A perennial brassica from Japan, Wasabi is a native of shady river banks high in the Japanese mountains, and grows best in a damp, shady spot - ideal for the British climate. Forming a lush plant with leaves that can grow up to a meter wide, Wasabi japonica can also be grown in a pot if you're short on space.Wasabi (also known as Japanese Horseradish) is 100% edible so leaves, stems and flowers can all be enjoyed throughout spring and summer to spice up a salad while the rhizomes develop. The wasabi stem, or rhizome, is formed at the base of the plant and grows upwards above ground taking up to two years to reach maturity. It is this stem which is grated to produce wasabi paste.Once rhizomes are present you can pull the whole plant and grate your own fresh wasabi. As a bonus, you'll get small offshoots at the base of the harvested plant, which can be separated and re-planted to continue your fresh wasabi growing. Many of the products called wasabi don't actually contain real wasabi. Grow and taste the real thing and find out what you´ve been missing.Did you know... wasabi became a preferred flavouring in Japan and was prized for its ability to counteract food poisoning. Wasabi's ancient reputation as a healthy food comes from anti-microbial, anti-bacterial and anti-parasitic qualities.Supplied as 3 x 9cm potted plants.
One of the most popular garden herbs, Rosemary remains a versatile plant both decoratively and functionally with a plethora of uses around the garden. 'Miss Jessopp's Upright' is a compact evergreen with an upright growth habit which makes it perfect for adding colour and vertical interest to your garden. The pointed leaves of Rosemary are superbly aromatic which makes it ideal for lining paths and borders when you can brush against its foliage to release the instantly recognisable smell. Recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators' the dainty light blue flowers are produced through the spring and summer and are a favourite with butterflies and bees. 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. Fully hardy and easy to care for, Rosemary deserves a prominent place in any garden, where it will bring a colourful and fragrant display. Compact enough to grow in a pot if space is limited, you can restrict the size of 'Miss Jessopp's Upright' with a bit of judicial pruning, so anyone can have a go at growing this fragrant herb. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, Rosemary blooms May - June and will reach an approximate height of approx. 2m (6.5ft).
Many Londoners know of a fabulous and fruitful Fig Tree, growing on the banks of the Thames where Chelsea Bridge meets The Embankment. Each Summer its huge crops are joyfully plundered - either by flocks of parakeets high up in the tree - or cheeky human scrumpers lower down where it can be reached. Either way, it produces huge crops of figs every year. So well-known is this specific tree, it even featured as the main hideout in William Boyd's novel Ordinary Thunderstorms. Fruit grower Will Sibley knew of this tree, and had tasted its fruit. he took samples away to analyse, and concluded it was a chance seedling - a single and unique tree like no other variety grown. So good was the flavour and yield, he set about propagating and grafting trees to sell from it - and here we are now selling them. Now called 'The Chelsea Fig', every single tree is identical the one by the river. Get yourself a piece of London history and folklore, and grow them in your garden. Supplied as an established plant in a 4.5L pot, ready for immediate planting.
A decorative shrub that can be grown outside, the pawpaw is a garden-worthy plant that will give a long season of interest. The show begins in spring, when the deep burgundy-purple, cup-shaped flowers burst from their buds in May. With an unusual form, they consist of 6 petals - 3 outer and 3 inner - giving a delightful show that always gets attention. These are followed in hot summers by oval, edible fruits that colour up from yellow to a rich ochre - think of the colour of a ripe banana. The long lime-green leaves then dominate the show, gradually turning golden-yellow before falling in the autumn. Tasting like a cross between a banana and a mango, pawpaw is said to have a sweet custard-like flavour which makes them a great delicacy - however, you're unlikely to see them commercially grown as plants can be male, female or hermaphroditic. Although they have both male and female reproduction parts, they are not self-pollinating and need pollination from another unrelated pawpaw tree. Hardy to -10°C, the Pawpaw benefits from a warm position in the garden such as a sheltered, south-facing wall where it is best grown as an ornamental multi-stemmed shrub. While plants can reach up to 8m in their native US, they're more likely to attain a modest 4m here in the UK. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot ready for immediate planting.
Fill your fruit bowl for weeks with juicy, homegrown grapes from this gorgeous grape vine. Now you can grow your own deliciously sweet, juicy grapes from your own grape vines right here in the UK and create a little Mediterranean haven in your garden. Producing plenty to fill your fruit bowl for weeks, the grapes will be bursting with flavour and healthy goodness when you harvest them each year - simply irresistible. Decorative as well as productive, grape vines make a stunning feature when trained over a pergola, fences or arches and their large leaves will provide natural summer shade - plus you can always use the young vine leaves for making dolmades! Best grown in a greenhouse or conservatory for an optimum harvest, this grape will make a welcome addition to any garden, and is also happy in a pot on your patio or in the ground, where it will reward you with your very own delicious, sweet, juicy grapes for years to come. You will receive one white table grape (supplied as a named variety) with its first fruitlets appearing - this fabulous vine is prolific fruiting, incredibly winter hardy and very easy to grow.
What's not to like about easy-to-grow Kiwi fruits, which can crop reliably outside here in the UK? The variety 'Jenny' is tried and tested as one of the best performers in UK gardens, and is 100% self-fertile - This gets round the problem most people have had, as you typically needed a male and female variety to get crops, and then some bees to pollinate too. That, however, is now in the past! Grow against a sunny, south facing wall, 'Jenny' is quite vigorous, and can reach 3-4m in 5 years if not trained or pruned. Yet it responds well to trimming and shaping, and should produce fruit in 2-3 years reliably, and heavy crops beyond that, surprisingly easily. Juicy, fresh and rich in Vitamin C, the fruits can be picked in autumn, and are delicious eaten fresh - quite different to supermarket fruits chilled and transported across the globe. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant out.
Picking plump, juicy figs straight from a tree is one of life's greatest pleasures, especially when served up with some wafer thin slices of Parma ham and a drizzle of honey. Divine! Boasting masses of large, pear-shaped fruit with deep red flesh that are ready for picking in late summer and early autumn, 'Little Miss Figgy' is perfect in a large pot. Even before the fruit is ripe this dwarf variety adds a presence to the garden as branches are clothed with large, deeply lobed leaves. Despite originating from warmer climates, this amazing compact fig is incredibly tough, easily shrugging off temperatures down to -15°C in the UK. Extremely drought tolerant when established, figs do best in a brightly lit, sunny spot. Keep plants productive and compact by restricting roots by growing in large pots.
A highly attractive feature tree, Pomegranates are well-known, although not as widely grown in our gardens as they should be. With deep green foliage and bright orange flowers in summer, your pomegranate will look great for years to come, with its shiny fruits ripening in the sun and providing a beautiful contrast to its leaves. A tough, deciduous shrub, Pomegranate Punica 'Nana' is completely hardy when established, and will easily tolerate our British winters. Also known as the Dwarf Pomegranate, it's more compact than other varieties and for best results, grow in a warm and sunny aspect in a pot where it can be moved around as necessary before planting out when its trunk has thicker wood. 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, for stunning displays for many years to come. Plants like a rich soil with plenty of grit and gravel for good drainage. Although drought-tolerant when established, do keep your plant well-watered and it will flower throughout the summer. Pomegranate bushes love hot summers and your bush will thrive in a sunny spot in the shelter of a building or ideally up against a stone or brick wall that will radiate heat back to the plant, helping to ripen the fruit and protect it from any extreme winter weather. Supplied as an established plant in a 14cm pot, ready for planting straight out. Will reach 1-2m tall in 10 years.
Mature plants will produce delicious fruits, and are winter hardy to -5°C - that's right this Orange tree will grow and fruit perfectly in the UK! The sweetly perfumed white flowers contrast beautifully against the deep green citrus-fragranced foliage, and the fruits smell simply divine - plus they're packed full of vitamin C, they're delicious and good for you too! Your trees will arrive as a young plant, 20-30cm tall including its 9cm pot, and is ready to grow on, making it a great value way to get your hands on a superb citrus plant. Orange 'Calamondin', also known as 'Panama Orange' is hardy down to -5°C! - An attractive dwarf orange, a cross of the tangy kumquat and more familiar zesty tangerine. - Packed full of vitamin C. Height to 150cm (60in). Grown from a cutting, this Citrus plant is reliable and will produce fruit.
Probably the "Number 1" new potato variety grown in UK gardens, it's not hard to see why Charlotte is so popular. It produces great yields of delicious, medium-sized tubers that are perfect in potato salads, hot or cold, or as boiled new potatoes dripping in melted butter - scrumptious! Very easy to grow - either in patio pots and planters or straight in your garden soil - Charlotte has good resistance to blight and scab, so you'll get consistent crops of delicious spuds!
Pentland Javelin will prvide you with huge crops of tasty new potatos that will be ready to pick in just 12 weeks from planting! Grow your own and you won't be disappointed - they just taste so much better when freshly dug, washed and eaten within hours! A heavy yielder of good sized tubers - the flavour of which is magnificent, one of the best potatoes for growing in patio pots, it'll do equally well in your garden or allotment.
One of the most popular potatoes we stock, Desiree is a brilliant potato for gardeners and now you too can grow your own! Simply delicious and highly versatile, creamy-yellow flesh contrasts well with the red skins. Desiree is a great all-round maincrop variety - make them into chips, roasties, jacket potatoes or simply boil them up and melt butter over them! A great cropper and very easy to grow - keep your home-grown potatoes in our Traditional Hessian Sacks and they'll keep right through to have with your Christmas dinner!
Our Organic Sarpo Mira potato tubers are perfect for you to grow your own! Not only will they give you heavy crops of scrumptious, floury potatoes from your own garden, Sarpo Mira is well known for being exceptionally resistant to potato blight. Your bumper harvests of tasty spuds will be perfect for chips, roasties, mash and more - each potato with a distinctive red coloured skin. Keep your home-grown potatoes in our Traditional Hessian Sacks and they'll keep right through winter.
The perfect refill kit for filling your 30L black pots, or other growing pots and containers, back up with tasty spuds! This kit contains the ingredients you need to grow your own potatoes on your patio, terrace or even balcony all you need is a pot or container. Perfect with our 30L black pots with grab handles for easy transportation, just add compost and water and you could be harvesting in less than 10 weeks! We have included 3 fantastic varieties of special seed potato varieties: Charlotte, Pentland Javenlin and Desiree, which are all packed with a very good flavour. These have been held in cold store until now and will grow rapidly once planted - right up to the end August to give you 'new' potatoes through autumn and even up to Christmas: 'Charlotte' - One of the most popular salad potatoes in the UK, the instantly recognisable, oval-shaped tubers can grow much larger than other salad varieties and have a firm yellow waxy flesh. Perfect for potato salads or boiled and dripping in butter. 'Pentland Javelin' - An early variety, producing lots of small, tasty potatoes. Ideal for boiling and also for roasting and baking. 'Desiree' - Creamy-yellow flesh with red skin, great for chips, roasting, jacket potatoes or simple boiling.
Albert Bartlett 'Vivaldi' is a premium-quality, second early variety with a unique taste and texture. It is high yielding, giving plenty of 'baby' potatoes through July and August, and equally good larger maincrop potatoes if left to mature a while longer. These superb 'whites' have a consistent oval shape, smooth skin with small eyes, and pale yellow flesh that remains firm when cooked, whether eaten hot or cold. One of the best all-rounders, 'Vivaldi' is great for roasting, boiling, baking, mashing, steaming, frying - and even microwaving - and its firmness and delicious flavour makes it one of the best varieties for potato salad. Known as the 'weightwatcher's potato', it is lower in carbohydrates and calories than other varieties and its velvety smoothness means you don't need to add butter. Whether baked, mashed or boiled, these potatoes taste just lovely and sweet on their own! A worthy recipient of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, 'Vivaldi' receives high reviews for its taste and texture from both home and commercial gardeners. This easy-to-grow reliable cropper also has good resistance to common potato scab. Once the seed potatoes have produced shoots or chits, they will be ready to plant directly into a prepared bed or large bags or containers from mid-March, preferably after the frosts have gone. Young potatoes can be harvested from 13-17 weeks after planting. Supplied as a 2kg bag of seed potatoes (approx. 20 tubers) ready to prepare indoors for planting out in the spring.
'Casablanca' is a fairly new variety of first early potatoes, which can be planted from February to April and ready to harvest as 'new' potatoes from 9-14 weeks after planting. Easy to grow, this variety has good resistance to disease (including common scab, blackleg and golden eelworm) and produces lots of tasty, small potatoes that have smooth, white skins, shallow eyes and delicious creamy flesh. A good all-rounder, its floury texture is ideal for roasting, boiling and baking - and it makes superb chips! It is fast becoming a household favourite - as well as being popular amongst chefs for its cooking ability and versatility. With evenly formed, attractive crops, it is also a top choice amongst competitive growers who want to produce the perfect specimen for the showing bench. Receiving consistently high reviews, it is easy to see why this variety has already been given the RHS Award of Garden Merit. These potatoes are best used fresh from the garden but will keep well for up to 5 days in a cool, dark and dry place. Plant in fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny or semi-shaded, sheltered position, or in large containers or growbags. Water well in dry conditions for optimum cropping. Supplied as a 2.5kg bag of seed potatoes ready to prepare indoors for planting out from February to April. Early plantings will benefit from frost protection.
Introduced in the 1970s, 'Maris Bard' is an established favourite of the British kitchen - a traditional salad variety with a superb taste and texture. It can be planted from February to April and ready to harvest as 'new' potatoes from about 10 weeks after planting. Easy to grow, it is a reliable early cropper with good resistance to drought, pests and diseases - just some of the reasons this super variety has earned its RHS Award of Garden Merit. Fast growing, 'Maris Bard' will produce plentiful crops of consistent size and quality, with a good oval shape and blemish-free, smooth, yellow-white skin with shallow eyes, and white flesh that remains firm during cooking. Its waxy texture is what makes it such a good choice for potato salad - but it also has a soft creaminess that means it is great for boiling, mashing or frying. Plant in fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered position, or in large containers or growbags. Water well in dry conditions for optimum cropping. These potatoes are best used fresh from the garden but will keep well for up to 5 days in a cool, dark and dry place. Supplied as a 2.5kg pack of seed potatoes ready to prepare indoors for planting out from February to April. Early plantings will benefit from frost protection.
'Acoustic' is a new variety that is quickly establishing itself - both in the garden and in the kitchen! This easy-to-grow second early potato is extremely productive, with huge harvests of up to 35-50 or more evenly sized tubers from each plant. These lovely pale potatoes have a good round shape with creamy white skins and superb tasting pale yellow flesh. They have a slightly waxy texture and perfect for salads and boiling. If left to mature a little longer, they become more floury making them great for roasting, baking and mashing and chipping. Once the seed potatoes have produced shoots or chits, they will be ready to plant directly into a prepared bed or large bags or containers from mid-March, preferably after the frosts have gone. Young potatoes can be harvested from 13-17 weeks after planting. 'Acoustic' will also keep well in the soil, developing into larger tubers of a quality maincrop character. Supplied as a 2.5kg bag of seed potatoes (approx. 30-35 tubers) ready to prepare indoors for planting out in the spring.
'Kestrel' is a favourite second early variety. Extremely productive, with harvests of up to 35-40 or more tubers from each plant. They have good resistance to eelworm and slugs. These potatoes have a long oval shape with white skins and purple eyes and the tender white flesh tastes divine and perfect for roasting and chipping. Once the seed potatoes have produced shoots or chits, they will be ready to plant directly into a prepared bed or large bags or containers from mid-March, preferably after the frosts have gone. Young potatoes can be harvested from 13-17 weeks after planting. Supplied as a 2.5kg bag of seed potatoes (approx. 30-35 tubers) ready to prepare indoors for planting out in the spring.
'Jazzy' is a fairly new variety that is quickly establishing itself as a British favourite - both in the garden and in the kitchen! This easy-to-grow second early potato is extremely productive, with huge harvests of up to 35-50 or more evenly sized tubers from each plant. These lovely small potatoes have a consistently good oval shape with thin, creamy white skins and shallow eyes, as well as tender white flesh that simply bursts with flavour. Their waxy texture remains firm during cooking, making them a perfect choice for potato salad, but also great for boiling, roasting, steaming, crushing or mashing. There is absolutely no need to peel them unless you are using them for mash. A worthy recipient of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, 'Jazzy' has good resistance to disease and its compact habit means it will tolerate fairly exposed positions. Once the seed potatoes have produced shoots or chits, they will be ready to plant directly into a prepared bed or large bags or containers from mid-March, preferably after the frosts have gone. Young potatoes can be harvested from 13-17 weeks after planting. If not harvesting them all as second early crops, 'Jazzy' will keep well in the soil, developing into larger tubers of a quality maincrop character. Supplied as a 2.5kg bag of seed potatoes (approx. 30-35 tubers) ready to prepare indoors for planting out in the spring.