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Most can be grown throughout Europe, but with different weather and conditions, atmosphere makes it perfect for some vegetables. Some vegetables are grown more exclusively in UK. (Peppers from Spain).

Intro http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/member-recipes/British%20Seasonal%20Fruit%20and%20Vegetable%20Calendar/132

Summer
The Broccoli grown in the UK is the Calabrese broccoli and Purple cauliflower. Its British season is summer and autumn
 * Brocolli

Each variety has a different sowing and harvesting time. The Calabrese is sown between March and August and harvested between July and October, and the Sprouting broccoli is sown between April and June and harvested between February and April.

Winter
reword 'Cobnuts are a cultivated hazel nut. Most of those grown in Britain are from the named variety 'Kentish Cob', which was once known as 'Lambert's Filbert' after Mr Lambert of Goudhurst in Kent, an early champion of the nut. Although hazel nuts have grown wild since the hazel tree re-colonised Britain after the last ice age, Corylus maxima and C. avellana being the most common, those grown specifically as a crop in planted fields, traditionally called "plats", were developed (or possibly imported from the Continent) by Mr Lambert, probably around 1830. There are many varieties of hazel nuts but, as Kent (certainly from Lambert's time) has historically been the main county producing the nuts, the term Kentish cobnut is often used generally to mean cultivated hazel nuts grown in Britain, of whatever variety. The Romans were fond of hazel nuts and planted them in their gardens when they colonised Europe, but although their garrisoned soldiers are known to have eaten hazel nuts here, there is no definitive evidence that they introduced cultivated varieties to Britain. By the mid-16th century, however, the cultivated varieties, called filberts, were grown here.' 'The Kentish cobnut, a type of cultivated hazelnut, was first bred in 1830 by a Mr Lambert of Goudhurst, with Victorians considering them a ­delicacy, eating them as an accompaniment to after-dinner port'.'In an average year, the UK’s cobnut plantations will produce 75,000 tons of nuts, but this year the figure is ­expected to be more than 200,000, sending “nutters”, the official name for cobnut pickers, into overdrive.'
 * Cobnuts

More info
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/apr/05/growingyourown.vegetables8 http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Grow-Your-Own/Veg-A-to-Z/Broccoli http://www.channel4.com/4homes/rooms/outdoors/garden-plants-plant-care/how-to-grow-broccoli http://www.the-gardeners-calendar.co.uk/Plant_Database/plants.asp?p=12 http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/veg/broccoli.htm http://www.sarahraven.com/shop/broccoli-calabrese-chevalier-f1.html
 * Broccoli

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3350386/How-to-grow-Cobnuts.html http://britishfood.about.com/od/glossary/g/Cobnuts-What-Are-Cobnuts.htm
 * Cobnut

http://www.eattheseasons.co.uk/index.php
 * Leeks

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/seasonal-calendar/all http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/member-recipes/British%20Seasonal%20Fruit%20and%20Vegetable%20Calendar/132 http://www.wellseasoned.co.uk/seasonalitycharts/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/seasons http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/07/seasonal.food.chart http://www.thinkvegetables.co.uk/seasonality.asp http://greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/web-site-pages/index-and-other-pages-for-menu-links/seasonal-dishes-calendar/ seasonal-food
 * Chart

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Grow-Your-Own/Veg-A-to-Z/Peppers-including-chillies http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/growfruitandveg_growing_aubergines_chillies_peppers1.shtml http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/3350629/Top-10-vegetables-to-grow-over-winter.html
 * Other

'Garlic is normally grown by planting out separate cloves during September to October in the lowlands and between February and March in the hills. Garlic is an easily grown bulb in the British Isles, which just needs a good soil and a sunny position outside.'
 * Garlic

Black Pepper - 'Black pepper is a tropical vine with attractive heart-shaped leaves, which needs to be grown indoors in the UK. Pepper will not survive out of doors even during the summer.'
 * Grown indoors

Coconut - It's very difficult to grow coconuts in the UK. There are no commercial sources of supply, so they would need to be bought from overseas. It is possible to grow coconuts bought from greengrocers and grow them indoors for a few years.

Cardamom - 'A low-growing, leafy tropical plant, which grows on the jungle floor in the wild: cardamom can only be grown indoors in this country.'

Ginger - 'Ginger is a low-growing tropical plant which is easily grown indoors during the summer months in the UK, Growing outdoors in the tropics, it needs a minimum annual rainfall of 150cm, temperatures of 30°C or over, a short dry season and a deep fertile soil. It usually takes nine months to produce a crop.'''

Rice Rice grows only in hot climates, although some strains are cultivated at high altitudes, and cannot be grown outside in the British Isles.
 * Cant

Sugar Cane If you are lucky you may be able to grow your own plants on a warm windowsill or heated greenhouse during the summer from short lengths of fresh sugar cane sold for chewing, but the UK does not have adequate light to grow this plant all year round.