JUNE SOWING GUIDE

June Sowing Guide

BEANS, BEANS AND MORE BEANS!!! Dwarf and Climbing French Beans and Runner Beans! And don’t forget PEAS including mangetout, sugar snap and snow peas.  Broad Bean Express Eleonora can also be sown in June.

Summer marks the beginning of the growing year for lots of the Oriental varieties…

Chinese Amaranth

Chinese Broccoli & Chinese Cabbage

Entsai & Komatsuna

Malabar, Mibuna & Minutina

Mizuna & Mustard Leaf

Namenia

Okahijiki & Orach                 

Pak Choi & Shungiku

 

…and then there are all of these too…

Artichoke Romanesco & Violet de Provence (for flowering next year)

Baby Leaves – lots of individuals or mixes are available

Beetroot – for summer salads or winter pickles!

Broccoli & Broccoli Raab

Brussel Sprout Brilliant

Cabbages – Berns, Di Verona, Elisa, Golden Acre, Mammoth Red Rock, Spring Hero, Tendersweet, Tundra & Winter King

Calabrese – lots of choice for harvesting THIS year

Carrots – lots & lots of choice

Cauliflowers

Celery Leaf, Celeriac Del Veneto & Celtuce

Chicory – for a crunch in your salads

Corn Salad - D’Orlanda, Verte De Cambrai and Vit

Courgettes – Alfesco, All Green Bush, Ambassador, Boldenice, Costata Romanesco, Defender, Sunstripe & Tondo Chiaro Di Nizza

Cress & American Land Cress & Watercress (no running water needed)    

Endives

Florence Fennel – Romanesco & Sweet Florence

Kale – for this year and next

Kohl Rabi

Leaf Beat - for salads and puddings

Leek Blue Solaise – my favourite to crop in the spring

Lettuce – 35 varieties for a luscious summer of salads and a June offer to tempt you

Marrow Bush Baby

Onion North Holland Bloodred Redmate

Parsley

Pepper Cubanelle

Summer Purslane

Radishes - for crunch (& bite!)

Rocket - to add more spice just add more rocket!

Spinach & New Zealand Spinach

Spring Onions – perfect for summer sowing, growing and enjoying

Swede - for winter harvest

Sweetcorn - sow in June for September-October harvesting

Texel Greens & Turkish Rocket – also for salads

Turnips

 

… and don’t forget…

GREEN MANURES

HERBS: Anise, Basil (Bosham and British), Borage, Chervil, Coriander, Cumon, Bronze Fennel, Greek Oregano, Perilla, Clary Sage & Stridolo

And FLOWERS: Alchemilla, Ammi Majus, Calendula, Cosmos, Hollyhock, Lavetera, Malva, Night Scented Stocks, Obedient Plant, Poppies, Red Valerian, Sweet Williams, Xeranthemum and finally the amazing FLOWER MIXES are also perfect for June sowing