Vegetable Plants
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£3.00This heavy yielding variety produces delicate white flowers that make a particularly attractive addition to the vegetable garden. Awarded an RHS AGM, Runner Bean ‘White Emergo’ forms long, smooth pods with a superb flavour when picked while they are young and tender. This vigorous variety copes well even under adverse weather conditions. Height Up to 300cm (118in) Spread Up to 30cm (12in).
Price per pack of 9 plants
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£3.00
In cultivation by 1633. A traditional, beautiful large bean, usually purple with mottled black but can often be lavender, yet was named for its beautiful scarlet flowers. Pick when young when both pod and bean can be eaten, or grow on for kidney beans. Runner beans are a good source of Vitamin C, folate and iron, and have a high fibre content. Try growing runner beans with sweet peas to attract pollinating insects to the flowers. Allow 22-25cm between plants. Crop from July onwards. Height 300cm.
Price per pack of 12 plants
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£3.00
The young leaves can be added to salads or used in dressings; they have a delicate flavour reminiscent of cucumber, although some detect a hint of mint too. How about chopping the leaves finely and adding to crème fraîche or to a summer soup? They are also good popped into an oriental stir-fry. Height 60cm Spacing 30cm apart.
Price per pack of 6 plants
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£3.00This savoy produces a good quality large solid head. Winterking produces dark green leaves with a crinkled and blistered texture. A good prolific variety that will happily stand through the coldest of winter weather unprotected. Spacing, Row: 18 inches. Spacing, Plant: 12 inches.
Price per pack of 6 plants
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Grown for its numerous delightful but skinny roots, formed in bundles just below ground level, these were once much esteemed as amongst the sweetest, whitest and most pleasant of roots, very popular in medieval times and much prized by the Tudors. Treat gently in the kitchen to preserve its most subtle flavour – try raw in salads (marvellous with rocket) or simply gently pan fry in a little butter, perhaps with just a touch of garlic. Space 25cm apart. 3ft (1m)
Price per pack of 12 plants
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£3.00
Heritage open-pollinated variety. Fine, smooth, broad dark-green leaves of true spinach, stands well to the hottest, driest parts of summer yet does just as well in cooler parts of early autumn. Resistant to mildew and slow to bolt. Rich in Vitamins A and C, beta-carotene & dietary fibre. Mild, tender and totally delicious as baby leaf or main crop. Continual harvest top 3 or 4 inches of steams and leaves through growing season. Protect through winter in greenhouse or under cloche. Plant size 38cm height 30cm spread.
Multisown in packs of 12
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£3.00(Circa 1882) Quick growing – from planting to picking in 10 weeks, A traditional crisp bunching salad spring onion with smooth white bulbs up to 4 cm in diameter & mild sweet thick rings inside for a mild taste. Try growing onions with mint to deter onion fly. Best variety of over wintering. Height Up to 30cm (11.8in) Spread Up to 5cm (2in).
Price per pack of 12 multisown plants
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£2.00This reliable old variety produces 15-30 lb. fruits on vigorous vines with sweet, bright orange and fine textured flesh. The fruit has excellent storage qualities; flesh is best baked. Can be stored for a long time.
A sunny spot protected from strong winds is essential. Allow plenty of space to sprawl.
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1 x Plant in 9cm Container
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£2.00Renowned for its eating qualities, Crown Prince F1 is an attractive steel grey squash producing large fruits (4kg) with deep orange flesh and long excellent storage potential.
These plants need space to thrive, overcrowding may lead to poorer harvests. Ready to harvest late autumn as foliage starts to die back and skins have hardened.
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1 x Plant in 9cm Container
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£2.00A great new, green striped, acorn shaped hybrid winter squash producing 1lb fruits in abundance on sturdy bush type plants. Excellent flavour and sweet flesh. It has good powdery mildew tolerance.
A sunny spot protected from strong winds is essential.
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1 x Plant in 9cm Container
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£2.00What must be one of the sweetest squashes available. Fruits have firm, deep orange flesh ideal for roasting or soup. Stores well into spring with the green stripes fading as they need to be eaten.
Can be left to ground trail or grown up a trellis in smaller spaces. A sunny spot protected from strong winds is essential. Likes to sprawl so needs plenty of space.
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1 x Plant in 9cm Container
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£2.00Bright and colourful Japanese Hubbard-type squash that has very attractive orange-red skin. The yellow and creamy flesh is firm, very sweet and nutty.
Grows vigorously in warm weather. Water well during growth and whilst fruits swell. Fruits store well into winter. A sunny spot protected from strong winds is essential. Allow space to sprawl.
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1 x Plant in 9cm Container