Alicante Tomato Plants

Alicante Tomato Plant – Live, Garden Ready

A classic and reliable tomato variety, Alicante is a popular choice among gardeners for its consistent cropping and excellent flavour. This traditional cordon tomato produces trusses of medium-sized, smooth, round red fruits that are perfect for salads, sandwiches and cooking. Known for its dependable performance, Alicante is well suited to both outdoor growing and greenhouse cultivation, making it an ideal variety for gardeners of all experience levels.

This plant is supplied live and garden ready in a 2 litre root ball, established and ready to be planted out or potted on once the risk of frost has passed.

What's Included:

• 1 x Alicante Tomato Plant (2 Litre Root Ball)

Key Features:

• Traditional, well-loved British tomato variety


• Produces reliable crops of smooth, round, medium-sized red fruits


• Excellent flavour – ideal for salads, sandwiches and everyday use


• Cordon (indeterminate) growth habit – train up a single stem with support


• Suitable for outdoor beds, borders, grow bags or greenhouse growing


• Good resistance to greenback, a common tomato disorder


• Live plant, supplied garden ready

Growing Tips:

• Plant outdoors once all risk of frost has passed, or grow under cover for earlier harvests


• Provide a sturdy stake or cane for support as the plant grows


• Pinch out side shoots regularly to encourage strong, productive trusses


• Water consistently and feed with a high-potash tomato fertiliser once fruits begin to set


• Harvest fruits from mid-summer through to early autumn as they ripen to a deep red

Cultural Information:

• Botanical Name: Solanum lycopersicum 'Alicante'


• Common Names: Alicante Tomato, Tomato Alicante


• Classification: Tender Annual (Cordon / Indeterminate)


• Fully Grown Height: 150–180 cm (when trained as a cordon)


• Growth Habit: Upright, Cordon (Indeterminate) – requires staking and side-shooting


• Perfect for: Vegetable Gardens, Raised Beds, Grow Bags, Greenhouses, Containers


• Flowering and Fruiting Time: Flowers from late spring; fruits ripen mid-summer to early autumn


• Fruit Type: Medium-sized, smooth, round red tomatoes


• Planting Position: Full Sun, Sheltered


• Soil Requirements: Fertile, well-drained, moisture-retentive soil


• Hardiness: Tender – not frost hardy


• Pollination: Self-fertile


• Foliage: Mid-green, typical tomato-type compound leaves

Please Note: This is a live plant. Appearance may vary depending on the time of season. Plants should be hardened off before planting outdoors and protected from frost. Image is indicative of the mature plant and fruit.

Free UK Delivery on Every Order

All orders placed Monday–Thursday before 2pm are packed the next working day and delivered within 24 hours of dispatch.

Example: Order on Monday → packed Tuesday → delivered Wednesday.

Orders placed Friday–Sunday are packed and shipped on Monday. We don't dispatch on weekends to ensure your plants travel fresh.

How Your Plants Arrive
Every plant is individually wrapped in our plastic-free packaging and secured in a custom box designed to keep them upright and protected in transit. If anything arrives damaged, get in touch — we'll replace it.

Returns
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