What to Sow in February

Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson is a wonderful heritage variety that can be traced back to the 1850's. It is a tall, large crisphead type that has light green wrinkled, crunchy leaves and so makes a perfect lettuce for those who like a bit of bite to their salad leaves. It...

It's fascinating to think that many of the vegetable varieties we grow today are over 100 years old and have stood the test of time for flavour and reliability. Heritage (Heirloom) vegetable seeds are growing in popularity and a topic of much debate as to what a 'heritage' variety is....

Our Vegetable Seed Allotment Pack offers a comprehensive range of 20 seed varieties covering all the essentials and a few 'unusuals' for you to grow throughout the year. New to growing your own? Just got your first allotment? Or just need some help deciding on what to grow? Then our...

This Sow Chilli Seed Collection contains 12-star performers that have been carefully selected for heat, colour and flavour to give the best all-around chilli experience. Growing homegrown chillies is a rapidly expanding hobby, as the trend for growing your own and the awareness that chillies are not just generic red...

Not so long ago Cress was as near as we got to a microgreen and although little Cress shoots still pack a peppery punch to an egg sandwich or salad, the advent of TV shows like MasterChef have shown how easy it is to pimp up our dinner time with...

The Sow Hot Chill Seed Collection contains 12-star performers that have been carefully selected for intense heat and flavour...be warned...when the lowest Scoville rating is a mere 100,000 and the highest is one of the world record holders at 1.5m, you know that you are in for some really hot...

The Sow Salad Bowl Collection Box is designed to provide a wealth of colour, flavour and texture to your summer salad. This collection box offers a wide variety of traditional salad leaves as well as some more unusual types. In addition to leaves, the collection also includes other salad essentials...

Sow Tomatoes has been curated to appeal to the real tomato lover...it has been designed to offer a broad appeal of sizes, colours, and tastes. You will find some absolute classics in the range as well as some more unusual and new varieties. In addition to Tomatoes, the collection also...

Holy Basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum or Ocimum sanctum) also called tulsi. This basil with green to purple leaves (the hotter the summer, the deeper the purple) and purple stems that exudes a delicious, sweet, clove-like aroma. It contains high levels of the essential oil eugenol and it has been used in...

Mustard Red Giant, also known as Japanese Red Mustard, is a traditional mustard with broad, blistered leaves highlighted in red. Left to grow, the leaves become big and bold and are a tasty addition to stir fries. They are also ideal for salads when harvested at a smaller, and more tender,...

Mustard Red Frills is a red mustard variety which looks good with its serrated red leaves and a mild fiery mustard flavour.You can sow these oriental red mustards little and often and eat them as mini micro greens, or let them grow on a few centimetres in leaf size and use...

The Essential Veg Seed Collection consists of 12 varieties of vegetables that are not only the top sellers but also the absolute essentials for every veg patch and allotment.   12 PACKETS FOR £9.95 = 83p per packet! SAVE OVER 40% versus buying individual packets! We have specially selected the...

The Essential Container Veg Seed Collection consists of 12 varieties of vegetables that are not only the top sellers but also the absolute essentials for anyone that wants to grow in containers or has a small veg patch.   12 PACKETS FOR £9.95 = 83p per packet! SAVE OVER 40%...

Broad Bean Aquadulce Claudia is a reliable 'old favourite' variety with gardeners and highly rated with the RHS who gave it a well earned AGM in 1995 and reconfirmed its status in 2011 trials for its performance & high yields. Broad Bean Aquadulce Claudia produces glossy plump bean pods that...

This trendy Wasabi Rocket actually has the punchy flavour of Wasabi - a Japanese vegetable much like horseradish. Real Wasabi is a root veg that is very difficult to grow in the UK climate so this little leaf helps fill a gap and companies like Wagamama use it to flavour...

Alfalfa, Arabic for 'father of all foods' which is very appropriate as it is packed full of lots of different vitamins & nutrients. Alfalfa is a bean sprout and looks a little bit like Cress. It's great for adding a crunch to salads and is mild in flavour. Best eaten...

Cauliflower Snowball is described as an early cauliflower, Snowball is in fact far more versatile than that and can be used for spring, summer, autumn and winter production. A dwarf compact plant that can be set closer than other cauliflowers.First bred in America in the 1890s there probably still isn't a...

Endive Encornet de Bordeaux Seeds are the fine old French heirloom variety with large broad leaves. Extremely hardy, making it particularly suitable for early spring sowing directly into the ground, and lasting well for picking into autumn and winter. It's a fantastic addition to any salad and you may find other...

Mibuna is very similar to Mizuna but the leaves have a milder mustard flavour & are strap like with rounded ends. Mibuna seeds are very quick & easy to grow. It's young leaves are great for baby-leaf production & used raw in mixed salads or left to grow on for...

Mizuna is a quick growing oriental leaf that has a sweet, mild mustardy taste that gets stronger as the wide serrated (similar to rocket) leaves mature. The baby-leaves can be used raw in salads or the larger leaves can be added last minute to stir-fries. It is increasing in popularity...