Late Summer Planting
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Lettuce – Lollo Rossa
£4.99
(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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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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Rhubarb Chard
£4.99
(10 Plug Plants)Colourful, nutrient-rich and delicious
This is a leaf beet chard that will add a nice splash of colour to the garden. It’s a nice one to grow in borders and pots as well. Treat it like spinach or pick the leaves while they are young for salads. Growing rhubarb chard from plug plants is easy – just follow the instructions in the growing guide that is provided with the plants.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Rhubarb Red (organic*)
In the kitchen: The rhubarb 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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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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Bee & Butterfly Wildflower Plugs (Small)
£19.99
(50 Plug Plants)Plant a mini wildflower meadow!
Hugely popular when we introduced them in 2020, our wildflower plug plants are brilliant for attracting bees, butterflies and other pollinators. There are over 100 different varieties, all annuals which will readily self seed, giving you continual colour for months. They are great for planting in a dedicated patch in the garden, or in a pot/planter for a mini-meadow on your patio!As pictured, each plug plant will have a cluster of different seedlings emerging, a lucky dip from the list below, and should not be thinned out. This way, you’ll get a fairly natural looking little meadow. For best results, plant the plugs straight into pots, containers or beds quite close together, about 3-4cm apart. We would recommend 50 plugs to a 50cm-100cm wide pot, or 100 per square metre if planting in beds/borders (or for one of our traditional crate planters )
Number of plugs: 50 plug plants (multiple seedlings per plug)
Contains a lucky dip seedling mix from over 100 different wildflowers, including:
Borage
Clover
Corn Cockle
Cornflower
Daisy – Ox-Eye
Foxglove – Wild
Knapweed
Cranesbill
Poppy – Common
Scabious – Field
Ragged Robin
Teasel
Yarrow
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Brussels Sprouts – Red Ball
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)An eye catching little sprout with a colourful twist
This variety of brussels sprout puts a fun twist on the traditional winter vegetable. The red sprouts retain their colour when steamed and taste slightly sweeter than the green variety. They cope well in cold weather and deepen their colour after the first frost appears – they’re best harvested after that but can be harvested anytime from November to January. Best for raised beds/traditional plots, and perfect for planting in summer for Christmas harvests. The organic plug plants will come with complete growing guide with all the tips you need for getting started.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Red Ball (organic*)
In the kitchen: These are great steamed or sauteed in butter, for an alternative – peel each layer and create a tasty salad with the leaves.
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Carrot – Paris Market Round
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)So good for roasting whole!
Sometimes known as Globe Carrots due to their roundness, this variety is a little different from your standard garden carrot. They are a fantastic addition to the kitchen garden in summer, a good way of plugging gaps where you may have already harvested, and an excellent way of topping up your Vitamin A when you eat them! They will arrive as plug plants ready for you to plant out straight away, can be grown in the ground or in containers and are not particularly fussy about the climate conditions. Check out the growing guide that will arrive with your plants, for helpful tips.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Paris Market Round Carrot (*organic)
In the kitchen: These carrots can be roasted, boiled, steamed and even grilled – a versatile and delicious little kitchen vegetable. If you’re feeling adventurous why not have a go at pickling them.
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Carrot – Purple Sun
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Fun purple carrots for summer growing
It’s so pleasing to pull up a bunch of deep purple carrots from the ground. The flesh is purple too and the colour stays when cooked. This variety is lovely and sweet in flavour, and tends to grow quite long providing the roots are not disturbed. Our plug plants come in biodegradable pots and we would recommend planting them like this to avoid disturbing the roots. Carrots are easy to grow, just follow the growing guide advice when your plug plants arrive.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Purple Sun (*organic)
In the kitchen: This variety of carrots can be steamed or roasted and are delicious eaten raw in salads or slaws.
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Kale – Red Russian
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)This is one of our favourites!
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 super healthy and easy to grow. We’re sure you will enjoy it just as much as we do! Growing kale is very easy from plug plants – just pop them in the ground and keep them well watered. It is best to net them to protect from birds and butterflies, but full growing advice is in the guide included with your plug plants and makes it super simple.
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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Lettuce – Red Salad Bowl
£4.99
(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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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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Red Cabbage – Red Drumhead
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)An easy to grow red cabbage
This variety will produce a good sized red cabbage that you can feel very proud of having grown yourself! The leaves have a lovely blue tinge, but the hearts themselves are a deep cabbage red. They are great-looking plants in the vegetable garden. Firm them in well when planting and try to keep them cool by watering frequently. There’s loads more advice in the growing guide that comes with the plug plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Red Drumhead (organic*)
In the kitchen: Try red cabbage braised with spices to make a rich and warming accompaniment to your Sunday roast. Shred finely to add to salads for extra crunch and deep purples!
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Savoy Cabbage – Vertus
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, hardy and delicious
This variety of savoy cabbage has rounded heads of dark green ruffled leaves that have a more subtle flavour compared to other savoy cabbages, slightly less bitter. It’s a very hardy variety and stands well without splitting. Best grown in beds, but it can be grown in large pots too. Growing from our organic plug plants is easy – follow the advice in the comprehensive growing guide that you will receive with the plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Vertus (organic*)
In the kitchen: Shred or cut savoy cabbage into wedges with the hard core discarded. Steam, boil, braise or stir-fry. It especially delicious braised with pancetta and garlic.
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Swede – Marian
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Easy to grow, hardy and deliciously tasty
Swede is a hardy root vegetable that is easy to grow so long as plants are watered regularly to avoid the swede root from splitting. It has a globe shape with purple skin colour and yellow flesh within. Suitable for raised beds and traditional plots in all parts of the UK, Swede is easy to grow from plug plants – you will receive a complete growing guide with your delivery.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Marian (organic)
In the kitchen: Delicious roasted, mashed or slow cooked in stews or casseroles.
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Brussels Sprouts – Evesham Special
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Perfect for a festive harvest
This traditional variety produces large quantities of medium size, solid sprouts which, if planted in early spring, will crop from October to Christmas. If you plant them later in the year, say June or July, you can expect a crop from December through to February. Sprouts are easy to grow, just remember to earth them up a little to keep them stable on windy days. Harvest them individually from the bottom of the stalk upwards, or pull up a whole stalk. Our plug plants make it very easy to get going, and your plants will come with a complete growing guide.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Evesham Special (organic*)
In the kitchen: Roast sprouts with balsamic, finely slice and stir fry, steam and add garlic butter and bacon.
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Colourful Carrots
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Grow Rainbow Coloured Carrots this year
This fun and easy-to-grow colourful carrot plant collection contains purple, orange and yellow carrots, giving you a lovely burst of colour to brighten up any dish. The plug plants come in biodegradable pots to protect the roots – we would recommend planting them like this to avoid disturbing the roots. Carrots are easy to grow, just follow the growing guide advice when your plug plants arrive.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
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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Frills Mustard
£4.99
(10 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
£4.99
(10 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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Kohl Rabi – Delicacy Purple
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)An unusual addition to the vegetable garden
Although popular in Europe, Kohl Rabi is not that common a vegetable in the UK. It tastes like a cross between a broccoli stalk and a turnip. Kohl Rabi ‘Delicacy Purple’ is an early maturing purple variety with round shaped stems and good quality, delicate flesh. Harvest once the diameter reaches about 10cm. It is quite easy to grow, and full instructions are included with the plug plants.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Delicacy Purple (organic*)
In the kitchen: Kohl Rabi is a super tasty addition when grated into coleslaw or salads. Also yummy when roasted, steamed or stir-fried.
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Leaf Beet – Bulls Blood
£4.99
(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 plug plants
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
£4.99
(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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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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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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Amaranth – Red Army
£4.99
(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.