Vegetable Plants now in Stock

Well, our thoughts are now turning to the new gardening season ahead of us, and we are getting lots of exciting new stock in.

To Buy This Week: Vegetable Plants, Hellebores & Bulbs

I’ve had a busy week this week, as Christmas has been finally “put to bed” and I’ve been getting the shop all ready for the spring season.

Although I enjoy the Christmas trading period I always feel a sense of relief when I can get back to being a garden centre again, and we all look forwards to getting fresh stock of plants in.

We now have our full range of vegetable, herb and green manure seeds all available, and one or two vegetable seed varieties really caught my eye.

Vegetable Plants: Cauliflower, Squash & Sprouts

Firstly a couple of club-root resistant varieties of brassicas – Calabrese Monclano and Cauliflower Clapton, which should prove to be useful for those of you who are unlucky enough to have club-root in your garden soil.

 

I also spotted a variety of squash called vegetable Spaghetti, which I remember my dad growing when I was a child back in the 70’s, probably with limited success. It’s now back in fashion again, and perfect for those of you who have a polytunnel or greenhouse to grow it in.

Look out too for an unusual sprout/kale cross called Flower Sprout Petit Posi, which has purple open sprouts with a frilly top. From the picture above it looks pretty enough to grow in the flower garden, and should be hardy enough for our Scottish Borders weather, so I might give it a go this year.