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 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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