rocket - wild
rocket - wild

rocket - wild

wild rocket or Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Garden quality wild rocket. It has a stronger (some would say better) flavour than the cultivated variety, with a smaller leaves and...

approx 6000 seeds
£2.89
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True, it’s very weather sensitive, but that’s its great strength. Cool and damp? Plentiful pickings of peppery leaves. Hot and dry? Let it bolt and enjoy the flowers instead: they have a sweet-and-spicy taste that I actually prefer. Sally Nex - Garden Writer

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