What to Sow in March

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) has lovely fluffy plumes of soft green leaves and produces large flat umbels of yellow star like flowers, followed by edible seeds. It is a very attractive plant that looks fantastic in the garden borders as well as the veg plot and is great for beneficial insects...

Lettuce Green Salad Bowl is a loose-leaf open hearted variety (lots of individual leaves) with light green frilled leaves. It grows to a height of 15cm and as its name suggests it looks great and is well suited to growing in a container. Lettuce Green Salad Bowl should be picked...

Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus Minor), also known as Hay Rattle wildflower seed, is the must-have plant if you are wanting to successfully grow a wildflower meadow. It is a parasitic plant that will reduce grasses by weakening them and allowing the annual and perennial flowers to establish themselves. Monty Don refers...

Produces big, bold & brash plate sized daisy like yellow flowers with rich brown centres that grow quickly & easily. Giant Yellow Sunflowers are a real treat for wildlife as the birds will feast off the seed heads in autumn. Produces big, bold & brash plate sized (30cm across) daisy...

Corn salad is also known as Lambs Lettuce or Mache. It's low growing with small thick dark green leaves that have a delicate nutty flavour. The leaves make a useful addition to a mixed winter salad. Corn salad prefers cool moist conditions and is easy to sow from mid-August to...

Lettuce Winter density is a compact semi-cos variety. It has dark green hearts with crisps leaves with a very sweet flavour. It has excellent winter hardiness and should be sown outside in September to crop the following March to April. It is also suitable for sowing March to July for...

Pea Shiraz has very pretty bi-coloured pink and purple flowers followed by striking dark purple flat mangetout pods, this plant wouldn't go amiss in the ornamental garden it looks so good! The pods that have a sweet delicious pea taste and the crisp crunch so associated with home grown freshly...

Cape Gooseberry Dwarf (Physalis pruinosa) produces a small round light orange berry with a sweet acidic taste. The berry is encased in a papery husk that envelops the fruit and looks very attractive. It is also known as the 'ground berry'. The fruit itself can be used raw in fruit...

Fenugreek Sprouting Seeds have quite a strong 'curryish' taste and it is better to use a little at a time. They are also a great aid for digestion. Fenugreek or "methi", is one of the most popular and widespread ingredients in India. Domesticated and harvested for more than 6,000 years,...

Kalettes Garden Mix (Flower Sprout Petit Posy) is a new and unusual veg that is a cross between a Brussels Sprout & Curly Kale, it produces little mini like 'blown' cabbages up a brussels sprout stem. They have a slightly milder taste than Brussels sprout with a sweeter, nutty flavour...

Demon Red is a compact Thai type chilli that is not only excellent for cooking (especially Thai curries) but looks great on the windowsill. Demon Red is a Capsicum annuum which is a species of the plant genus Capsicum native to southern North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. This...

Pea Carouby de Maussanne is a very attractive large mangetout pea that has flowers so pretty they could be grown in the garden borders! Pea Carouby de Maussanne is a tall variety (75cm) that produces bicoloured deep pink/mauve flowers followed by large flat pods that grow in pairs. The pods...

Cucumber Lemon is an unusual round yellow cucumber. They are at their best when picked about golf to tennis ball size and are still a pale yellow colour. They are mild, fresh-tasting with crisp skin. They are easy to grow, although take a while to begin to fruit but once...

The Pond Edge & Wetland Wildflower Seed Mix meadow seed mix contains 17 varieties that are suitable and can thrive in and around the pond edge and/or wetland areas. Once established, from year 2 onwards, the aim is to have different species of height, colour, and appearance from May through to...

Kohl Rabi Ballot F1 looks like it should come from outer space. It is a very unusual looking purple veg with long tendrils and is actually a swollen stem rather than a root. It is very popular in Germany and 'kohl' is German for 'cabbage'. It is also known as...

Salad Leaves Oriental Mix is a specially selected mix of 'Baby Leaf' leaves that have been matched so that leaf development and the flavours complement each other. They are quick and easy to grow and crops are usually ready to harvest within a month. They give a colourful and flavoursome...

Sweetcorn Minipops F1 are easy to grow and produce 4-5 fabulous tasty baby sweetcorn per plant. These homegrown mini corns are sweeter, crunchier and so much tastier than shop bought. They are great in stir-fries, excellent steamed whole and also sweet enough to eat raw in salads! We like ours...

The flowers in the old English country meadow wildflower mix are yellow, purple and white with a hint of red - it's a wildflower mix reminiscent of the old English country meadow. The mix contains a range of seeds that are suitable for most open sunny sites. This mixtures contains...