Courgette Plants
Courgettes are the perfect vegetable for first time growers and you can be confident that these UK grown premium plants will produce baskets of tasty veg all summer long. Grow your courgettes in beds, pots or even on a trellis. With a winning mix of trusted favourites and exciting new varieties, our growers in Lancashire have made it easy to achieve a bumper crop in no time.
Which courgette should I choose?
I’ve never met a courgette that wasn’t a piece of cake to grow, but El Greco brings award winning flavour and an open habit to the table, making it even more of a breeze to pick. Pick round courgettes Summer Ball when they’re about 7-8cm across or leave them to turn into pumpkins!
Growers' tips
Start off growing courgettes in pots on a warm windowsill, in a greenhouse or conservatory. When the first frosts have passed, you can plant them out in raised beds, borders or containers with plenty of space between plants to allow for spreading. Courgettes prefer a sunny, sheltered spot in the garden and need daily watering in hot weather.Harvest when the fruits are at least 8cm long. Make sure to pick them regularly (this can be every day in summer) or you’ll end up with marrows! Learn more with our complete growers’ guide.
Using your courgettes
Courgettes are perfect for grilling, barbecuing, spiralizing, roasting or topping a pizza. Then of course there’s the classic ratatouille with tomatoes and aubergines. When you’ve run out of savoury ideas, why not try making a courgette cake? Courgette flowers also make a sophisticated appetiser when stuffed with fresh ricotta and deep-fried.
The best courgette varieties for crops all summer long
- Includes yellow Summer Ball and green El Greco varieties
- Perfect to roast, BBQ, stuff, saute or spiralise
- Grow in raised beds, allotments, borders or large containers
- All are reliable and heavy croppers all summer long
RHS award winner - grow with confidence
- Glossy mid-green classic courgettes
- The best for flavour, with no bitterness
- Perfect for raised beds and borders
- Crops all summer with regular picking
Is it a courgette? Is it a pumpkin? You decide!
- Bright yellow round fruits on compact, bushy plants
- Tasty roasted or spiralised
- Great for veg plots or pots
- Harvest as courgettes or leave them to turn into pumpkins!
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