What to Sow in March
Broad beans are a welcome crop in early summer, and can be sown outdoors in March. Beetroot is another crop that can be sown in lower temperatures in March. If you have a partially shaded area then Swiss Chard is a beautiful crop to sow now. You can also start to sow Lettuce indoors and enjoy tasty leaves for months to come.
Below is our full range of seeds, suitable for sowing in March...
Cucumber 'Marketmore' is an open-pollinated ridge cucumber that's a reliable and heavy-cropping cucumber producing a tasty harvest of dark green, cylindrical fruits from July onwards. It's the best variety to grow outdoors. Top tip:Once you see the tiny cucumbers on the plant, water with tomato food every week. The cucumber...
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The flowers are highly scented and are a mix of single colours from white to lavender, pink to red & cream. Sweet Pea Galaxy Mixed are floriferous annuals that can keep flowering from late Spring until the first Autumn frosts and with a little bit of care, feeding and regularly...
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Cucumber Party Time is all-female parthenocarpic “snack-type” producing three or four delicious fruits at every node every few days. These crunchybite-sized fruit are perfect lunchbox snacks. ‘Party Time’ has excellent resistance to powdery mildew and performs across a range of climates, but is best grown in an unheated greenhouse or...
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Cucumber 'Merlin' is perfect for the greenhouse or a polytunnel. This all-female variety produces excellent crops of short, smooth skinned fruits measuring up to 15cm, with a mild flavour and no bitter aftertaste. Fruits are produced at every node, every few days so you can be sure of a bumper...
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Cucumber Calimbo is a pickle lovers perfect variety for home garden cultivation. Vigorous vining type plants benefit from vertical support on wires in a greenhouse or polytunnel. The all female parthenocarpic plants produce masses of tasty, dark green, non bitter gherkins. When growing cucumbers, harvest regularly to encourage, long continuous production....
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Catnip (Nepeta caparia), also known as Catmint is a hardy perennial herb, Lemon-scented, it makes a most refreshing tisane or tea which was drunk far more before tea arrived from China.It grows to a height of 3 to 4 feet and has featherlike, light green foliage and small clusters of...
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Lemon Mint is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, that is native to the southern United States and northern Mexico. Common names include lemon bee balm, lemon mint and lemon bergamot. When crushed, the leaves emit an odour reminiscent of lemons. Lemon Mint (Monarda citriodora) is a short-lived...
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Garlic Wild Ramsoms is a British native perennial herb, wild relative of Chives. It can be found on the banks of streams and in shaded wooded areas. Carpeting the ground with white flowers and their strong garlic fragrance. Broad spear shaped leaves and most attractive white flower heads composed of tiny...
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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...
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Basil Siam Queen is a great strain of Thai basil, very popular in oriental cooking. The dark green leaves and the purple flower spikes make this basil an ideal ornamental herb too. Can be grown in pots in the patio area or in a windowbox. Height 30-40cm.A colourful basil variety...
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Chamomile Lawn is very similar to ordinary chamomile but its plants have a more spreading habit and are much more scented. It gives off the most beautiful aroma when crushed underfoot. Chamomile Lawn is a dwarf compact spreading form reaching a height of 10cm, not to be confused with the...
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Herb Hyssop Blue is a hardy, evergreen perennial herb with aromatic flowers and foliage. This herb plant is the perfect addition to containers or pots, creating a stunning display of blue and purple. A great herb for attracting pollinators to your garden, bees love this variety. Herb Hyssop Blue is...
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Cucumber Bush Champion is a real winner for those with either small spaces or growing in containers and raised beds. Bush Champion produces an abundance of 20cm cucumbers from about a third of the normal space that a traditional cucumber plant takes up. It has a crisp outer skin with...
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Phacelia Tanacetifolia is a quick growing hardy annual green manure that germinates at low temperatures and is ideal for sowing from March until September. It will grow up to 1m in height and is tolerant of cold temperatures and may over-winter if it's not too cold. It suits most soil...
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Coriander, also known as Cilantro, is an interesting little herb as the leaves are pungent and oily but the seeds for which it is also grown have a different warm, orangey taste. Coriander is a key ingredient in hot spicy food such as curries and also adds flavour to soups...
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Basil Sweet Genovese Herb Seeds, the 'Classic Italian' are the best variety of basil for Italian pesto and tastes fantastic with fresh tomatoes (home grown of course), slices of mozzarella & a drizzle of virgin oil -a perfect side salad for a balmy summer's day BBQ. Basil is the basis...
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Basil Sweet Thai Herb Seeds are an eastern Basil used in many Thai and oriental dishes and adds a spicy aniseed/basil flavour to food. It can be used raw in salads or tossed into Thai curries just at the end of cooking. Sweet Thai Basil grows to around 30-40cm tall...
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Parsley Plain Leaf Herb is also known as French Parsley and has serrated fine leaves that are generally regarded to have a slightly better flavour and texture than curly parsley. It is the one that the continentals grow and use and is the 'true Parsley variety'. Parsley is one of...
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Purple Creeping Thyme is a hardy evergreen perennial and has small aromatic dark green leaves with clusters of small pale pink flowers. Purple Creeping Thyme can be picked all year round, once established, and is the classic herb used in Bouquet Garni (see recipe on Parsley page). Also great for...
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Borage is an annual herb with pretty little vivid blue star shaped flowers and hairy grey/green leaves. It is very easy to grow and will reach a height of 30-50cm. Borage leaves can be added to salads and taste like cool cucumber; the pretty flowers can be frozen in an...
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