Shallot Red Sun at YouGarden

It’s Spring time! You can find Shallot Red Sun on our partner’s website YouGarden to embellish your garden. You will find it in the category Fruit & Veg of Garden Orchid and you will be redirected to YouGarden if you add it to your cart.

Shallot Red Sun on category Fruit & Veg

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One of best red-skinned shallots available, 'Red Sun' is renowned for its superior flavour, high yields and good storage quality after harvesting. The rotund, slightly elongated bulbs have firm orange-brown skins with flushes of burgundy beneath, and solid, juicy white centres. Shallots generally have a milder, more subtle flavour than onions, and 'Red Sun' is no exception. Its mellow yet slightly spicy taste, along with its superbly crisp texture, means it is perfect for eating raw in salads and sandwiches and is an ideal candidate for pickling. Use in stews and other savoury dishes in place of onions for an interesting twist – add them whole to your cooking for that extra flavoursome 'bite' to your cooking. Easy and rewarding to grow, shallots will thrive in most garden soils when planted in a sunny position. Shallots grown from sets will mature faster, be more vigorous and produce more plentiful crops than those raised from seed. The bulbs will swell and divide through spring and summer, giving as many as 6 or 8 new bulbs from each set to harvest from July to September. The green foliage is also tasty in summer salads, but use sparingly to make sure of the best bulb harvest! Supplied as 15 sets of planting bulbs. Ideally plant them as early as you can from February to April for cropping from mid-summer to early autumn. After lifting, clean and dry them, and store them in a cool, dry place indoors for using when needed; they will keep well and often last through to spring.

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We firmly believe that Gardening is for Everyone! That’s right, you do not even need a garden to get growing. Many of our plants can be grown on balconies, small patios and decking, so you can catch the growing bug, and grow your own freshest fruit and vegetables too.We speak in plain English. Sometimes gardening can be a confusing maze of latin names and strange words and can be confusing or off-putting – we simplify all and remove all the jargon, and give you down to earth advice on what to grow – and how!We will show you how to get success from our products through our videos and care instructions. We have only chosen plants that are easy to grow and will give successful results with a minimum of experience. From the thousands of plants available, we have picked those that really work and perform. We have done the sifting and choosing for you, to bring you the best.We all have gardens of our own, and have grown many of the plants we sell, and can provide simple, easy to do, hints and tips for success. So confident are we our plants will perform, we back it up with our unique Lifetime Guarantee on all hardy plants.

So, even if you do not have a garden, or have never gardened before – we can help you get started on the road to delicious fresh fruit and veg, and gorgeous flower displays.