What can I sow in Autumn? Here's a collection of seeds you can sow now for winter and early spring harvests.
Autumn Sown Seeds
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Salad Mustard 'Mizuna'
Mizuna is one of the most popular winter salad leaves out there. It produces succulent, green winter leaves with a mild, peppery flavour. It is more vigorous than the other winter salad leaves we offer and very frost tolerant. A brilliant bulker for winter and early spring salad mixes. Sow: mid March-May & Aug-Sept (undercover or outside)Plant: densely for baby leaves, 20cm for salad leavesHarvest: 4-8 weeks after sowingKitchen: Eat fresh, pickled or stir fried. Pairs with citrus (lemon, lime, ponzu), aromatics and spices (coriander, ginger, five spice, chilli), alliums (spring onion, garlic, garlic chives), fats (sesame, cashew).Notes: Early sowings benefit from fleece. Sowings bolt around the solstice. Long harvest period, particularly over winter - you'll have greens from October into spring.1g (approx 450 seeds). We pack seeds by weight, the number of seeds in a packet is an estimate.Germ 94% Aug 25
£2.45
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Turnip 'Purple Top Milan'
Purple Top Milan is bred to grow fast and be eaten young. Harvest when they are ping pong sized and cook whole - skins and all. We are really happy with this selection of the variety - the roots are beautifully flattened with excellent bright violet colouring. They have a nice firm texture and well-balanced flavour. Turnips excellent way of making use of any gaps in the vegetable garden which begin to show in late summer. It's worth having a packet of seed spare just in case!Sow: Valentines day-March (undercover), July-August (direct)Plant: multisow and plant 20cm apart or sow direct and thin to 5-10cm apart.Harvest: 6-8 weeks from sowingKitchen: Eat fresh, pickled or stir fried. Pairs with acid (lemon, lime, ponzu, balsamic, wine), aromatics and spices (coriander, ginger, five spice, chilli, thyme), alliums (spring onion, garlic), fats (bacon, sesame, cashew).1g (approx 450 seeds). We pack seeds by weight, the number of seeds in a packet is an estimate. Germ 996% Aug 25
£1.95
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Chard 'Swiss Chard'
A proper Swiss Chard with wide juicy stems and deep green, shiny leaves. A very different plant from our other varieties Fireworks and Verde da Taglia. We think of it as the European version of Pak Choi - a leafy green, bred for its crisp stems rather than its verdant leaves. For this reason it makes a great stir fry addition throughout the summer months when it's impossible to grow Pak Choi. It's a very generous green to grow - if you harvest individual stems, a couple of sowings will have you sorted for the year.Sow: April (undercover) & July (outside or undercover) for continuous supply. Plant: 4 weeks after sowing, or sow direct.Harvest: Baby leaves in 6 weeks, big leaves in 8-10 weeks. Harvest outside leaves.Kitchen: Eat baby leaves raw and cook older leaves - steam, sautee, or braise. Cook stems a little longer than leaves. Pairs with acid (lemon, balsamic vinegar, lime), fats (goats cheese, walnuts, coconut milk, butter), salty (olives, feta, parmesan), aromatics (chilli, nutmeg, dill, fennel, thyme).2.5g (approx 150 seeds). We pack seeds by weight, the number of seeds in a packet is an estimate. Germ: 81% Sept 25
£2.60
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Summer Sowings | Heirloom Vegetable Collection | Autumn & Winter Harvests
Keep your garden brimming with produce with our Summer Sowings Heirloom Vegetable Collection. A lovely collection of 6 different heirlooms, curated by Ellen. Perpetual Spinach 'Verde da Taglio' Spring Onion 'Ishikura' Parsley 'Einfache Schnitt' Spinach 'Matador' Turnip 'Purple Top Milan' Chinese Mustard 'Vivid Choi' Don't forget our specialist winter salad seed collection 'Cool Greens' - 6 more tasty varieties to keep your salad bowl full this winter.
£10.75
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Leek 'Shades of Belgian Blue' Seeds
The most stunning winter leek I've come across. Shades of Belgian Blue is a diverse mix of winter-hardy leeks with leaves that tend towards blue and purple pigmentation. Cold temperatures bring out the stunning colouring. Selected for rust resistance.Diverse population which has been selected to overwinter well in our soggy field in Dorset. This is an Open Source Seed Initiative variety. Sow: April-May undercover or outside. Sow thickly in a seed bed. You can make a seed bed in open soil or use a crate/large pot filled with a multipurpose compost.Plant: May-June. Separate leek seedlings and trim roots and leaves by two thirds. This makes it easier to plant the leeks. Dib holes 20cm apart. Place 1 leek in each hole for big leeks, 3 in each hole for baby leeks. Do not recover with soil.Harvest: October-JanuaryKitchen: Almost as versatile as an onion. Slow cook to bring out sweetness or roast, barbecue & grill whole to add another flavour dimension. Pairs well with acid - lemon, white wine; fats - butter, cream, yogurt, cheese; aromatics - chervil, chives, tarragon, thyme.1g (350 seeds). We pack seeds by weight, the number of seeds in a packet is an estimate. Germ: 89% Jan 26
£2.15
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Kohlrabi 'Azur Star'
There is a shade of electric purple found in vegetables which is hard to ignore. Azur star kohlrabi is a prime example of it. Smooth, bright purple vegetables which add gorgeous colour to autumn harvests.They have a mild, brassica flavour, similar to radish and can be used in similar ways. Try as crudites, grates in salads and slaws or baked in a gratin. Kohlrabi is often associated with Germany and Austria but the vegetable has a surprisingly long history in England. The first recording of field scale kohlrabi production dates all the way back to 1837. Sow: mid Feb-early March undercover or after mid June-July outsidePlant: April or July-August, 20-30cm spacingHarvest: June or September-OctoberKitchen: Make into salads, roast, bake or pickle. Pairs with citrus fruits (lemon), aromatics (coriander, chervil, dill), sweets (carrots, apples, honey), fats (parmesan, yogurt, sesame).Notes: Plants get woody at the base if left too long.0.5g (150 seeds). We pack seeds by weight, the number of seeds in a packet is an estimate. Germ 100% Aug 25
£2.45
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Salad Leaf Buck's Horn Plantain
A traditional Italian winter salad leaf, cropped from autumn to early spring. It is very easy to grow and will thrive in any garden (even coastal ones!) but rich soils will yield more succulent leaves. Rich in calcium, vitamins A and B2.Buckshorn plantain has been a prized salad green in Italy since the 16th traditional ingredient in Italian peasant cooking. It is an authentic element of Roman misticanza - a salad mix of wild greens. You'll find it on Tuscan and Umbrian tables sauteed with white beans in Minutina e Fagioli. Try it in Frittata con Erba Stella or as a replacement for basil in pesto. Sow: April-AugustPlant: 30cm apartHarvest: 8-10 weeks after sowingKitchen: Eat fresh or wilted. Pairs well with citrus (lemon), spices (fennel, chilli), alliums (spring onion, garlic), fats (parmesan, eggs, butter, walnuts), salty (olives, capers).Notes: Early sowings benefit from fleece. 0.15g (approx 500 seeds). We pack seeds by weight, the number of seeds in a packet is an estimate.
£2.10
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Silene 'Blushing Lanterns' | Bladder Campion
Blushing Lanterns is a wonderful textural cut flower with gently nodding flower heads which resemble tiny little paper lanterns. Each flower head is a dusty green, delicately veined in blush pink. As the flower head matures, a pretty white flower emerges (which attract tonnes of butterflies). A hugely productive cut flower from one spring sowing. Remember this is a perennial variety so one sowing yields years of flowers. Sow: Mar-May or Sept-Oct Plant: 30cm apart Harvest: Harvest when flowers are just starting to open or harvest pods. Silene vulgaris
£2.05
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Salad Burnet
A lovely salad green for spring and autumn harvests with a distinctive cucumber flavour. Salad burnet is an easy-to-grow perennial which we find tastiest when grown as an annual each year. Harvest the tender leaves at the centre of the rosette and add them into salads or use as a herb. Particularly nice chopped up finely and used in herb mixes with rice or to flavour raita.Sow: mid-March to JulyPlant: 30cm apartHarvest: 8 weeks after sowingKitchen: Eat fresh. Pairs well with citrus (lemon, lime), aromatics (dill, coriander, fennel, chilli), alliums (spring onion, garlic), fats (cream cheese, yoghurt, sesame).Notes: Early sowings benefit from fleece. 0.5g (approx 100 seeds). We pack seeds by weight, the number of seeds in a packet is an estimate.
£2.10
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Sweet Pea 'Mrs R Bolton'
An outstandingly productive variety with lovely tall stems even when grown outside. Large, lightly frilled, almond-blossom pink flowers which soften to white. A sweet pea to fall in love with. Lightly-scented variety. Sow: Late Oct-Nov for overwintering seedlings or Valentines day to end of March. Resist sowing in the depths of winter.Plant: 20cm apart, enrich with compostHarvest: When uppermost 2 buds are closed.Vase: Expect vase life of 4-5 days. Approx 40 seeds. We pack seeds by weight, the number of seeds in a packet is an estimate. All cut flower seeds are subject to 20% VAT which is added at checkout. If your order contains VAT-able goods, 20% VAT is also charged on shipping.
£2.00
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Ammi majus | Bishops Flower
A classic cut flower filler with pure white, lacey umbels. Plants flower generously with blooms beloved by pollinators. Sow in autumn for the biggest, earliest flowers. They are extremely popular pollinators. Sow: September-October for overwintering seedlings. Sow undercover or outside Mar-May, depending on soil conditions. Loves to be sown direct into the soil.Plant: 30cm apartHarvest: Expect 60cm stem length.Vase: For best vase life, pick when two thirds of the flowers on umbel are open. Vase life of 10 days. N.B. Poisonous to pets & livestock. Sap can cause skin irritation in some people. 0.25g (approx 300 seeds). We pack seeds by weight, the number of seeds in a packet is an estimate. All cut flower seeds are subject to 20% VAT which is added at checkout. If your order contains VAT-able goods, 20% VAT is also charged on shipping.
£1.25
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