Egglings

If you're looking for a unique and inexpensive gift or a weird and fun conversation piece for your desk at work, then check out The Eggling - a real plant that you can hatch from an egg!

The precious little Eggling looks and feels like an extra large egg, but crack its top and discover a garden ready for sowing!

Extremely popular in Japan, where it originated, the Eggling is made of white porous ceramic and comes with a terracotta tray and seed pack of either herbs or flowers.

Four types of herbs (basil, italian parsley, mint, thyme) and flowers (chrysanthemum, lobelia, phlox, petunia) are available - or even use your own seeds.

Cultivation is easy - all the plants grow for up to five months in the Eggling's fortified peat mixture, after which the Eggling can be planted directly in soil.

Egglings are packaged individually in a gift box, and supplied as a pair comprising one herb and one flower.

Each egg is approximately 5cm high and 4cm diameter.