Vegetables For Pickling
Pickling and preserving vegetables is a fantastic way to make those fresh vegetables last throughout the year. Pickling itself is a relatively straightforward process, which we've made even easier by providing you with a selection of vegetables that are wholly suited to pickling!
Whether you're pickling beetroot, pickling onions, pickling chillies or shallots, we've taken the time to put together a listing that offers the best tasting produce that's ripe for preserving!
Pickling has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in the past decade or so - maybe because it's an easy way to make your vegetables last longer; the results can be enjoyed for weeks and months after the fact! Whilst pickling itself is a relatively easy and straightforward process, perhaps the most basic and important starting point is to ensure that you've picked the best possible vegetable variety. Whether you're pickling beetroot, pickling onions, pickling chillies or shallots, ultimately if you've invested in growing the best veg varieties, the chances are that at the end of the process you'll have some pretty spectacular home-made produce.
That's where we come in. At Victoriana, we're advocates of home-grown produce through and through. That's why we've put the time and effort into producing a list of vegetables best suited for pickling - all vegetable plants listed within this category have been tried and tested by Victoriana's own Shirley family.
Whilst vegetable seeds for pickling are generally available throughout the year, we supply our vegetable plants in season, typically as compost block-grown plants. All plants for pickling are delivered direct from our UK nursery, and delivered quickly throughout the UK mainland.
Beetroot Seed 'Boltardy'
A bolt-resistant variety of beetroot which produces deep red roots with a sweet flavour. Very popular for early sowings.
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Supplied as a packet of approximately 100 seeds.
Beetroot Seed 'Burpees Golden'
A Victorian variety that produces sweet, tasty orange-yellow coloured roots that don't bleed or stain. Particularly tasty when harvested as baby beets.
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Supplied as a packet of approximately 90 seeds.
Rhubarb Plant 'Champagne'
One of the earliest varieties and recognised as one of the best for forcing. Slender pink stems are juicy and sweet. A heritage variety that is reliable and easy to grow.
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Supplied as a pot grown plant.
Rhubarb Plant 'Victoria'
A tried and tested variety of Rhubarb that has proved to be reliable, with high yields of quality stalks that are green flushed red. Excellent for forcing.
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Supplied as a pot grown plant.
Shallot Seed 'Matador'
Consistently produces heavy crops of uniform quality bulbs. Thick brown skins protect the pure white flesh below. Very crisp. F1 Hybrid.
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Supplied as a packet of approximately 90 seeds.
Artichoke Plant 'Green Globe'
A reliable hardy, heritage variety of Globe Artichoke. Perennial in habit it will produce fine quality globes that can be harvested small or large.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Artichoke Plant 'Romanesco'
The traditional artichoke with a twist! Produces eye catching purple-tinted globes. Heads are tight and firm. A highly ornamental plant in its own right.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Artichoke Plant 'Tavor'
A hardy perennial vegetable. An improved selection of 'Green Globe'. Excellent Winter cold tolerance. Can crop in first year. Mature plants produce 8 or more globes per year.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Asparagus Plant 'Connover's Colossal'
A tried and trusted heritage variety from the 1800's with an excellent flavour. Large and thick spears are produced in abundance. Adaptable and very reliable.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants (not bare root crowns).
Asparagus Plant 'Mary Washington'
A delicious heirloom variety of asparagus that produces dark green succulent spears. A tried and trusted variety that will not disappoint!
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block-grown plants (not bare root crowns).
Asparagus Plant 'Pacific Purple'
A fairly new variety of Asparagus from New Zealand. One of the highest yielding purple types. Spears have a very high sugar content. Good resistance to Fusarium.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants (not bare root crowns).
Aubergine Plant 'Black Beauty'
Sometimes known as eggplant. Purple-black fruits are good-sized and well textured. Very prolific cropper, suitable for both indoor and outdoor growing.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Aubergine Plant 'Snowy'
A plant that produces a delightful, firm white aubergines, sometimes known as egg plant. An early cropping variety with a good yield.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Aubergine Plant 'White Casper'
An excellent variety for UK growing. An heirloom variety producing white skinned and fleshed fruits approximately 7" long with a firm texture and mild flavour.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block-grown plants.
Beetroot Plant 'Boltardy'
A deliciously sweet beetroot which is easy to grow. Very nutritious! You can either harvest as baby beetroot or allow to grow larger for roasting.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late March / early April
Supplied as compost blocks each containing approximately four plantlets .
Cauliflower Plant 'Cut 'n' Come Again'
Sometimes known as Nine Star Perennial Broccoli. An excellent multi-headed cauliflower that is perennial in habit. Each plant will produce approximately ten tennis ball-sized heads per year with amazing flavour.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late March / early April
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Chilli Pepper Plant 'Hungarian Hot Wax'
Medium Chilli Pepper. A delightful early, large fruiting chilli with an almost citrus flavour. Heats up as it matures. Great for stuffing, roasting, grilling - in fact most things!
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block-grown plants.
Chilli Pepper Plant 'Ring Of Fire'
Extremely Hot Chilli Pepper. Early to start cropping. Produces heavy crops of spicy fruits. An excellent variety for rich spicy sauces or making ristras. Very reliable.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block-grown plants.
Climbing French Bean Plant 'Blue Lake'
A most delicious and reliable French Bean that defies any Summer drought and remain sugar sweet and tender. Easy to grow and very long cropping.
Available from APPROXIMATELY early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Climbing French Bean Plant 'Fasold'
A black seeded Climbing French Bean with excellent flavour and continuity of cropping performance. Can be dried and used as a haricot bean.
Available from APPROXIMATELY early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Onion Plant 'Red Brunswick'
An excellent traditional variety of red onion with a mild sweet taste. Produces a good-sized onion that stores well and has an excellent flavour.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as as nursery-fresh transplants.
Rhubarb Plant 'Glaskin's Perpetual'
A gorgeously sweet heritage variety of Rhubarb. Can be harvested late into the season as it remains sweet. Heavy cropping and very reliable.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as a pot grown plant.
