Vegetable Plants


Here at Gordale you can find everything you need to grow your own vegetables. We have one of the largest selections of vegetable plants in the area along with the associated growing media. You'll find everything from peas, beans and cucumbers to potatoes, corgettes and carrots.

Gordale also stocks various grow bags to help you get the best crops and all the fertilisers and organic pesticides to achieve the excellent results.

For more information on our wide range of vegetable plants please ask to speak to Becky, the assistant plant manager.

 

Potato's

At Gordale you will find one of the widest selections of potatoes available in any garden-centre. We carry ~60 different varieties. Our knowledgeable staff are always on hand to ask for growing tips and advice. Our potatoes are available as:

  • Loose - In our fill-a-pot offer. £2.99 per pot or £5.00 for two pots, perfect if you want to try growing a wide variety of potatoes.
  • Taster – A pre packaged set of 10 potatoes
  • Carry home packs – 2.5kg netted bags

Bellow you can see the full list of Potatoes stocked in 2013. Whilst we try to keep all varieties toped up During January and February please ring 0151 336 2116 if you want to check the stock level 

Variety  Crop  Loose/Taster/Carry Characteristics
Bambino M  T Uniform tuber shape, good disease and eelworm resistant
Belle de Fontenay M L French classic, smooth, firm, waxy texture, ideal for salad and mash
Bonnie S  T Good general and eel worm resistant, excellent for boiling and baking, 
British Queen S  L RHS Award Winner, rare variety, dry floury texture when boiled
Cabaret M T Flavoursome frying potato, high yields bright, bold tubers, white skin, cream flesh
Cara Organic M T Good pest and disease resistant
Carlingford S  L T Very reliable, ealy harvest from containers, good resistace to scab
Casablanca F L T Excellent resistance to black leg, white skinned multi purpose
Charlotte S  L Popular salad variety, good for boiling
Charlotte S  T Popular salad variety, excellent flavour for salads and good for boiling
Desiree M L T The most popular red, dependable, drought resistant, proven good all rounder
Duke of York F T Good roasting potato, tasty, old fashioned flavour from yellow flesh
Dunluce F  L Exclusive to JBA, good for boiling, mashing and chipping, great crops
Epicure F L Scotland's favourite garden variety, sought after, best for boiling
Estima S  l Boils, chips, roasts and bakes, drought resistance and some resistance to slugs 
Harlequin M L T High yielding, long tubers, delicate waxy texture, creamy flesh
Harmony M L Resistance to eelworm, ideal for boiling, white skin and flesh
International Kidney F L Harvest early for salads, buttery flavour
Juliette M T English Seed, eelworm and scab resistant, long oval tubers, very flavoursome
Kerrs Pink M L Good all rounder, round pink skin, suitable for all cooking methods, 
King Edward M T The finest flavour, old favourite, good for roasting
Lady Christl F L Very early garden favourite, good yield, eelworm resistant
Majestic M L Old Lincolnshire favourite, large tubers for baking, boiling and chipping
Marfona S  L Good drought resistance, good for roasting and mash, best for jacket
Maris Bard Organic F T Good for boiling, salads and later for chipping
Maris Peer S  L T Good boiler, round oval shape, good for salads, slug resistant
Maris Piper M T The chip shop potato, versatile, high yielder, stores well, eel worm resistant
Orla F L Excellent blight resistance, tasty, good for boiling, storing
Pentland Dell M L Good general purpose, large tubers for bakers and chips, some slug resistance
Pentland Javelin F T Suitable for all soils, eelworm and scab resistant, good for boiling and salads
Pentland Squire M L Good for boiling, baking, roasting and chips, good disease resistance
Picasso M L High Yielding, good disease and drought resistance, eelworm resistance
Pink Fir Apple M L T Late salad variety, unusual nutty flavour from finger like tubers
Premiere F L T Very early popular variety, eelworm resistant and reputation for blight resistance
Red Duke of York  F L Roasting, tasty, yellowish flesh, do not disintegrate on boiling
Rocket F T Very early recent introduction, perfect for boiling, salads. Eelworm resistant.
Romano M L Less prone to scab, better slug and blight resistant than Desiree
Sante M L Good new potato, good all rounder, dry firm texture 
Sarpo Mira M L The most blight resistant potato, general purpose, floury, high yielding, vigorous
Saxon S  L Creamy flavour, attractive, high yielding, disease resistant
Setanta M L Excellent blight resistance, good all round red with floury taste
Sharpes Express M T Distinctive flavour, good for boiling, salads, chipping
Stemster M L Bright red skin, yellew flesh, good drought resistance
Vales Emerald F L Salad, very high yielding, cream skin and flesh
Valor M L High yielding, good disease and drought resistance, double eelworm resistant
Vanessa F L Early Desiree, red skin, smooth tubers, tasty, cream flesh
Winston F  L Earliest baker, high yields, early bulking, eelworm resistant
Witchhill M  T Vigorius high yielding, early white flesh, good salad potato
Yetholm Gypsy M T Red, white and blue skin colour, early main crop, dry creamy flesh
Albert Bartlett Range
Anya T  C Long knobbly tubers, perfect for salads, reputation for flavour
Osprey T  C Modern disease resistant general purpose
Rooster T  C Infamous, red skin, light yellow flesh
Vivaldi T  C Multi purpose variety with cream flavour. Low Carb variety
Isle of Jura T High yielding, versatile, good disease resistance
Russet T Famed for French Fries, pale yellow flesh, creamy texture
Purple Majesty T Natural deep purple colour inside and out which is retained during colour. 
Apache T Warm red skin, cream patches, sweet buttery chestnut flavour