Chinese Artichoke (Crosne - Stachys sieboldii) edible tuber

A hardy, unusual root vegetable grown for its spiral-shaped tubers with a crisp texture and nutty flavour. Easy to grow and harvest in late autumn, Crosne thrives in most soils and adds interest to edible gardens or permaculture plots. The small, knobbly tubers (crosnes) can be eaten raw, cooked or pickled.

Price: £6.00

8 in stock

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)

The young shoots, leaves, flower buds and roots are all edible, with a celery-like flavour; the seeds are peppery and can be ground as a condiment. Virtually evergreen over the winter and a very useful winter salad and cooking vegetable

Price: £6.00

6 in stock

Pack of 10: Wild Garlic - Allium ursinum

Wild Garlic fills the spring garden with lush green leaves and starry white flowers, all with a delicious, mild garlic flavour. A forager’s favourite, it’s perfect for pesto, soups, or salads—and bees adore the blooms!

Price: £15.00

3 in stock

Perennial Spinach - Perpetual Beta Vulgaris

Highly productive crop with larger, fleshier leaves than normal spinach,  perfect raw in salads.

Price: £7.00

3 in stock

Sorrel plant - Rumex Acetosa

Adds variety to a salad, leaves taste a bit like apple. Just leave it in the ground and pick leaves when required.

Price: £6.00

3 in stock

Asparagus plant (Connovers Colossal)

A time-tested heirloom asparagus with tall, tender spears and excellent flavour. First introduced in the 1800s, this reliable variety produces thick green shoots with purplish tips, ideal for steaming, roasting, or adding fresh to spring dishes. Long-lived and productive, asparagus thrives in a sunny, well-drained spot and rewards patience with harvests for up to 20 years. Eventual height and spread 50cm. These are sold as crowns over the Autumn and Winter months.

Price: £6.00

Babington Leek - Allium Ampeloprasum var Babingtonii

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Price: £6.00

Beef & Onion plant (Chinese cedar) -Toona sinensis

A medium sized deciduous tree from China, fast growing in most soils, even chalk. Cultivated in China for its edible young shoots and leaves which are cooked and have an onion/garlic flavour. Hardy to -35ºC

Price: £6.00

Jerusalem Artichoke or Sunchoke - Helianthus tuberosus plant

Grow your own delicious and versatile root veg with these easy-to-grow Jerusalem artichokes. A member of the sunflower family, this hardy perennial produces tall, cheerful yellow flowers in late summer and knobbly tubers underground that can be harvested from late autumn. The tubers have a sweet, nutty flavour and can be roasted, sautéed, or used in soups and mash as a low-carb alternative to potatoes. Once planted, they’ll come back year after year, spreading steadily to form a useful screen or windbreak.

Price: £6.00

Land Cress - Barbarea Verna

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Price: £6.00

Malabar Spinach (Climbing or Ceylon Spinach) -Basella alba

A more versatile alternative to spinach, suitable for hot and cold weather.

Price: £6.00

Miners Lettuce - Claytonia perfoliata

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Price: £6.00

Nine Star Perennial Broccoli -Brassica Oleracea Botrytis Asparagoides

A fast growing, hardy plant that produces one small central cauliflower-like head and a number of smaller broccoli-like spears in early spring.

Price: £6.00

Orpine - Sedum telephium Livelong

Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked and roots can be eaten cooked. Pretty pink flowers in Summer/Autumn.

Price: £6.00

Pack of 6: Welsh Onion (Allium fistulosum)

Evergreen perennial onion that produces profuse clumps of bulblets which are pulled off the sides as needed for cooking. Very hardy.

Price: £6.00

Perennial tuber Helianthus maximiliani

A stunning plant that also produces great food! Produces edible tubers (a perennial artichoke). A mass of sunflowers stand around 1 metre tall. Likes a well-draned soil; hardy to -30°C

Price: £6.00