The kitchen garden is rich in variety, from tall fruit trees to herbaceous perennials, and from a wide range of plant families. But whatever’s growing, there is likely to be one common denominator – they are all highly cultivated. Cultivated plants are those that breeders have worked with for years to create tastier, larger crops, from sweeter tomatoes and bigger carrots to juicier peaches that will fruit in a UK summer. But all cultivated plants started out in the wild, thriving without any help from humans. Quite often, these
