Vegetable Plants
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£3.00Taken from Italy to USA in 1880’s. Extra early, long season, purple sprouting variety producing long spears with deep purple heads and succulent stems with outstanding flavour. One of the earliest to crop harvesting from December to January onwards. Plants are large (1 mtr) & uniform & perfect for over wintering! Space plants 18 to 24 inches apart.
Price per pack of 6 plants
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£3.00This popular old variety has stood the test of time. It is crisp, crunchy, cylindrical roots have a strong, clean flavour that spice up your summer salads. An RHS AGM variety, Radish ‘French Breakfast’, produces reliable crops of attractive red skinned roots with bright white tips. An ideal crop for the kitchen garden, containers, window boxes and greenhouse borders. Height: 15cm (6″). Spread: 10cm (4″).
Price per pack of 20 plants
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Long dark green serrated leaves and the usual peppery flavour associated with rocket. It is quick to crop and so easy to grow, just regularly pick fresh individual leaves as required to ensure new leaves continue to grow. Mix rocket leaves with other salad leaves to create a mixed salad to complement the meal or your own individual taste. Plant 15-20cm apart. Multi-sown.
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A trendy edible rocket leaf that can be picked from microleaf, babyleaf or a larger rocket sized leaf with the unusual fiery flavour of wasabi – a Japanese vegetable much like horseradish. Easy to grow and packs a peppery full flavoured punch. Multi-sown so more can be grown in a smaller space. Plant each module approximately 20cm apart.
Price per pack of 12 plants
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Wild Rocket has thin serrated dark green leaves that has the distinctive hot peppery/spicy flavour making it a great tasty alternative to the usual Rocket. But still very easy to grow! The young leaves can be picked in succession and are great for an accompaniment to salads. An excellent variety that’s so easy to grow and so full of flavour. Plant 15-20cm apart.
Price per pack of 12 multisown plants
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£3.00First documented in Italy in the sixteenth century, this broccoli has a milder flavour, creamier & nutty, & less bitter, than conventional broccoli or cauliflower, yet resembles a cauliflower. It has striking pale lime-green heads with florets that form unusual turrets. For all its striking appearance it does taste very good. This is rich in vitamin C and vitamin K, keeping both its colour and texture best when steamed. Plant 60cm apart in rows 60cm apart. Height 45cm.
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This 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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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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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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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