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Beef and Onion Plant Seeds

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  • Unusual culinary herb
  • Leaves taste of beef and onions!
  • Hardy ornamental tree
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Beef and Onion Plant or Chinese Toon is valued for its young, soft leaves which are enjoyed as a unique vegetable and herb. With a savory flavor much reminiscent of beef and onions, the young leaves are used parboiled or stir fried in a variety of dishes and it is a staple crop in southeast Asia.

An ornamental tree in its own right, Chinese Toon quickly grows to up 80 feet in height and is adorned with pinnate leaves that emerge as a brilliant bronze color. Don’t panic at the potential size however, as this tree can be easily pruned and managed to stay at a reasonable size for regular harvesting of its tender new growth and some people even grow them as a potted patio plant. The Chinese Toon tree is remarkably cold hardy, being deciduous and capable of withstanding severe winters.

Growing Information

Grow Toona in a sheltered position in full sun. Toona enjoys a well drained, rich, fertile soil.

Sowing Information

Sow seeds in trays or pots of good quality compost around 5cm (2") apart in good quality compost all year round. Keep on a sunny windowsill or propagator at 18-21°C (64-70°F). When big enough to handle, transplant into individual 10cm (4") pots and grow on indoors. Plants can be overwintered indoors and planted out in the garden next spring if larger plants are required. Grow and harvest as a baby leaf all year round, or grow on in your garden and harvest new shoots in spring. Leaves can be harvested when there is a minimum of 4 true leaves.

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Please note that when several items are ordered they may not all be delivered at the same time.

Delivery Charge

Standard Charge

Packet seed only will incur a carriage charge of £2.99.

All other products incur a carriage charge of £6.99.

If your order comprises of a combination of carriage charges then a combined carriage charge of £7.99 will be applied.

Live Plants

Suttons strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.

Non Standard Deliveries

Unfortunately like many companies in our industry we are currently only able to supply orders to UK based customers, excluding those in Northern Ireland. We are committed to finding a way that we can resume or normal services again as soon as possible. Please accept our apologies for any inconvience caused.

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