What to Sow in March

Florence Fennel Zefa Fino is a quick maturing fennel that produces very uniform bulbs of excellent quality. The bulbs are white of medium to large size and slightly flattened round shape. They have a lovely aniseed flavour, and the foliage can also be used as a garnish (harvest a few...

Tomato Sweet Aperitif this UK bred tomato produces large quantities of red, shiny cherry sized tomatoes with thin skins. The tomatoes are sweet and tangy and set to rival Tomato Sungold F1 in sweet taste tests. Perfect for using fresh in salads or cooked on the vine. Tomato Sweet Aperitif...

The Flyaway Carrot is one of the best tasting vegetables to pick fresh from your garden. This variety has some resistance to the dreaded carrot-fly, but sow seed thinly to reduce the need for thinning as carrot-fly are attracted by the sweet smell. It is considered good companion planting to...

Pak Choi Red Choi F1 is a colourful purple/red leaved variety with bright green stems that looks as attractive in the garden as on a dinner plate. It is easy to grow, slow to bolt and quick to crop, a tasty little leaf with a mild cabbage flavour. Pak choi...

Onion Red Baron is an excellent red onion that doesn't easily bolt and stores well. It is a semi-globe type with deep crimson skin colour and has a nice crisp texture. Red Baron onion has a milder onion flavour than it's white cousin and has concentric rings of red &...

Lettuce Lollo Rossa is a very attractive continental red lettuce with crisp frilly leaves. It adds colour and vibrancy to the salad bowl and also looks great in the garden or in a pot on the patio. Lettuce Lollo Rossa is a loose heart type that can be harvested as...

Lettuce Green Salad Bowl is a loose-leaf open hearted variety (lots of individual leaves) with light green frilled leaves. It grows to a height of 15cm and as its name suggests it looks great and is well suited to growing in a container. Lettuce Green Salad Bowl should be picked...

Demon Red is a compact Thai type chilli that is not only excellent for cooking (especially Thai curries) but looks great on the windowsill. Demon Red is a Capsicum annuum which is a species of the plant genus Capsicum native to southern North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. This...

Lettuce Red Salad Bowl is a loose-leaf open-hearted variety (lots of individual leaves) with red frilled leaves. It grows to a height of 15cm and as its name suggests it looks great and is well suited to growing in a container. It is easy & quick to grow. Lettuce Red...

Lavender 'Hidcote Blue' is a dwarf hardy perennial, cultivated lavender strain with narrow, grey-green leaves and dense spikes of light-blue flowers that open in early July. Ideal for a low hedge. Hidcote Blue is one of the main lavender species most highly valued for cutting and drying for its exquisite...

Hot Thai chilli peppers originate from Thailand and are very productive plants. They produce up to 200 small pods that measure about 2cm long by 1cm wide and have a hot Scoville rating of between 50-70,000. Hot Thai Chilli Pepper is a Capsicum annuum which is a species of the...

Limnanthes douglassi (poached egg plant) has lovely white flowers with bright yellow centres and is a very easy to grow hardy annual. It is relatively low growing as only reaches a height of between 20-30cm making it an ideal plant for front of borders, rockeries or even containers. Limnanthes douglassi...

Cauliflower Graffiti F1 produces dense, rich deep purple curds that are not only unusual but full of flavour. The heads reach a good size - about 16cm in diameter and they look stunning in the garden or on a dinner plate. Cauliflower Graffiti heads make unusual deep purple raw cruditÌÎÌ__es,...

Cauliflower Clapton F1 produces good quality white curds carried high off the ground, so is kept very clean. It is also the first cauliflower to be club root resistant. Depending on its sowing time this versatile variety matures from late summer to late autumn, producing large, excellent flavoured, solid, deep white...

Cabbage Kilastor F1 is a high yielding, autumn/winter cabbage, ballhead variety that is the most clubroot resistant cabbage that there is. This clubroot resistant cabbage produces excellent quality, 2kg, autumn ballheads with a solid, dense structure. Cabbage 'Kilaton' is superb for making coleslaws, salads or steaming. This F1 hybrid variety...

Endive Pancalieri Seeds are not commonly available in shops, so it's a great vegetable for you to grow for yourself to enjoy. This is a lovely, ornamental variety with broad, bulky heads with an abundance of dark green, very frizzly-edged, outer leaves and, almost self-blanching, contrasting creamy-white, pink-tinged hearts. Cropping...