Vegetable Plug Plants - Spring 2024
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Pepper & Chilli Plants
Grow your own peppers and chillies from plug plants. Peppers and chillies are best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel, or choose a sunny, sheltered part of the garden as the plants need a lot of warmth. All our vegetable plug plants come with a complete growing guide.
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Padron Pepper
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)Some are hot, most are not!
Padron Peppers are becoming so popular with foodies, and for good reason. They are simply delicious freshly harvested, stir fried in a generous glug of olive oil with a pinch of Cornish Sea Salt. Every so often you’ll come across one that is hot, but most are lovely and mild and so tasty. They are a must grow! Growing from plug plants is quick and easy – just plant them in a greenhouse or sunny, sheltered site when your plants arrive and follow the advice in the growing guide provided with your plants.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Padron (organic*)
In the kitchen: Best fried in olive oil until the skin blisters, then sprinkle with sea salt.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Sweet Pepper – Californian Wonder
£5.99
(3 Plants)Good cropper with a mild, sweet flavour
This is a really popular variety as it is such a good cropper with large square shaped fruits that have a mild, sweet flavour. The fruits are best picked whilst still green.Number of plants: 3
Variety: Californian Wonder (organic*)
In the kitchen: This pepper can be enjoyed raw in a salad or it can be stuffed, roasted or added to sauces.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Sweet Pepper – Lemon Dream
£5.99
(3 Plants)Perfect for pots
Beautiful yellow peppers that are quite small in size, but you’ll get a good yield. The plant itself is quite compact too, so it is an excellent choice for pots and patio gardens.
Number of plants: 3
Variety: Lemon Dream (organic*)
In the kitchen: This pepper can be enjoyed raw in a salad or it can be stuffed, roasted or added to sauces.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Sweet Pepper – Long Yellow Ringo
£5.99
(3 Plants)Delicious and decorative
A good shaped tapered fruit of up to 20cm in length, Long Yellow Ringo is beautiful and bright in colour and has a lovely sweet flavour.Number of plants: 3
Variety: Long Yellow Ringo (organic*)
In the kitchen: This pepper can be enjoyed raw in a salad or it can be stuffed, roasted or added to sauces.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Sweet Pepper – Topepo Giallo
£5.99
(3 Plants)Great for stuffing
These tomato-shaped peppers are lovely and sweet, ideal for stuffing (they’re usually 7-8cm diameter) and the plants are very productive. An excellent choice for pots.
Number of plants: 3
Variety: Topepo Giallo (organic*)
In the kitchen: This pepper can be enjoyed raw in a salad or it can be stuffed, roasted or added to sauces.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Sweet Pepper – Long Red Marconi
£5.99
(3 Plants)Delicious, sweet and very productive
This pepper will produce long, thin fruits with a mild, sweet flavour. They can be picked while still green or left until they turn deep red on maturity.Number of plants: 3
Variety: Long Red Marconi (organic*)
In the kitchen: This pepper can be enjoyed raw in a salad or it can be stuffed, roasted or added to sauces.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Sweet Pepper – Parade Long Red
£5.99
(3 Plants)Delicious, sweet and very productive
This pepper will produce a heavy crop of long, thin fruits with a mild, sweet flavour. They can be picked while still green or left until they turn deep red on maturity.
Number of plants: 3
Variety: Parade Long Red (organic*)
In the kitchen: This pepper can be enjoyed raw in a salad or it can be stuffed, roasted or added to sauces.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Chilli Pepper – Early Jalapeno
£5.99
(3 Plants)Easy to grow and packed full of flavour
This variety of Jalapeno produces elliptical-shaped fruits. The fruits can be harvested green or allowed to mature to red. A characteristic ‘corking’ pattern of crack markings can develop on the skin of the fruit as it reaches full size. The plant grows upright and can reach 60cm high bearing fruit up to 7.5cm long.Number of plants: 3
Variety: Early Jalapeno (organic*)
How Hot? Medium
In the kitchen: Jalapenos are traditionally used to make nachos, pickles and used on pizza toppings, they can also be stuffed with cheese to make Jalapeno ‘poppers’.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Chilli Pepper – Hungarian Hot Wax
£5.99
(3 Plants)Easy to grow, quick producing and delicious
Hungarian Hot Wax is one of the best quick-producing chillies for our cool climate. The fruits produce a large number of 10cm long, smooth bright fruits with a waxy look. Starting green – mild, to yellow – medium and ripening to red and crimson – hot.Number of plants: 3
Variety: Hungarian Hot Wax (organic*)
How Hot? Mild to Medium Hot (depending when you pick them)
In the kitchen: Whatever stage these chillies are eaten at they are delicious. They can be eaten raw or in cooking. They also make a fantastic chilli jam.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Sweet Pepper – D’asti Giallo
£5.99
(3 Plants)Delicious, easy to grow and colourful
This is a beautiful golden yellow square shaped pepper with very thick flesh. They are medium early maturity with a delicious sweet mild flavour.Number of plants: 3
Variety: D’asti Giallo (organic*)
In the kitchen: This pepper can be enjoyed raw in a salad or it can be stuffed, roasted or added to sauces.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Chilli Pepper – Scotch Bonnet Yellow
£5.99
(3 Plants)Full of flavour and intense heat and they belong to the same species as the Habanero.
Produces small but very hot peppers that are not for the faint hearted. They mature from a light green colour to a beautifully bright yellow.
They have a squashed bell shaped fruit and are full of flavour and intense heat and they belong to the same species as the Habanero.
Variety: Scotch Bonnet Yellow (organic*)
Number of plants: 3
How Hot? With a Scoville heat unit rating of 100,000–350,000, these peppers are used to flavour many different dishes and cuisines worldwide.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Ring of Fire Chilli Pepper
£5.99
(3 Plants)Producing heavy crops of small cone shaped fiery fruits, this is a very versatile chilli that gets hotter and hotter as is matures.
Number of plants: 3
Variety: Ring of Fire
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Chilli Pepper -Scotch Bonnet Red
£5.99
(3 Plants)These little guys may be small but they will have you breathing fire!
Producing small (4-5cm) but very hot fiery peppers these are not for the faint hearted. They have a squashed bell shaped fruit and are full of flavour and intense heat. Ripe scotch bonnets change from green to orange to red.Number of plants: 3
Variety: Scotch Bonnet Red (organic*)
How Hot? Very Hot!
In the kitchen: If you’re brave this chilli will pack a punch in any chilli or curry. It’s also delicious pickled or used in a chilli jam. It can be eaten raw or cooked.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Chilli Pepper -Orange Habanero
£5.99
(3 Plants)Don’t underestimate this little fella – hot hot hot!
Habanero peppers may be small but they are also fiery and are among the hottest chilli peppers that you can get. With small tapering fruits 2-4cm long, these fruits start out green and turn to pale orange when ripe.Number of plants: 3
Variety: Orange Habanero (organic*)
How Hot? Very hot!
In the kitchen: If you’re brave this chilli will pack a punch in any chilli or curry. It’s also delicious pickled or used in a chilli jam. It can be eaten raw or cooked.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Chilli Pepper – Biquinho Yellow
£5.99
(3 Plants)An excellent crop of tiny, mild chillies
More sweet than spicy, these are very mild, pear-shaped chillies that grow in abundance. They are very small, and often described as fruity in flavour. A good addition to curries, tagines and stews for those that prefer less heat.
Number of plants: 3
Variety: Biquinho (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add to curries, stir-fries and stews.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Chilli Pepper – Birds Eye
£5.99
(3 Plants)Not for the faint hearted
This is a popular chilli variety that is perfect for Thai dishes and curries. They are eye-waveringly hot. We usually slit one down the middle with a knife and pop it in a curry to stew, rather than chopping it up!Variety: Birds Eye (organic*)
Number of plants: 3
In the kitchen: Add to curries, stir-fries and stews.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Chilli Pepper – Cayenne Long Slim
£5.99
(3 Plants)A popular variety of chilli
This variety produces a mass of small pointed pods which begin as light green and turn to fiery red. It’s nice and hot, and the chillies are perfect for drying.Number of plants: 3
Variety: Cayenne Long Slim (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add to curries, stir-fries and stews.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Chilli Pepper – Habanero Chocolate
£5.99
(3 Plants)A fiery little chilli
One for heat lovers, the habanero chocolate chilli pepper is fiery! The chillies are very small, thumbnail size, but they pack a punch.
Number of plants: 3
Variety: Habanero Chocolate (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add to curries, stir-fries and stews.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Chilli Pepper – Serrano
£5.99
(3 Plants)A classic chilli
For anyone who’d like to grow a classic Mexican chilli that is packed with heat, this is a step up from the jalapeno! Harvest them green or red – they get hotter as they ripen.
Number of plants: 3
Variety: Serrano (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add to curries, stir-fries and stews.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024
Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.
Growing/Planting Advice: Best planted in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Keep well watered. Plant plugs approx 30cm apart.
When to harvest: You can expect chillies and peppers to start forming in July if planted early, they should keep cropping through to late Autumn if grown in a greenhouse.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.