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Beetroot – Cylindra
£4.99
(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 plug plants
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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Butternut Squash – Waltham
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)Delicious and easy to grow
Produces sweet flavoured butternut squash of a light tan-colour, with smooth orange flesh. These fruits are uniformed in shape and can grow up to 20cm long. Stores well after harvesting. A good variety for UK growing. Butternut Squash plug plants make it easy, too – just plant them in a sunny spot and follow the advice in the growing guide that comes with the plants.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Waltham Butternut (organic*)
In the kitchen: This squash is great for roasting, using in a soup or to make a delicious pie.
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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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Winter Squash – Uchiki Kuri
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)Very early to ripen – great for UK growing!
A lovely looking winter squash, each plant forms three to five small pumpkin-like fruits averaging 1.5kg. The fruits are an intense orange/red colour with golden flesh and have a sweet nutty flavour. We really love this variety – it is very pretty, and a popular one amongst foodies and chefs. It ripens early making it a safe bet if you’re planting late, or if autumn comes sooner in your neck of the woods. Winter Squash is easy to grow using plug plants and full growing guide is provided with the plants.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Uchiki Kuri (organic*)
In the kitchen: For a simple and delicious side dish, try roasting this squash with garlic cloves and seasoning. Also brilliant and tasty in soups.
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Beetroot – Chioggia
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Stripy Beetroots!
This traditional Italian beetroot has beautiful, decorative white rings when sliced. It looks amazing sliced finely and added to salads. Definitely worth growing! Our beetroot plug plants make it very easy to grow your own beetroot, whether you are growing in pots or beds. The plants arrive with a complete growing guide, and are delivered in plastic-free packaging.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Chioggia Italian (organic*)
In the kitchen: This variety of beetroot is great for slicing into salads so that you can see the beautiful stripes.
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Cobra French Climbing Bean
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)Deliciously tasty, and perfectly formed!
This is a really popular variety of French Climbing Bean that produces long, green bean pods which are about 7mm in diameter and can be harvested over a long period. If you enjoy French Bean Salads, this is the bean for you! French Beans are easy to grow from plug plants – you can plant them in beds or large pots in full sunshine. A complete growing guide is provided with all plug plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Cobra (organic)
In the kitchen: Great steamed with a drizzle of olive oil, perfect for salads.
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Courgette – Genovese
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)A compact variety of pale skinned courgettes
With pale, mottled light green skin, these courgettes tend to start cropping a little earlier in the season (if the weather is good, of course!) It is a bush variety so will not take up too much space – great for pots! Courgettes are very easy to grow using plug plants – just follow the advice in the growing guide that comes with the plants.
Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Genovese (organic*)
In the kitchen: Courgettes are a wonderfully versatile vegetable – they can be used in stir-fries, soups, casseroles, salads, pasta dishes, pickled, the list goes on. You can even cook the flower: try stuffing with herbs and cream cheese and frying it lightly.
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Courgette – Green Bush
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)A high yielding, easy to grow courgette plant
This is a bush variety of courgette, which means that plants are large, robust and vigorous but stay compact without sprawling. The fruit are uniform and straight, with a rich dark green colouring and a fine flavour that’s delicate and sweet enough to eat raw, straight off the plant. Growing courgettes from plug plants is very easy – plant in full sunshine, in beds or large pots, and be sure to water well. You will receive a complete growing guide with your plug plants.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Green Bush (organic*)
In the kitchen: A wonderfully versatile vegetable, courgettes can be used in stir-fries, soups, casseroles, salads, pasta dishes, pickled, the list goes on. You can even eat its beautiful flower, try stuffing it with herbs and cheese and frying it briefly.
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Dwarf French Green Bean – Tendergreen
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)French beans for small plots
You’ll be surprised by how many beans one small plant can give you! These dwarf bean plants produce plenty of green beans over several weeks. They are ideal for growing in pots and containers, or plant in one or two rows in raised beds. Your plug plants will come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Tendergreen (*organic)
In the kitchen: Steam lightly, or blanche. Toss with olive oil, garlic and chopped parsley once cooked for a very simple but tasty side dish.
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Giant Winter Leeks
£6.99
(20 Plug Plants)The gardener’s choice of leek
Giant Winter is an excellent late variety producing thick leeks that will hold well in the ground for a long time and are winter hardy. You will find more than one leek growing in most of your plug plants, so you will get plenty of leeks to harvest! You can either tease them apart to plant each leek separately, or plant together without separating. There is plenty of growing advice in the growing guide that arrives with the plug plants.Number of plants: 20 plug plants (although you are likely to receive two or three seedlings in each plug)
Variety: Giant Winter (organic*)
In the kitchen: Leeks are delicious in soups, stews and pies. You can steam, fry or boil. Finely chopping leeks brings out their flavour and texture.
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Leeks – Musselburgh
£6.99
(20 Plug Plants)A tried and tested traditional variety
Musselburgh produces huge, handsome leeks with thick stems and dark green leaves. It is reliable, easy to grow, winter hardy, with good disease resistance and an excellent strong flavour. It will be ready for harvesting late summer to early winter. It’s easy to grow leeks from plug plants – just follow the instructional leaflet that will arrive with your plug plants.Number of plants: 20 plug plants
Variety: Musselburgh (organic)
In the kitchen: Leeks are delicious in soups, stews and pies. You can steam, fry or boil. Finely chopping leeks brings out the flavour and texture.
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Pea Half Pint – Tom Thumb
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)Perfect for pots on your patio
Growing your own peas can be one of the most rewarding plants in your garden! They taste SO much better homegrown… frozen peas from the supermarket are no match for these delicious pops of flavour! These dinky plants are ideal for pots. They will produce full sized pea pods, even though the plant is tiny, so they are perfect for a small garden. An excellent addition for summer growing, and they’ll cope well when the weather turns colder in autumn too. They are very easy to grow from plug plants, just follow the advice in the growing guide provided with the plants. In late summer – plant in a greenhouse.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants (*organic)
In the kitchen: Shell the peas and either scatter them in a salad or boil for 3 minutes as a tasty vegetable accompaniment
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Pumpkin – Jack O’Lantern
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)Grow your own pumpkins for Halloween
Producing pumpkins weighing up to 10kg and bright orange in colour, this variety is ideal for your menacing masterpieces at Halloween. Pumpkins are easy to grow, but you will need some space for them to sprawl out, or a sturdy trellis/fence for them to climb. You will receive a complete growing guide with your plants. You can expect to harvest the pumpkins in mid/late October.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Jack O’Lantern (organic*)
In the kitchen: This pumpkin is great for roasting, using in a soup or to make a delicious pumpkin pie. But of course, you may prefer just to carve it!
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Turnip – Sweetbell
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow and deliciously tasty
These turnip plants grow very quickly, and in just a few weeks you’ll have some lovely, golf-ball sized turnips to harvest! They are a salad type, perfect for grating or slicing finely to add some crunch to summer salads, or throw them into a casserole. Suitable for all UK plots, whether you’re growing in beds or pots, these plug plants make it very easy to grow your own turnips and you will receive a complete growing guide with your delivery.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Sweetbell (organic*)
In the kitchen: Try grating raw turnip into salads, or add to casseroles, stir-fries or roast them up with some olive oil and sea salt.
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Winter Squash – Sweet Dumpling
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)A striking addition to your squash patch
Sweet Dumpling is a very versatile squash as it is perfect for cooking whole, or stuffing and roasting to use as an individual portion. It has a beautifully sweet flavour. With its unusual skin colouring of light and dark green stripes and its creamy orange flesh, this squash makes a striking addition to your squash patch. It is incredibly easy to grow squash from plug plants – this variety will grow well in large containers or in beds – it just needs a little space to sprawl out or a trellis to climb.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Sweet Dumpling (organic*)
In the kitchen: For a simple and delicious side dish, try baking this sweet winter squash until the flesh is soft. Perfect for making pumpkin pie and muffins!
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Yellow Courgette – Atena Polka
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)A golden skinned courgette
These plants will produce beautifully colourful courgettes to brighten up your vegetable garden. Atena Polka is a bush variety of courgette, so can be grown well in raised beds or in large pots. You should get a great crop from it, just follow the advice in our growing guide to get your plug plants off to a good start.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Atena Polka (organic*)
In the kitchen: Such a versatile vegetable, courgettes can be used in stir-fries, soups, casseroles, salads, pasta dishes, pickled, the list goes on. You can even eat its beautiful flower, try stuffing it with herbs and cheese and frying it briefly. Delicious!
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Beetroot Mix
£9.99
(30 Plug Plants)A fabulous array of different beets
This little collection contains three different varieties (the classic Detroit purple beet, Bolder Golden and Chioggia, a stripy Italian variety) to give you a lovely harvest of different looking beetroots, each with its own distinct flavour. Plant in pots or beds. Growing beetroot using plug plants is easy – just plant them in pots or beds when your plants arrive following the instructions in our growing guide (provided with every plant delivery.)Number of plants: 30 plug plants (10 of each variety)
Space required: An area of approx 70cm x 70cm
In the kitchen: Can be steamed or are delicious eaten raw in salads. They are also great roasted with some honey.
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Colourful Courgette Collection
£12.99
(12 Plug Plants)A fantastic set of different courgette plants
This colourful courgette collection contains 3 plants of each of these super tasty and easy to grow varieties: All Green Bush, Atena Polka, Tondo Chiara di Pizza, Tromboncino Albania. Harvested together you can put together some beautiful summer dishes. It is very easy to grow courgettes from plug plants – they just need sun and lots of compost dug in. Perfect for pots too. A complete growing guide will arrive with your plug plants.Number of plants: 12 plug plants (3 of each variety)
Space required: An area of approx 1.5m x 4m – Tromboncino will readily climb, so can be grown up a trellis to save space.
In the kitchen: Slice and grill courgettes on the BBQ, slice into ribbons for pretty salads, add to pasta dishes and ratatouille.
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Courgette – Tondo Chiara di Nizza
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)A good cropping round courgette
A delightful, round shaped courgette which is pale green in colour. It is highly productive so you’ll get a great crop. The courgettes should be cut when they reach about 10 cm diameter – they’re great for roasting and stuffing. The plants are quite compact so you could easily grow them in a large container, or plant them in beds. You’ll receive a complete growing guide with the plug plants to help you get off to a good start.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Tondo Chiara di Nizza (organic*)
In the kitchen: A wonderfully versatile vegetable, this courgette variety is perfect for stuffing, roasting or slice it into rounds to grill on a bbq.
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Courgette -Tromboncino Albenga
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)Gives an exceptionally good crop right through the season
This is a fantastic climbing squash – You can either eat the fruits like courgettes whilst they are still small – they taste quite similar – or leave them to grow and further ripen before storing them in much the same way as winter squash. When used as a winter squash, they have a milder flavour than butternut. You’ll find you get loads from just one plant! As a climber, you’ll need to have space for it to sprawl along the ground (a dedicated raised bed is perfect) or a sturdy trellis/fence for the plants to climb. Growing from plug plants is easy, just follow the advice in the growing guide.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Tromboncino Albenga (organic*)
In the kitchen: A wonderfully versatile vegetable, this can be used as a courgette in stir fries, soups, risotto, pasta dishes, etc or wait until it is mature like a winter squash and roast it up for stews and soups.
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Dwarf French Bean – Orinoco
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)Heavy cropping yellow beans
These dwarf bean plants will produce a heavy crop of pale yellow beans. Plants typically grow to approx 20-25cm tall, making them perfect for pots and smaller veg patches. Simply pop the plug plants in the ground leaving 20cm between each plant – they are easy to grow and quick to start producing flowers and beans! A full growing guide comes with the plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Orinoco
In the kitchen: Can be used as a whole bean or as fine cut beans. Delicious steamed until tender.
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Dwarf French Bean – Purple Queen
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)A real show stopper in the kitchen garden
This variety of bean not only tastes amazing but looks stunning growing in the veg patch. As these form a compact plant, they are great for growing in pots and containers. With deep green foliage, pretty flowers and deep glossy purple pods, these really are eye catching plants. Growing your own beans is incredibly easy using our plug plants and you will receive a complete growing guide with your order.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Purple Queen (organic*)
In the kitchen: Delicious steamed until tender.
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Peas – Kelvedon Wonder
£6.99
(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 plug plants
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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Pumpkin – Hundredweight
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)Can you grow a record breaker?!
This variety of pumpkin can produce beautiful round deep orange fruits of up to 25kg! To grow these enormous fun fruits, you will need to allow approx. 2m between plants and thin out other fruits as they form. This will allow your larger fruit to obtain all the nutrients and water it needs to grow to this super-size. Growing pumpkins from plug plants is easy – a full growing guide will be provided with your plant delivery.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Hundredweight (organic*)
In the kitchen: This pumpkin is great for roasting, using in a soup or to make a delicious pumpkin pie.