Jekka's Autumn Culinary Collection - 4 * 1 Ltr Herb Plants

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Herbs are a feast for the senses and Jekka's Autumn Culinary Collection is the ideal gift or as a treat for yourself.

Jekka has selected a range of herbs that will provide some colour and flavour to your garden and kitchen this autumn. These herbs can be used in many dishes and we have included a recipe card for you to try as well as there being some more recipes online in our herb-based recipe section.

All our herbs are grown in the UK and are in the larger 1 Ltr pot (approx. a 13cm diameter). This means they are more established and are grown to survive the British climate. We follow organic principals and use a peat-free compost. Our pots are Roadside Recyclable Herb Pots. 

We have included Jekka's guide to growing herbs to give you some helpful tips on caring for your plants and there are some more details in Jekka's blog on growing on your herbs.

Our herbs are not just for the autumn, and with careful care these herbs will give you flavour to savour through the seasons.  

Limited availability. Only for delivery in the UK. Delivery will be from the week commencing the 31st October.

Jekka's Autumn Culinary Collection contains:

• Bronze Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum') that is a hardy herbaceous perennial, which works equally as well in ornamental borders as it does as a culinary herb. From the Apiaceae, carrot, family it has yellow flowers and bronze feathery leaves.
  
  
• Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) that is a classic hardy biennial herb that is a good source of Vitamins A & C and also aids digestion. Jekka advocates using Parsley for flavour not just as a garnish.
  
  
• Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) which is one of the few soft leaved, hardy evergreen perennials making it a wonderful addition to any herb bed. The leaves have a nutty flavour and a slight taste of cucumber. Add to Gin & Tonic as a garnish. Read "All About Salad Burnet" in Jekka's blog.
  
  
• Wild Rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) that is a hardy perennial, often grown as an annual, with small yellow 4-petalled flowers and green, deeply divided, aromatic leaves.
  

Along with Jekka’s recipes from Jekka's Cook Book, we have provided some seasonal recipes to try with the herbs in Jekka’s Autumn Culinary Collection at our online herb-based recipe section:

• Bronze Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum') is a wonderful culinary herb where the leaves, flowers and seeds are edible. It is often used as an additional seasoning for fat meats like pork and in stuffings for poultry and lamb. It is also delicious as a salad or vegetable dressing. Jekka’s top tip is to eat the seed in the green for the best aniseed flavour.
  
  
• Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is for flavour not just a garnish. It has lovely clean slightly earthy, peppery flavour that brightens the taste of other foods and herbs. We love making Jekka's Pistachio and Feta Herb Dip that works well with many herbs, especially Parsley. Serve as a dip or as a simple meal folded into pasta.
  
  
• Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) leaves have a bitter yet cooling, cucumber flavour. The leaves can be picked all year round but the best season for harvesting is spring to early autumn. Use young leaves in salads, with egg dishes, with cream or cottage cheese and in drinks.
  
  
• Wild Rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) has a strong, peppery flavour that, when home grown, is phenomenal compared to shop bought rocket. It can be added to salads or sandwiches or used to make the most delicious pesto.

If you love the sounds of this recipe and herb-based cooking check out Jekka's Herb Cookbook, our Food Master Classes and Herb-Based Recipes.

At Jekka’s we provide established and hardy herb plants that are grown following organic principals and to survive the UK climate. Please read Jekka's blog that contains her top steps to growing on your herbs and Jekka's guide to being a sustainable gardener.

There is also ‘Jekka’s Seasonal Tips’ series that covers growing and maintaining herbs in early spring, late spring, summer and autumn & winter. Together they form Jekka’s guide on how to grow herbs.

Our herbs can be grown either in containers or planted in the garden. Although some herbs will be quite happy indoors, most prefer being outside. Please see our indoor growing blog for more information.

For more information on growing herbs plants please see Jekkapedia, Jekka's blog or our FAQs page.

Happy Herbs!

Jekka's herb box collections contain:

• 4 1 Ltr herb plants. 1 Ltr pots have approx. a 13 cm diameter, these are larger and more established herbs than the typical 8 cm pot you will find elsewhere. Our pots are Roadside Recyclable Herb Pots.
• A "how to grow" guide with some of Jekka's tips on how to care and look after your herbs.
• A culinary recipe for you to try with more available online.

We are not able to take requests for specific herb varieties.