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Jam Maker's Fruit Plants Collection | Allotment in a Box

If fruit is your jam, grow your own!

Grown by John

South Downs National Park

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Jam Maker's Fruit Plants Collection | Allotment in a Box Soft Fruit
Jam Maker's Fruit Plants Collection | Allotment in a Box Soft Fruit
Jam Maker's Fruit Plants Collection | Allotment in a Box Soft Fruit

£40

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Perfectly happy plants, or your money back

Specialist overnight plant delivery

The highlights

  • Rich and flavourful varieties
  • Includes premium berries, currants & apricots
  • Best fruits for jams, jellies and desserts
  • Harvest from summer onwards

Description

  • Love jam? Grow your own! This hand picked collection of the best soft fruit plants is perfect for making jams, jellies and desserts, as well as eating straight from the plant
  • Medium box includes
    1. 1 Gooseberry Plant in a 3L Pot
    2. 3 Strawberry Plants in 9cm Pots
    3. 1 Blackcurrant Plant in a 3L Pot
  • Large box includes
    1. All of the above, plus:
    2. 1 Raspberry Plant in a 3L Pot
    3. 1 Blackberry Plant in a 3L Pot
    4. 1 Blueberry Bush in a 2L Pot
  • Extra large box includes
    1. All of the above, plus:
    2. 1 Redcurrant Plant in a 3L Pot
    3. 1 'Flavourcot' Patio Apricot Tree in a 4.5L Pot
  • All of our premium plants, canes and crowns are grown by fruit experts on a family farm in the South Downs and sent to you at the best possible time for planting, in sustainable packaging.
  • When you order, John will choose the top performing variety of each soft fruit plant on the nursery to make up your box.
  • If you like cooking with fruit and making your own preserves, start a jam garden and pick what you need, with just a few steps between your plants and the jam pan!
  • Growing your own soft fruit gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you can buy from a shop
  • Grow in borders, raised beds, pots or an allotment - plant in a sunny, sheltered spot as soon as possible after your box arrives - you'll see your first crops the summer after planting. Check our individual plant pages for detailed growing instructions and picking times
  • The village show won't know what's hit it...
  • Includes RHS Award of Garden Merit winners - all varieties are chosen for their heavy cropping, reliability, taste and trouble-free growing

What's in the box?

Karaka Black' Blackberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Karaka Black' Blackberry Bush

Larger than average berries with a long cropping season

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Black Butte Blackberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Black Butte' Blackberry Plants

It's an absolute unit.

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Loch Ness Blackberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Loch Ness' Blackberry Plants

Award winning variety with the most excellent flavour

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Waldo Blackberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Waldo' Blackberry Plants

A fantastic, compact Blackberry with impressively large fruit

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Jonkheer van Tets' Redcurrant Plant Soft Fruit

'Jonkheer van Tets' Redcurrant Plant

Heavy cropping early redcurrant

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'Red Lake' Redcurrant Bush Soft Fruit

'Red Lake' Redcurrant Bush

Outstanding juicy flavour

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Rovada Redcurrant Bush Soft Fruit

'Rovada' Redcurrant Bush

One of the best varieties available

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Summer Breeze Cherry' Strawberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Summer Breeze Cherry' Strawberry Plants

Sweet strawberries with double pink flowers

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3x Cambridge Favourite Strawberry Plants | 9cm Pots Soft Fruit

'Cambridge Favourite' Strawberry Plants

Best known and most loved Strawberry ever

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3x Elsanta Strawberry Plants | 9cm Pots Soft Fruit

'Elsanta' Strawberry Plants

Home growers' choice

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'Flamenco' Strawberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Flamenco' Strawberry Plants

Mouthwateringly flavoursome, bright red strawberries

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3x Florence Strawberry Plants | 9cm Pots Soft Fruit

'Florence' Strawberry Plants

The allotment growers' choice

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3x Honeoye Strawberry Plants | 9cm Pots Soft Fruit

'Honeoye' Strawberry Plants

The beginners' choice

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Mara Des Bois Strawberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Mara Des Bois' Strawberry Plants

The top chefs' favourite

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'Sonata' Strawberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Sonata' Strawberry Plants

An excellent jam making strawberry

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'Pineberry' Strawberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Pineberry' Strawberry Plants

The Pineapple Strawberry

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Ben Sarek' Blackcurrant Bush Soft Fruit

'Ben Sarek' Blackcurrant Bush

Up to 30% more fruit than other varieties

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Ben Connan Blackcurrant Bush Soft Fruit

'Ben Connan' Blackcurrant Bush

Frost resistant - ideal for colder climates

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Ben Lomond Blackcurrant Bush Soft Fruit

'Ben Lomond' Blackcurrant Bush

Glossy fruits of delicious flavour

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Big Ben Blackcurrant Bush Soft Fruit

'Big Ben' Blackcurrant Bush

Produces fruit almost 3x the size of other varieties

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Flavourcot Apricot Tree Fruit Trees

'Flavourcot' Apricot Tree

Famed for its superb, aromatic taste

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Cascade Delight' Raspberry Plant Soft Fruit

'Cascade Delight' Raspberry Plant

Delicious raspberry that will grow anywhere!

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Paris' Raspberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Paris' Raspberry Bush

The biggest raspberry you can get!

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Raspberry Red' Rhubarb Plant Soft Fruit

'Raspberry Red' Rhubarb Plant

Intensely red stalks

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'Yummy' Patio Raspberry Plant Soft Fruit

'Yummy' Patio Raspberry Plant

Small, sweet and productive

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All Gold Raspberry Plants Soft Fruit

'All Gold' Raspberry Plants

Enchanting little gold berries. Like nothing you've seen before

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Autumn Bliss Raspberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Autumn Bliss' Raspberry Plants

Award winning variety allowing you to enjoy the taste of summer right up to Halloween

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Glen Ample Raspberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Glen Ample' Raspberry Plants

Fantastically popular, this is the most widely grown summer fruiting variety

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Glen Prosen Raspberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Glen Prosen' Raspberry Plants

The longest fruiting Raspberry you can buy

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'Joan J' Raspberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Joan J' Raspberry Plants

Enjoy a bumper harvest of huge, autumn Raspberries

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'Malling Admiral' Raspberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Malling Admiral' Raspberry Plants

Very strong, reliable Raspberry variety

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'Malling Leo' Raspberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Malling Leo' Raspberry Plants

Extend your season with this later summer variety

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Polka Raspberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Polka' Raspberry Plants

The best autumn fruiting variety you can grow

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Ruby Beauty Raspberry Plant Soft Fruit

'Ruby Beauty' Raspberry Plant

Grow masses of sweet red berries, in a pot!

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'Tulameen' Raspberry Plants Soft Fruit

'Tulameen' Raspberry Plants

Super sweet taste make this one a favourite

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Hinnonmaki Green Gooseberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Hinnonmaki Green' Gooseberry Bush

Specifically bred for excellent disease resistance properties

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Hinnonmaki Red Gooseberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Hinnonmaki Red' Gooseberry Bush

A hardy & vigorous variety

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Hinnonmaki Yellow' Gooseberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Hinnonmaki Yellow' Gooseberry Bush

Sweet yellow gooseberry that can be eaten fresh

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Invicta Gooseberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Invicta' Gooseberry Bush

Produces almost double the fruit of other varieties

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Earliblue' Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Earliblue' Blueberry Bush

Extend your blueberry season by weeks!

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Hortblue Petite' Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Hortblue Petite' Blueberry Bush

World's first double fruiting blueberry!

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Ozarkblue' Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Ozarkblue' Blueberry Bush

Late cropping blueberry best for warmer areas

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Bluecrop Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Bluecrop' Blueberry Bush

Considered to be one of the most reliable croppers

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Duke Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Duke' Blueberry Bush

One of the most widely planted early ripening variety of blueberry bush

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'Goldtraube' Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Goldtraube' Blueberry Bush

One of the most flavoursome mid-season varieties

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Herbert Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Herbert' Blueberry Bush

One of the best flavoured varieties

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Patriot Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Patriot' Blueberry Bush

Delicious fruit & an ideal landscape feature

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Pink Lemonade Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit

'Pink Lemonade' Blueberry Bush

A distinct tangy taste of pink lemonade

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South Downs National Park

Meet John

110 years' expertise free with every plant

You simply can’t buy better fruit plants and here’s why. John grows them outdoors, just like his family has done since 1908, so they’re more than a match for the UK weather. John only has time for the top performing varieties, meaning that you can be assured of a successful (and blooming tasty) soft fruit crop.

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Our plants are grown 
in the UK

Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.

Our plants are delivered overnight

Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 
24 hours.

We're here to help at every step

We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team 
of experts.

Perfect plants, guaranteed

We’re confident that you’ll be delighted 
with your new plants. Need help? Alice and her team are here to guarantee you’re 
perfectly happy.

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How do I know I'm getting quality plants?

All of our plants are grown in specialist nurseries with the highest standards of plant care and sustainability. We guarantee you'll love them as much as we do! Don't just take our word for it - we've got thousands of great reviews on Trustpilot.

When will I get my plants?

The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.

How will my plants be packed and delivered?

We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.

Where do you deliver?

We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.

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