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1 Rhubarb Plant – Victoria
£10.99
(1 Plant)A reliable variety of rhubarb plant
This perennial rhubarb provides the first ‘fruit’ of the season. Rhubarb is reliable to grow, even in poor soil although it responds really well to rich, well drained conditions and annual autumn manuring which will give you large crops of tender juicy stems, delicious for cooking with. The rhubarb plant comes in a biodegradable pot – you can pot this on to a larger pot, or plant straight in the ground. You’ll receive full growing instructions with your plant.Number of plants: 1 (potted in a biodegradable pot)
Variety: Victoria
In the kitchen: Good for so much more than crumble. Try making a delicious rhubarb cheesecake, tart, pie, fool, Eton Mess and even chutney.
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Cabbage – Greyhound (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 plug plants)One to harvest in early spring
This is a new variety for the Rocket Gardens autumn collection – it produces a lovely pointed cabbage head in early spring. Like all brassicas, it will do best under netting to protect it from pigeons etc. Plant them about 35cm apart.
Variety: Greyhound
Number of plants: 10 plug plants (organic*)
In the kitchen: Enjoy cabbage in stir-fries, steam it, or add leftovers to hashes or bubble & squeak.
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Cabbage – Winterjewel (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 plug plants)Bring on the bubble & squeak!
This is a fabulous cabbage to grow over winter for a good supply of greens. It is very compact, so perfect for smaller plots and container growing. You can harvest outer leaves through the winter or wait until late winter to harvest whole. Plant about 25cm apart.
Variety: Winterjewel (organic*)
Number of plants: 10
In the kitchen: Great for stir-fries, braised or cooked down with kale and spinach.
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Carrots – Early Nantes (Autumn)
£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. Plant your carrots plants in early/mid September for a harvest in time for Christmas! If the weather starts to get a bit chilly/frosty – cover outside plants with a fleece or grow them in a greenhouse.Growing Autumn 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 Black Kale – Nero di Toscano (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)A popular kale plant for autumn growing
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, right into spring. You’ll find it grows slowly over the coldest months, but you should be able to enjoy a crop from late November onwards, depending on the weather. You’ll receive a complete growing guide with the plug plants when they arrive.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Nero di Toscana (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add kale to stews, steam it, or fry it up with a little garlic butter.
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Chicory – Variegata di Castelfranco (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Colourful leaves for winter salads
These are such gorgeous leaves for winter growing, with freckle-like red flecks. The leaves can be used as cut-and-come again for salads while the plant is quite young. In the heart of the winter, when it reaches maturity, you are better off harvesting the whole heart and cooking it to eat. You’ll find that the red flecks gradually darken as the plant matures. Plant in September and October approx 25cm apart in raised beds, traditional veg patches or in pots and planters. They are frost tolerant and can be grown outside very happily.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Variegata di Castelfranco (organic*)
In the kitchen: Can be used in salads or cooked. Try blanching it or braised.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Companion Plant Pack (Autumn)
£12.99
(30 Plants)Help to keep pests at bay with beautiful companion plants
Companion planting is a traditional and natural way to deter pests from crops that you are growing and to attract good insects such as hoverflies, lacewings and ladybirds which are the best natural predators of aphids and whitefly. Our little companion plant pack is a great way to get started and not only do the plants look lovely when interspersed with your vegetables, they all have the advantage of being edible too.With 30 plants in total, this pack contains the following plants:
Tagetes x 10
Plant tagetes close to your tomatoes, peppers and aubergine to deter whitefly. They also look very pretty when in flower. The petals have a distinctive zesty flavour and can picked and used fresh to garnish salads.Marigold x 10
The strong colour of marigolds attracts beneficial hoverflies, lacewings and ladybirds. Plant them in amongst your crops or next to rows of veg. The flowers and leaves have a mild citrus flavour and can be used to garnish salads or desserts.Nasturtiums x 10
Nasturtiums secrete a mustard oil that insects love, plant them as a sacrificial crop close to brassicas to deter caterpillars. A wonderful pretty companion plant with edible leaves and petals which have a distinctive peppery taste. -
Coriander (Autumn)
£7.99
(3 Plants)Oh, Coriander, how we love you!
This is a tender green leafy herb which is an absolute essential for those who love Asian cooking. Our Coriander plug plants come in sets of 3 in small 8cm biodegradable pots, ready to be planted straight away.Number of plants: 3
Variety: Cilantro (organic*)
In the kitchen: Young leaves are delicious chopped fresh and added to salads. Or use the leaves and stems for some very tasty stir-fries and curries. It works wonderfully as a flavouring alongside lime, chilli and lemon grass.
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Curly Kale – Green Curled Dwarf (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plants)Easy to grow, hardy and wonderfully nutritious
This is a very popular, compact curly kale that is an extremely nutritious leafy veg that looks great and requires little attention to produce a good crop. It is exceptionally hardy and grows really well through autumn and winter giving you a nice, constant supply of healthy greens from your garden. If you are short on space, this can be grown in pots.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Green Curled Dwarf (organic*)
In the kitchen: This is an incredibly nutritious vegetable. It can be steamed, baked or fried with a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle of seasoning to make delicious kale crisps or used in smoothies.
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Kale – Red Russian (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)One of our favourite vegetables to grow for the winter!
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 uber healthy too and easy to grow. It is a great grower for autumn/winter, and will provide you with lots of lovely leaves right through to spring. It will tolerate frosts and even snow, although its growth will slow down in such cold temperatures. On milder autumn and winter days it’ll keep on growing. You will receive a full growing guide along with your plug plant delivery.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
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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Large Companion Plant Pack (Autumn)
£19.99
(60 Plants)Keep pests at bay with a big pack of beautiful companion plants
Companion planting is a traditional and natural way to deter pests from crops that you are growing and to attract good insects such as hoverflies, lacewings and ladybirds which are the best natural predators of aphids and whitefly. Our large companion plant pack is perfect for larger veg patches and allotments. Not only do the plants look lovely when interspersed with your vegetables, they all have the advantage of being edible too.With 60 plants in total, this pack contains the following plants:
Tagetes x 20
Plant tagetes close to your tomatoes, peppers and aubergine to deter whitefly. They also look very pretty when in flower. The petals have a distinctive zesty flavour and can picked and used fresh to garnish salads.Marigold x 20
The strong colour of marigolds attracts beneficial hoverflies, lacewings and ladybirds. Plant them in amongst your crops or next to rows of veg. The flowers and leaves have a mild citrus flavour and can be used to garnish salads or desserts.Nasturtiums x 20
Nasturtiums secrete a mustard oil that insects love, plant them as a sacrificial crop close to brassicas to deter caterpillars. A wonderful pretty companion plant with edible leaves and petals which have a distinctive peppery taste. -
Lettuce – Arctic King (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)A compact butterhead lettuce with bright green crisp heads.
This butterhead variety of lettuce was bred especially for the winter. If it’s mild it’ll probably mature in the new year, and it will do even better if you can pop a cloche or fleece over the lettuce plants as they are growing. The plug plants arrive with a full growing guide to get you started.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Arctic King (organic*)
Can be grown in: Pots and containers, grow bags, raised beds.
In the kitchen: A wonderful base for your salads with its mild flavour and crisp texture
Ready to harvest: December to April, depending on weather
Delivery: These plants can be delivered from late August until mid/late October.
*Transplants suitable for organic growing.
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Lettuce – Greenhouse Brighton (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 plug plants)A brilliant buttercrunch lettuce for winter growing
This is a fab buttercrunch lettuce for winter growing and we are delighted to add it to our plant collection this autumn. We find it best to wait and harvest as whole heads, but if you’re impatient you can pick some of the outer leaves earlier in the season. It is nice and hardy so will withstand the winter well, although you could cover it with horticultural fleece if it turns really cold.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Greenhouse Brighton (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add to salads through autumn and winter
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Lettuce – Marvel of Four Seasons (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 plug plants)With its beautiful colour, this is a stunning addition to your winter veg garden
This winter lettuce will cope with any conditions that the UK throws at it! It’s a very pretty, tasty red lettuce that should be harvestable before Christmas if mild, especially if grown under a cloche or fleece. You can harvest outer leaves through the season, or wait until the plant reaches maturity and forms a heart in late winter. The plug plants come with a full growing guide to get you started.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Marvel of Four Seasons (organic*)
In the kitchen: Not only does it look great, but this deep red and pale green butterhead lettuce makes a colourful and flavoursome addition to winter salads.
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Lettuce – Winter Density (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)A crunchy winter lettuce to grow
This is a cos style of lettuce that you’ll really enjoy if you like Little Gem lettuce. It’s got a nice crisp texture and should mature in late winter or early spring, depending on the weather. It’ll be even earlier if you pop some fleece over it, or a cloche – you can grow it well in a greenhouse too. The plug plants will arrive with a complete growing guide for you to refer to when planting and growing your lettuces.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Winter Density (organic*)
In the kitchen: A lovely crisp cos-style lettuce to add crunch to your winter salads.
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Marigold (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plants)Pretty flowers that’ll attract the bees
Marigolds have long been a veg patch favourite for encouraging bees and other pollinators, as well as helping to protect your crops from pests like aphids. Dotting a few clusters here and there amongst your crops will really bring your plot to life. They’ll keep flowering until the frosts get too heavy, but you can also plant them in a greenhouse or polytunnel amongst your autumn crops.Variety: African Sunspot Mix
No. of plants: 10
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Mizuna – Red Knight (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Red spicy leaves to add to winter salads
Mizuna is an attractive and delicious cut and come again salad leaf with punchy leaves. It is easy to grow and well worth having in your veg patch over autumn and winter. The leaves are fairly frost tolerant, although we would recommend protecting them with horticultural fleece if there’s snow on the forecast. You can expect to be able to harvest from November through to March, depending on the weather of course! The plug plants come with a complete growing guide.
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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Nasturtium (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plants)Fab edible flowers that make great companion plants
Pop some nasturtiums in a pot near your brassicas to keep cabbage white butterflies off your veg crops, or pop them in a pot elsewhere so that you can pick off the edible flowers to enjoy in salads or sprinkled on dishes like risotto. They will keep flowering until mid/late autumn before self seeding for the following year. We’d recommend planting up a few in your greenhouse with any autumn/winter crops too.No. of plants: 10
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Rainbow Chard – Bright Lights (Autumn)
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Colourful chard leaves for winter growing
Rainbow chard will bring a pleasing punch of colour to your veg patch during the colder months. It is a flavoursome and nutrient-rich vegetable that will produce leaves throughout the seasons. A good vegetable plant to try growing if you like spinach. Simply cut off the bigger, outer leaves at the base and more will keep growing from the centre. It will tolerate light frosts. You will receive a growing guide with the plug plants.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Bright Lights (organic*)
In the kitchen: The 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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Rosemary – Trailing (Autumn)
£7.99
(3 Plants)A trailing variety suitable for hanging baskets and walls
A great choice for hanging baskets (especially if you tend to forget about watering them!) or for trailing over a wall. Rosemary is an evergreen, and this variety will produce blue flowers in spring. Our Rosemary plug plants will arrive ready to plant, in plastic-free packaging.
Number of plants: 3
Organic*
In the kitchen: Spike meat, poultry and game with rosemary. Alternatively, chop it and use in stuffings and sauces for fish, lamb or chicken. Can be used fresh or dried.
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Sage (Autumn)
£7.99
(3 Plants)Bees and other beneficial insects love these pretty flowers.
Sage is an evergreen herb with highly aromatic leaves. This lovely common broad leaf variety of sage is arguably the best for culinary uses.Number of plants: 3
Variety: Common Broadleaf (organic*)
Can be grown in: Large containers or raised beds.
In the kitchen: Sage is traditionally used with pork, cheese and mushroom dishes and will make wonderful stuffings. The flowers are edible too and can be used to dress summer salads.
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Strawberry Plants – Symphony (late season)
£4.99
(3 Plants)A late season strawberry to extend the season
This late season variety of strawberry seems to excel in damper conditions, making it a good choice for those slightly wetter areas of the UK. It is a prolific cropper that will give you a good yield. The strawberry plants come in biodegradable pots that can be planted straight into the ground, or into pots/containers. You’ll receive a full growing guide with your plants.Number of plants: 3 (in biodegradable pots)
Variety: Symphony
Can be grown in: Plant strawberries in beds, containers, window boxes or grow bags. Find out more about growing strawberries in our growing guide below.
In the kitchen: Pick strawberries fresh from the garden while you’re gardening. If you do manage to keep them until you get to the kitchen, use them for puddings, ice creams and smoothies. Or just slice up into Pimm’s or even a gin and tonic or a mocktail.
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Tagete (Autumn)
£5.99
(10 Plants)Pretty flowers that’ll attract the bees
Tagetes have long been a veg patch favourite for encouraging bees and other pollinators, as well as helping to protect your crops from pests like aphids. Dotting a few clusters here and there amongst your crops will really bring your plot to life. They’ll keep flowering until the frosts get too heavy, but you can also plant them in a greenhouse or polytunnel amongst your autumn crops.No. of plants: 10