What to Sow in March

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...

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...

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...

Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis) is an easy to grow hardy annual that has very attractive vivid orange flowers. It's petals are edible and can be sprinkled on salad leaves to add colour or they can be used as a substitute for saffron to add yellow colour to rice. Pot Marigold...

Spearmint Herb is the common variety of mint that is very versatile and makes great mint sauce as well as fresh with new potatoes or peas or in your summer Pimms. Spearmint/Garden Mint has attractive, fragrant dark green serrated leaves and produces little mauve flowers. Mint grows to 60cm and...

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....

Cress Plain has all the attributes of the curled variety but a slightly stronger flavour with different leaf formations to give variation and texture to a salad. It is a dual-purpose type that can be grown indoors on your window sill or, broadcast directly into your soil outside. Cress Plain...

Winter Tares 'Vicia sativa', also known as 'Vetch' is a hardy annual that can be sown March-May or July-September for over-wintering. It is good at nitrogen-fixing and is extremely competitive against weed suppression, forming an aggressive canopy rapidly on heavier soils but avoid acid or dry soils and dig in...

The flowers in the 100% General Purpose Wildflower meadow seed mix are yellow, purple and white with a hint of red - it's a wildflower mix reminiscent of the traditional English country meadow. The mix contains a range of seeds that are suitable for most open sunny sites. This mixture...

Thyme English Winter, also known as Common or Garden Thyme, is a hardy evergreen perennial and has small aromatic dark green leaves with clusters of small pale pink flowers. Thyme English Winter (Thymus vulgaris) can be picked all year round and is the classic herb used in 'bouquet garni'. It...

Salad Rocket or Plain Rocket (Arugula) has long dark green serrated leaves and the usual peppery flavour associated with rocket. It is quick to crop and so easy to grow, just regularly pick fresh individual leaves as required to ensure new leaves continue to grow. There is no need for bags...

Italian Ryegrass is an annual/biennial grass that is winter hardy and can be grown for up to 2 years but it will require cutting during the growing season to encourage new growth and prevent it going to seed in the 2nd year. It is good at suppressing weeds and although...

Red Cabbage microgreen seeds produce bright red leaves with a light, mild, sweet cabbage taste. They are ready to harvest in 6 days and add a bit of extravagance to a salad and elegance to a piece of fish etc. Red Cabbage can be grown as both a microgreen and...

Mustard (Sinapsis Alba) is fast-growing green manure that can be sown from March to September. It has a growing period of 1-2 months and can reach 60-90cm tall. This half-hardy annual grows on most soil types but particularly likes fertile ones. It may require additional watering in dry periods especially...

An unusual mixture containing the usual bright orange but with various unusual shades of yellows, cream and apricot with chocolate coloured centres. Calendula Art Shades Mixed (also known as English or Pot Marigold) reach a height of 45cm and the large frilled flowers will add great interest to a vase...

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...

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...

Kale 'Red Ruble' has been specially bred for the salad leaf market and makes a quick growing colourful tasty salad leaf with its' wine-red serrated foliage. Although it can be grown to mature leaf size it is not as suited to large leaf production as it loses its intense colour...

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...