JULY SOWING GUIDE

July Sowing Guide

Artichoke – Romanesco & Violet de Provence can be sown for harvesting next year

Baby leaf choices – Astra, Barese, Bulls Blood, Italiko Rosso, Magentaspreen, Molokhia, Quinoa, Red Carpet, Red Ruble, Red Wizard, Rubino, Sangria, Scorpion, the delicious mixes plus Serge for pea shoots

Beans – all the climbing and dwarf French varieties AND Runner Beans Aintree and Equator

Beetroot – wide range of varieties

Broccoli Red Fire

Broccoli Raab

Spring cabbage - for those in colder areas for next year – April, Durham Early, Evergreen, Spring Hero & Wheelers Imperial

Cabbages (for this autumn) – Berns, Copenhagen Market Early, Early Jersey Wakefield, Elisa F1, Golden Acre & Tundra F1 plus Tendersweet for salads

Calabrese – De Cicco, Green Sprouting, Marathon, Purple Rain, Typhoon & Zen

Carrots – more than 20 choices plus a July SPECIAL OFFER: LATE LUSH CARROTS available now

Cauliflower – Macerata Green, Romanesco & Sicily Purple

Celtuce

Chicory – Brussels Witloof, Pain De Sucre, Palla Rossa, Rossa di Treviso & Variegata di Castelfranco

Corn salad (4 choices)

Cress & Land Cress

Endive - Cornet De Bordeaux, Panaclieri & Romanesca Da Taglio

Florence Fennel – this is THE perfect month for sowing chose Romanesco or Sweet Florence

Kale – Black Magic, Cottagers, Emerald Ice, Hungry Gap, Kapral, Red Russian & Scarlet

Kohl Rabi – Ballot, Delicacy White, Korfu & Superschmelz

A wide range of Oriental Greens including Chinese Amaranth, Chinese Broccoli, Chinese Cabbage, Choy Sum, Entsai, Komatsuna, Mibuna, Mizuna, Mustard Leaf, Namenia, Orach, Pak Choi and Shungiku

Leaf Beat variteies include Bright Lights and Perpetual Spinach

Lettuce – a special July collection or a stunning 34 individual choices suitable for sowing now

Parsley

Peas - Douce Provence, Ambassador, Terrain, Onward & Sugar Bonor choose Serge (for shoots)

Purslane

Radishes – for colour, texture and a bite of flavour

Rocket – add zing to your salads (and pizza & burgers)

Spinach in variety & New Zealand Spinach

Spring Onions – not just for spring, they are perfect for summer sowing too

Swede – sow Invitation for the winter to come

Texel greens

Turkish Rocket – versatile and perennial

Turnips – sow now for autumn and beyond

Green Manures – Alfalfa, Crimson Clover, Fodder Radish, Field Mustard and Phacelia (also great for attracting pollinators)

Herbs – Basil (British & Bosham), Borage, Chervil, Coriander, Bronze Fennel, Oregano Perilla, Clary Sage & Stridolo

And if you have room then Alchemilla, Hollyhock Charters Double Mixed or Calendula Wintersun which will bring you bright flowers through the winter months.