For a Beautiful Plot
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Marigold
£5.99
(10 Plug 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 of marigold plants here and there amongst your crops will really bring your plot to life. Growing marigolds from plug plants is very easy – just plant in pots or beds, keep them well watered. Full growing instructions come with the plants.Variety: African Sunspot Mix
No. of plants: 10 plug plants
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Nasturtium
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Fab edible flowers that make great companion plants
Pop some nasturtium plants 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. Nasturtiums are very easy to grow from plug plants – just plant them and keep them well watered during dry spells. A full growing guide comes with the plants.No. of plants: 10 plug plants
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Nigella (Love-in-a-Mist)
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)Great for cutting
Nigella, also known as Love-in-a-Mist is a lovely flower to grow in the kitchen garden. The flowers are edible (in small quantities, and only the flower, not the whole plant!), and they are also perfect for cutting to make posies for the kitchen – pop a few stems in a small vase or jam jar.No. of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Persian Jewel Mix
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Stock – Vintage Mix
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)Compact plants with a delicious scent
Stock is well known for its fragrance, and it works well as a flower for cutting too, to bring a little of that scent into the home. Grows to 35cm tall.No. of plants: 10 plug plants
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Sweet Pea – Giant Spencer
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)Beautiful blooms for cutting
Plant at the base of a wigwam or fence and let them scramble – you’ll get flowers for several weeks, and they are great for cutting to make small posies, and there will be loads for the bees and other pollinators to enjoy too. Mixed colours.No. of plants: 10 plug plants
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Tagete – Starfire Mix
£5.99
(10 Plug 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 right through summer and autumn until the frosts get too heavy. Tagetes are easy to grow from plug plants – just pop them in the soil and let them do their work. A full growing guide is provided with all plants.No. of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Starfire Mix
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Zinnia – Purple Prince
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)A brilliant pop of colour
Easy to grow and stunning colour, zinnia is a great addition to the cut flower patch. Pop it in amongst some filler foliage like Hare’s Ear, and your vase will immediately be beautiful and zingy!No. of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Purple Prince
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Viola
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Beautiful edible flowers to grow
These pretty little flowers are so sweet and really decorative. Use them to decorate cakes and salads, or simply let them attract bees and other pollinators to your veg patch. Growing them from our plug plants is simple – just pop them in the soil in a sunny spot and keep them well watered. You’ll get a mixture of different coloured violas right through the summer and into autumn.Growing from our plug plants is very easy – just pop the viola plants in beds or pots when your plants arrive and keep them well watered – a complete growing guide is provided with all plants.
No. of plants: 10 plug plants
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Tree Spinach
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Sparkling pink and golden leaves!
Arguably the most beautiful salad leaf you’ll ever see! Tree Spinach plants deepen into a stunning magenta at the tips, and genuinely sparkle with a little gold dusting. Seeing is believing, so give them a grow and enjoy popping the pink leaves in your salads! The plug plants arrive with a complete growing guide, so it is easy to get started with growing these beauties, but worth knowing in advance that the plants grow quite tall and are best planted at the back of a border/bed.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Tree Spinach (organic*)
In the kitchen: Add Tree Spinach leaves to salads for a splash of bright pink – it’ll look really amazing!
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Hyssop
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Bees and butterflies love these beautiful blue flowers.
Hyssop produces rich blue, clustered flowers that grow out of one side of its stem. These flowers are great at attracting bees and butterflies to the garden. The stem has a square shape with long pointed aromatic dark green leaves. Hyssop can grow to a height of 45cm.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cmbiodegradable fibre pots)
Organic*
Great for protecting your brassicas!
In the kitchen: Use the young leaves of hyssop in salads or in meat or oily fish dishes or use to flavour soups, stews, stuffing and fruit dishes. Hyssop is said to aid the digestion of fatty or rich foods.
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Purple Sage
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Gorgeous shades of purple and green
This is such a beautiful variety of sage that looks fab growing in a herb bed or in the borders, providing purple and green foliage all year round. The bees will love the flowers that come out in summer. Great for stuffings, paired with squash, and to flavour nut roasts. Our Purple Sage plug plants are ready to be planted straight away.
Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Purple (organic*)
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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Pineapple Sage
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Stunning red flowers and a pineapple scent
Named for the strong pineapple scent of the leaves, you might prefer to grow this bushy variety of sage for its spectacular, spiky red flowers which earn it the alternative name of Scarlet Pimpernel. Our Pineapple Sage plants come ready to be planted straight away. They are best grown in pots and containers and will need to be placed in full sun.
Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Pineapple (organic*)
In the kitchen: The leaves of this sage are well suited to ice creams, puddings and fruit salads.
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Pineapple Mint
£8.99
3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)Wonderful attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects
Pineapple Mint plants are one of the most attractive varieties of mints, producing beautiful green leaves edged with white. This mint has a lovely tasty hint of pineapple and is extremely versatile.Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)
Variety: Pineapple (organic*)
Great for protecting your brassicas, tomatoes, chillies and aubergines!
In the kitchen: Wonderful used in summery drinks, desserts, salads, with fresh fruit or to make fresh mint tea.