'Hurst Greenshaft' Pea Plants

'Hurst Greenshaft' Pea PlantsAs seen on the exhibition table with a rosette next to it! This vegetable show favourite is not just a pretty face, it's extra reliable and heavy yielding too Get up to eleven peas in each 10 12cm pod, with a fabulous flavour they also freeze well Grow in raised beds, borders and pots with trellis or canes for support You will receive a strip of 16 healthy young plants ready to grow on RHS Award of Garden Merit winner (oh go on, you could at least

✔ Purple skin with white flesh

will also crop well outside too – even more reason to grow them

as this can cause root rot

reaching heights of 5m and spreads of 5m within a 20 year period

Miss Vain has 6 pure snowy white petals and golden orange stigma and anthers

Autumn sees a fiery display of gold and bronze before the leaves fall in the winter

whilst watering is only necessary when the soil is dry to touch due to its drought tolerant nature

there is no reason not to plant Arbutus unedo in your garden

which are best harvested when no bigger than a cricket ball

before maturing to a paler pink

Two main varieties of Crocus bloom in either the Spring or the autumn of Autumn

Nothing tastes better than freshly picked peas