Salad Plants
Grow your own salad leaves & lettuces from plug plants. You only need a little space to grow a lot of salad, and partial shade is fine too. All our plug plants come with a full growing guide to help you get started.
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Lettuce – Cos Little Leprechaun
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Crunchy, tasty and good-looking lettuces
This cos-type lettuce has slightly savoyed red leaves and crunchy hearts. It is very easy to grow, and if you use it as a cut and come again, you should have lettuce all summer long. Alternatively, wait until the plants reach maturity and harvest whole. You’ll receive a full growing guide with the lettuce plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Cos Little Leprechaun (organic*)
In the kitchen: Use this lettuce in all types of salad – it is a real winner.
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Lettuce – Freckles
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, decorative and delicious
Freckles is easy to grow from our lovely young plug plants. It is heat tolerant, crisp and bolt resistant. Freckles is unlike any romaine lettuce you will see. It has bright green leaves that look like someone splattered painted burgundy spots all over them! A lovely variety. Growing lettuces from plug plants is easy – you can grow them in pots or beds – just follow the instructions in the growing guide that you will receive with your plants.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Freckles (organic)
In the kitchen: The best salads often have lettuce as their base to give you background flavours and plenty of crunch. The next time you make a Caesar salad use Freckles and create your own work of art.
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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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Mustard Spinach – Komatsuna
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)A fantastically versatile nutrient-rich plant
This is a Japanese mustard, used widely as a staple green veg in and around Tokyo. The mustardy heat increases as the plant matures, so use baby leaves raw in salads, or cook larger leaves as you would spinach or chard. It’s a quick grower, so keep cutting regularly. It’s fairly hardy so will keep going into autumn and winter.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Komatsuna (organic*)
In the kitchen: Salads & stir-fries
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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
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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
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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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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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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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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Mizuna – Kyoto Green
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Attractive, delicious salad leaves
Mizuna is a cut-and-come-again Oriental salad leaf with deeply cut, spicy flavoured leaves. It is easy to grow and well worth having in your salad patch. Harvest the leaves regularly so that the plant continues to grow for many weeks. If you grow these plants in a slightly shaded spot, they will last even longer without bolting early. Mizuna plug plants make it easy to get going – no fussing with seeds! Just follow the advice in the growing guide when your plants arrive.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Kyoto (organic*)
In the kitchen: Mizuna is delicious in salads, adding a punchy flavour. When it does bolt you can use the broccoli-like florets in stir-fries.
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Celery – Green Utah
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)An easy to grow variety of celery
This variety of celery forms crisp green stalks. It doesn’t need to be blanched as it grows – it is a ‘self-blanching’ variety. If you don’t know what that means, don’t worry, because all it basically means is that you don’t need to do anything other than pop the plants in the ground and keep them well watered throughout the growing season. There is loads of advice in the growing guide that comes with the plug plants.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Green Utah (organic)
In the kitchen: Delicious used raw in salads, or for using to dip into hummus. Celery is equally delicious if braised or chopped in casseroles or a fish pie, adding a different texture to your dish. Use the leaves and any older tougher stalks to make stock.
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Lettuce – Lollo Biondi
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Tender cut and come again lettuce leaves
One of the prettiest lime-green varieties of multi leaf lettuces. It is the shiny-green sister of Lollo Rosso. This variety has extremely frizzy, crinkled and compact leaves. Growing lettuces from plug plants is incredibly easy – just plant up in beds or pots and keep them well watered and protected from slugs. Complete growing guide comes with the plants which are delivered in plastic-free packaging.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Lollo Biondi (organic)
In the kitchen: The best salads have lettuce as their base to give you background flavours and plenty of crunch.
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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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Frills Mustard
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Packs a flavoursome punch!
These leaves have a fab flavour, giving a mustardy punch to salads and other dishes. You can start harvesting as soon as the leaves reach 5-10cm and if you keep picking off the leaves it will keep producing more for you to enjoy right through the summer months and into autumn.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: Frills (organic)
In the kitchen: The texture is crunchy yet tender with a robust mustard flavour and mildly sweet and spicy pepper-like finish. The young leaves are mild and best used raw in a salad, but more mature leaves stand up well to a light sauté or braise.
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Giant Red Mustard
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, decorative and tasty
This is a fabulous plant that grows quite large. It’s great looking. Best used as a cut-and-come-again leaf it has a really punchy, mustardy flavour. Add baby leaves to salads or treat larger leaves like spinach and wilt them down.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: Giant Red (organic)
In the kitchen: Cut as baby leaf salad or leave to mature to use in stir-fries.
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Leaf Beet – Bulls Blood
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(10 Plug Plants)A cut and come again crop, nutritious, hardy and easy to grow
Bulls blood not only looks amazing when growing with its dark red leaves but also adds a wonderful sweet flavour to your salads and is very nutritious. Growing from plug plants is very easy, just follow the advice in the growing guide that you’ll receive with the plants!Number of plants: 10
Variety: Bulls Blood (organic)
In the kitchen: Delicious raw in salads adding a wonderful sweet taste or can be steamed, boiled or used in a stir fry. If left to mature you can also enjoy the roots which are tender with a great flavour.
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Lettuce – Iceberg 2
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(10 Plants)A crunchy classic!
This is an easy to grow iceberg lettuce that doesn’t often bolt during the summer, making it a reliable option. It forms a tight head of crunchy lettuce that you can harvest once mature.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: Iceberg 2 (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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Mizuna – Red Knight
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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
Variety: Red Knight (organic)
In the kitchen: Delicious in salads and also great for stir-frying.
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Amaranth – Red Army
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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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Orach Scarlet Emperor
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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
Original price was: £5.99.£4.79Current price is: £4.79.
(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
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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Quick Growing Salad Collection
Original price was: £32.99.£26.39Current price is: £26.39.
(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 (organic)
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.