Gardens at Mathews

Leek ‘King Richard’

Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.

The photographs

Leek seedlings in a mounded bed of red-orange bark mulch with a white label at its centre, tall orange marker stakes either side, mown grass and flowering weeds beyond.
Week of 25 MayLeek seedlings in a mounded bed of red-orange bark mulch with a white label at its centre, tall orange marker stakes either side, mown grass and flowering weeds beyond.
A pulled leek lying on a white worktop indoors, its long strap leaves to one side and a dense pale root mass at the other, a blue tub below.
Week of 20 JulyA pulled leek lying on a white worktop indoors, its long strap leaves to one side and a dense pale root mass at the other, a blue tub below.

What happened

Crop
Leek
Variety
King Richard
Transplanted
31 May 2026
First harvest
23 July 2026
Number picked
1
Total picked
0.33 lb
Status
vegetative

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