Black Pepper Mint Plant Foliage Colour_Gold Shallots are ready to harvest

Shallots are ready to harvest a couple of weeks after the foliage turns yellow

Frilled taffy-pink petals with a magenta middle

Delicious when lightly steamed and becoming ever more popular used as a 'cut and come again' baby salad leaf for mixed salads

double flowers from spring onwards

Some courgettes can be grown successfully in pots on the patio

Black Pepper Mint Plant Foliage Colour_Gold Shallots are ready to harvestA perennial herb plant with dark purple stems, red green leaves and spikes of small, mauve flowers. Black pepper mint is for the hardcore mint enthusiast, with a wonderfully punchy, spicy flavour hit Fantastic in salads, garnishes and especially with strawberries try it! Mint grows like crazy, so unless you want a garden full, plant it in pots Pick fresh leaves whenever you need them. Picking regularly is also good for keeping the plants in shape Mint