What to Sow in March

Sweetcorn Earlibird F1 is the earliest cropping variety on the market. It is not only early but this British bred variety is super, super sweet with a high number of small kernels. Improved tolerance to cold soil aids germination. Great plucked and used straight from the garden, a different taste...

Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant has gorgeous dark savoy green leaves with vibrant ivory stalks & veins that brighten up your veg patch, your dinner plate & maybe your flower beds too! Despite its size, it is a very easy to grow vegetable. The flavoursome leaves are thick and tender, making...

Spinach Amazon F1 is a fast growing variety that produces lots of glossy dark green rounded leaves that are slightly textured with the full spinach flavour. Spinach Amazon F1 Seeds (AGM) x 500. Spinach Amazon F1 is a fast growing variety that produces lots of glossy dark green rounded leaves...

Beetroot Boltardy is a real winner - a traditional old favourite that has well earned its place as one of our best selling veg seeds. It is easy to grow, very reliable and has rich crimson globe-shaped roots with the wonderful earthy sweet beetroot flavour. Beetroot Boltardy is a 'bolt...

Brussels Sprout Crispus F1 is a very reliable late mid-season variety (mid-November to mid-January) and club root resistant. It produces lots of medium-sized, sweet & crunchy sprouts that don't have a bitter taste. Brussels Sprout Crispus F1 is tall but sturdy and has been bred in the UK so is...

Carrot Amsterdam Forcing is a quick maturing variety and is ideal for growing early crops under cloches or cold frames. The high quality, small cylindrical roots can be harvested at baby size for deep orange-red carrots with a sweet flavour and virtually no core, making them an ideal variety for...

Kale Emerald ice is an exceptionally fine flavoured variety that has the best eating quality of all the kales. The textured ruffled leaves of Kale Emerald Ice develop a striking contrasting white centre as they mature and have the sweetest flavour - even the leaf stalks taste like candy and hold...

Tomato Gigantomo (AGM), as the name suggests, this gigantic tomato is an outstanding beefsteak type. The large fruits can weigh more than 1kg each, but big does not mean tasteless because Gigantomo has a superb texture and excellent flavour.  This colossal beefsteak tomato, supposedly the largest variety in the world,...

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...

Tomato Gardeners Delight is a classic old favourite that is widely recommended & we can certainly vouch for its excellent taste & high yields. It is a heritage variety that pre-dates 1950. It gives a large crop of smaller red tomatoes that are very sweet & full of home grown...

Carrot Eskimo is one of the tastiest vegetables to pick fresh from your garden in the depths of winter as it has excellent frost tolerance. Not too surprising given its name, but you will able to harvest from November through to January, affording a nice grow your own treat for...

Calabrese 'Green Magic' F1 is a lovely dark green, very smooth, with tightly packed heads, this variety has a great flavour - harvest the head first, then enjoy the delicious tender side shoots. A very early maturing variety. Sow in the spring for harvest throughout the summer. Shows good resistance...

Tomato 'Golden Sunrise' is a cordon variety, producing the most beautiful golden yellow fruits which are considered by many to be the best flavoured tomatoes there are...a tomato the colour of sunshine that will make you smile every time you see it. Early maturing and prolific, the fruits themselves are...

Onion Shallot 'Matador' F1 is a an excellent variety that produces reddish brown bulbs with good flavour. It is a high yielding variety which has a high dry matter content that aids storage. Shallots grown from seed have the advantage of producing large single bulbs rather than bunches of smaller...

Spring/Salad Onion White Lisbon is an excellent salad onion that is relatively low maintenance and not only suited to overwintering producing early crops but good for successional spring/summer cropping too (sow at 3 weekly intervals). Salad Onion White Lisbon is very quick growing and produces the classic bulb type salad...

Parsnip Gladiator F1 is a top-quality, reliable veg that consistently produces bumper crops of long wedge-shaped roots with the classic sweet parsnip taste. Parsnip Gladiator F1 roots are white and have a very smooth skin that is easy to clean and peel, and as most of the parsnip flavour is...

Pea Sugar Snap Delikett is an edible-podded pea that is crunchy, juicy & tastes super sweet and is a splendid variety of snap pea, a dwarf plant with a compact plant habit. Delikett produces in clusters of two a generous number of dark green, cylindrical pods that can be harvested over...

Squash Kabocha F1 (AGM) are thick-skinned, dark green globe-shaped fruits with paler green stripes. The orange flesh inside sweetens with age and has a rich chestnut flavour. The flesh is dry so perfect for roasting or adding to soups. This small-fruited variety produces squashes that weigh just over 1kg. Squash...

Spinach Medania has large mid to dark green leaves that are slightly blistered. The leaves measure about 17cm by 11cm wide when mature and taste mildly sweet & earthy but are juicy and tender. Spinach Medania produces lots of high quality leaves. It can be harvested young as micro leaves...