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What to Sow in May
May is the last time to sow sweetcorn, to give them plenty of time to grow and ripen. It's also the last opportunity for late summer Cabbages. Sprouting broccoli produces nutrient-packed, succulent spears. Keep sucessional sowing with varieties such as Lettuce and Peas for an extended harvest period. Grow nectar rich plants like Comfrey, Borage and Phacelia...the bees will thank you!
Below is our full range of seeds for sowing in May...
Pea 'Alderman' (Pisum Sativum) is a Heritage Maincrop. The most popular maincrop variety, a very heavy cropper of large pods containing up to 11 peas. Pea Alderman has a tall growth habit that will require support, as they can grow to over 180cm. Did you know...Round Pea seeds, like Pea...
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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...
£1.75
Chicory Brussels Witloof is a heritage variety of chicory which resembles a cos lettuce. Excellent for forcing and easy to grow, the seed is sown in spring in a shallow drill. The carrot-like roots are harvested in November and stored in a cool place. 3 or 4 weeks before...
£1.85
Parsnip Tender and True is a Heritage variety introduced in 1887, top-quality, reliable veg that consistently produces bumper crops of long wedge-shaped roots with the classic sweet parsnip taste. Parsnip Tender and True roots are white and have a very smooth skin that is easy to clean and peel, and...
£1.85
Kale Cottagers was once a staple of the 19th century cottagers’ diet, this ‘perennial’ kale has fallen out of favour simply because the leaves don't store well for sale. Packed with vitamins and minerals, this heritage superfood supplies tasty green leaves with purple stems all through the winter followed by a...
£2.15
Squash Galeuse D'Eysines is a French heritage plant from the 1800's that originated in the town of Eysines. A beautiful, unique coloured and rare old French Heirloom squash variety, producing flattened, round 10-15 lb fruit with a gorgeous salmon-peach coloured skin that is covered with warts as the fruit matures....
£2.45
Brussels Sprout Evesham Special is a very old English Heritage variety that produces reliable early season crops (October to March). It produces lots of medium sized, sweet & crunchy sprouts that don't have a bitter taste. Brussels sprouts Evesham Special is a medium-tall but sturdy plant and has been bred...
£1.75
Cabbage Greyhound is an old English Heritage favourite and the earliest pointed cabbage for early spring sowing and harvesting during summer and early autumn. Produces firm hearts of excellent flavour Cabbage Greyhound is a flavoursome cabbage that has little core and very few wasted outer leaves. Plants are more narrow in...
£1.55