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...
Courgette All Green Bush is a very reliable, quick-growing, dark-skinned variety that's compact and so perfect for pots. Courgette All Green Bush is quick to mature and will crop all summer long and with regular harvesting. The abundant, dark-skinned fruits of Courgette 'All green Bush' should be harvested as baby courgettes...
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Squash Sunbeam is a bright-yellow patty-pan type of summer squash. It gives high-yields of yellow saucer-sized fruits with a scalloped edge. Interesting summer squash with a fine flavour. Summer squash is thin-skinned with lighter, moist flesh. They are best eaten fresh. Winter squash have harder skin and dense flesh with...
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Chicory Variegata di Castelfranco is an ancient Heritage variety developed in the 18th century in the Castelfranco region of Northern Italy. One of the best for eating quality. A very decorative variety that produces attractive, rosette-shaped heads with an appearance is best described as a large, tie-dyed cricket ball, leaves are speckled...
£1.85
Radish Watermelon is a Chinese heritage Radish with a surprise...the lovely smooth white globes are cut open to reveal bright pink centres - no surprise they are also known as "Beauty in the Heart". The flavour is milder than other radishes - sweeter, less spicy. Thin slices look really amazing...
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Grow your own Loofah! Sometimes known as sponge gourd, the luffa (or loofa) is probably best know for the bath sponges that are made from its mature fruit. In some parts of the world, however, luffas are equally prized as a vegetable, when they are braised or cooked in curries...
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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...
£1.65
Turnip Purple Top Milan was introduced before 1888 and still as popular as ever is this fine classic turnip variety. Highly ornamental, smooth white bulbs with a bright purple top give a pure white flesh of choice quality: hard, solid and fine-grained. Turnip Purple Top Milan can be harvested at...
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Chicory Pain de Sucre, also known as Sugarloaf, is a large, leafy variety of chicory which resembles a cos lettuce. It is a good alternative for late-season salads but it will only stand mild frosts. As the name suggests it has a sweeter taste than most chicories which tend to...
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Pea Purple Magnolia took over 15 years of work to create the first purple-podded sugar snap pea. Pick them before they grow large to enjoy them at their best, the peas are also very tasty when immature. Pea Purple Magnolia crunchy pods have a good, sweet flavour and make a...
£2.25
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...
£2.25
The flowers in the Bees & Butterfly Wildflower Meadow seed mix will help you create a flower-rich meadow with a particular emphasis on species that are known to be important as sources of nectar for bees, butterflies and other insects. If you ever wondered what beekeepers sow to attract the...
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Beetroot Burpees Golden is an unusual beetroot in that the roots are orange/yellow in colour unlike normal red beetroot. It does not stain or bleed like the red ones and it goes a golden colour when cooked. Burpees Golden has a sweet flavour and good texture when picked at golf...
£1.85
Broad Bean De Monica (Vicia faba) is the earliest maturing variety. From a spring sowing, 'De Monica' will be ready to harvest at the same time as many other popular varieties sown in the autumn. Or you can sow in autumn for a super early harvest. Very heavy cropping with pods...
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Beetroot Chioggia is the most beautiful of beetroots. It has concentric circles of dark pink & white flesh that are a real talking point when used raw especially on a gourmet plate and/or mixed with other red beetroot (the beetroot does fade to light pink when cooked though). It is...
£1.75
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...
£1.75
Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is a non-edible perennial native wildflower with attractive drooping clusters of blue, purple, pink or cream, bell-shaped flowers in early summer. Well known for centuries as a medicinal plant, but the leaves are now regularly used as a compost activator helping the breakdown of other compost materials....
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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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Perpetual Spinach is a great easy to grow 'cut & come again' productive little plant that is winter hardy. It is a beet leaf that tastes like spinach but doesn't bolt like spinach and produces the earliest fresh veg of the year. It can last for up to 2 years...
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