A fantastic looking ornamental chard that's ideal for adding a splash of colour to your vegetable plot or patio containers. With dark green and bronze leaves and rainbow stems ranging from white and orange-yellow through to pinky red and purple, it is a real stunner, as well as being delicious to eat and packed full of vitamins, minerals and healthy fibre. Cropping prolifically over a long season, it is a true 'cut and come again' variety; the leaves will regenerate 1-2 weeks after harvesting the whole plant (leaving 2.5-5cm base), or remove just the outer leaves and allow the heart to grow on. The plants are robust enough to withstand light frosts and will continue to give good quality leaves until the colder winter weather sets in. Harvest from July to November and if protected over winter will produce an early spring crop. This versatile veg has a lovely mild, sweet flavour when picked as baby leaves for salads and garnishes, becoming slightly bitter when left to mature and delicious when lightly steamed or stir-fried to retain colour, flavour and nutrients. There will be plenty to pick all through the season, so any excess can be blanched and packed in an airtight bag for the freezer, where it will store well for up to a year. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, enjoying an excellent harvest of tasty chard. Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to plant out once the risk of frost has passed, growing to 50cm in height and 40cm spread.
If there is one houseplant that has inspired generation after generation of indoor gardeners, then it has to be the ever popular (and easy to grow) Swiss Cheese Plant, Monstera Deliciosa. With glossy, rich green leaves laves with irregular holes, plants will trail gently over their pot if left untrained or can be treated as a climber and tied to a support. The glossy, tropical leaves of the Monkey Leaf are what makes this plant a star, easily adding a lush, exotic feel to any room. It's fascinating to watch the young leaves as the emerge tightly furled, growing longer each day before opening fully. Young leaves are solid, but as the plant matures they begin to develop the characteristic holes. Naturally a lazy climber, your plant will enjoy the support of a moss pole (not supplied) where you can push its aerial roots into the moss as they develop, helping to support it as it grows. A native of tropical rainforests, Monstera is a houseplant that's easy to keep happy - we recommend that you place it in bright but not direct sunlight indoors and mist the leaves regularly to provide humidity - plus they love a bit of a leaf-wipe now and again to remove dust and restore that glossy sheen. Supplied as an established plant in a 14cm pot As with all houseplants, keep away from children and pets and take care when handling. Please note that the decorative pot is not included.
As master chocolatiers and confectioners for 175 years, Lindt know what they're doing when it comes to making delectable, luxury chocolate. This selection of milk, dark, and white chocolates would make for a wonderful gift for the chocoholic in your life, or you could also treat yourself if that person is you!
Ready to harvest in just 60 days from sowing, these amazing, brightly coloured beet stems, have a mild flavour and are great for salads or steaming and are packed full of nutrients. Height: 50cm (20). Spread: 40cm (16).
Microgreens Swiss Chard 'Red Chard' haver a distinctive appearance with their pink stems and slender leaves. These tasty shoots are sweet, with an earthy aftertaste that makes an exciting addition to sandwiches, wraps and salads.
For ?midi size? ( for sq. metre gardening) and ?babyleaf? which commercial growers have expressed interest to add colour to supermarket packs.
A classic Swiss Chard with thick white stems and glossy, rich green leaves. With an RHS Award of Garden Merit, this robust leaf beet is a versatile addition to the vegetable plot or even the flower border.
A versatile no-waste vegetable. Grow as a salad leaf, or more usually as mature plants for the thick, white, juicy stems (chards), which are cut into chunks and boiled, or used to add 'crunch' to stir-fries. Use the delicious leaves like spinach. A final sowing in August will crop through to New Year.
Green Wave' resembles a perpetual spinach beet, but is more productive and with more slender, milder-tasting stems and leaves, which are delicious in salads and stir fries when young. Use mature leaves in the same way as chard and spinach. Stands in good condition without bolting.
Enjoy this versatile and increasingly popular vegetable as salad leaves when young, or when more mature, the nutritious leaves can be steamed and used like spinach. The broad, white stems can be chopped and cooked like celery or used to add crunch to salads and stir fries. Harvest May-October.
Gently wavy, dark green leaves boast prominent crimson stems that make a superb colour contrast and pleasing flavour. This vibrant vegetable can be harvested at all stages of maturity, giving each plant a long cropping period.