – Moneymaker
Original price was: £6.99.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(5 Plug Plants)Produces loads of fruits
This variety produces a good crop, hence its name, ‘moneymaker’. It is a good choice for outdoor growing as long as you plant it out well after last frosts. It produces a medium sized tomato, usually towards the end of July/early August.
Number of plants: 5 plug plants
Variety: Moneymaker (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 – Outdoor Girl
Original price was: £6.99.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(5 Plug Plants)No greenhouse? No worries!
As the name suggests, this variety grows well outdoors. It’s a good option for those living in cooler parts of the UK, and it crops quite early too. The tomatoes are a small/medium size, and a tasty option for salad lovers.
Number of plants: 5 plug plants
Variety: Outdoor Girl (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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Tumbling Tomato – Yellow
Original price was: £6.99.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(5 Plug Plants)Plentiful and
This is a compact variety of tomato that grows well in pots and containers either undercover or outside and produces a good yield of delicious yellow ‘cherry’ sized fruits. These plants will also grow well in hanging baskets making this an interesting and productive alternative to flowers. Tomatoes are easy to grow from plug plants – complete growing instructions are included in your delivery.
Number of plants: 5 plug plants
Variety: Tumbling Tomato – Yellow (organic*)
In the kitchen: These tomatoes will be delicious in any summer salad or combine with other Mediterranean vegetables, toss in olive oil and balsamic vinegar and roast in the oven.
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Broad Bean – Aquadulce Claudia
Original price was: £6.99.£5.24Current price is: £5.24.
(10 Plug Plants)A reliable broad bean variety
Very easy to grow, this variety of broad bean produces longer bean pods. Best harvested young and tender. The plants can be grown in beds or in large pots/planters. There is plenty of growing advice in the growing guide that comes with the plug plants, to help get you off to a good start with your broad bean growing.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Aquadulce Claudia (organic*)
In the kitchen: Delicious boiled or steamed, and best eaten podded and peeled, broad beans are great in risotto, pasta dishes or smashed up with butter and served on bruschetta.
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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.