Vegetable Plug Plants
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Padron Pepper
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)Some are hot, most are not!
Padron Peppers are becoming so popular with foodies, and for good reason. They are simply delicious freshly harvested, stir fried in a generous glug of olive oil with a pinch of Cornish Sea Salt. Every so often you’ll come across one that is hot, but most are lovely and mild and so tasty. They are a must grow! Growing from plug plants is quick and easy – just plant them in a greenhouse or sunny, sheltered site when your plants arrive and follow the advice in the growing guide provided with your plants.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Padron (organic*)
In the kitchen: Best fried in olive oil until the skin blisters, then sprinkle with sea salt.
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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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Rhubarb Chard
£5.99
(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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Runner Bean – Enorma
£6.99
(10 Plug Plants)Just keep picking those beans!
Runner Beans look so attractive climbing up their wigwams with their bright red flowers. Enorma is a quick growing variety that will produce a heavy crop of long runner beans for you to pick on many a summer’s evening. You can grow in large pots or in beds. Growing beans from plug plants is very easy – the plants come with a comprehensive growing guide to help you if you are new to growing your own vegetables.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Enorma (organic*)
In the kitchen: Runner beans are delicious steamed until just tender – add a knob of butter and some freshly chopped herbs too.
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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 – Blue Kuri
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)Ripens nice and early!
If you’ve ever grown Crown Prince (which is a reasonably well known squash variety) then think of Blue Kuri as its smaller sibling. A similar grey-blue skin, deep orange flesh and good nutty qualities. It is a trailing variety and should produce several small squashes weighing around 1kg on each plant. One of its best traits is that it matures early, making it a particularly good option for anyone growing in northern areas of the country where summer might come to an end a little earlier than down here in Cornwall!
Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Blue Kuri (organic*)
In the kitchen: Roasted in chunks, whizzed up in soups, cooked up in tagines and stews
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Winter Squash – Bush Baby
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)Small plants, big squashes!
If you’re looking for a winter squash to grow in a small space, but would like to harvest slightly larger fruits weighing up to 4kg, then this is the right variety for you! A bush variety, Bush Baby Winter Squash stays quite compact and can easily be grown in large containers. You’ll probably get 3 or 4 fruits per plant, but they’ll grow quite large for a bush plant, especially if you give the plants a fortnightly liquid feed once it starts fruiting.
Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Bush Baby (organic*)
In the kitchen: Winter squash is great for roasting, and for using in soups and stews/tagines
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Winter Squash – Buttercup
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)Decorative and delicious
This variety of winter squash has a deliciously dense, firm flesh and a beautifully sweet and nutty flavour with an unusually flat shape. The skin is a green/grey colour and the fruits grow to approximately 1.5kg. It’s very easy to grow winter squash from plug plants – just choose a sunny spot and plant in beds or in a large container. Full growing guide comes with the plug plants.Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Buttercup (organic*)
In the kitchen: This winter squash variety is great for roasting, using in a soup or to make a delicious pie.
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Winter Squash – Gold Nugget
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)A brilliant squash for growing in pots
If you love Uchiki Kuri, you’ll also love Gold Nugget, which is very similar. The main difference, aside from skin colour, is that Gold Nugget is a bush variety, meaning that the plant stays fairly compact rather than trailing. It can be planted with 80-90cm spacing, and it is a perfect option for growing in a larger container. The squashes themselves are small-medium, weighing in at around 1kg (think butternut squash kind of size, but round in shape!) and both nutty and buttery in flavour.
Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Gold Nugget (organic*)
In the kitchen: Great for roasting and using in soups, stews etc.
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Winter Squash – Little Gem
£5.99
(3 Plug Plants)Perfect size for 1-2 people
This trailing winter squash produces mini, acorn-shaped fruits measuring approximately 10cm. It is a good choice for smaller plots if you want a squash that will easily climb a trellis. They tend to be easy to peel, and they are the perfect size to stuff and roast whole. Great if you’re cooking for yourself or just one other.
Number of plants: 3 plug plants
Variety: Little Gem (organic*)
In the kitchen: This winter squash can be deseeded and stuffed before baking whole. Otherwise, you can chop into chunks and roast.
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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
£10.99
(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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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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Celery – Green Utah
£5.99
(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 plug plants
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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Colourful Courgette Collection
£13.99
(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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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.