Sowing forecast for April

The variety Stuttgarter Riesen is an early to second early, flattened globe shaped, yellow onion with very good keeping qualities and fine flavour. Also a good variety from which to produce onion sets.

Melon variety Sugar Baby has sweet fruits with a dark green skin and salmon coloured flesh, weighs up to 3 kg. A soil covering of black mulching material favours growth and ripening. Outdoor cultivation only possible in warm climates, otherwise the ...

Sugrano is a vigorous tall sweet corn. Cob size is similar to Tramunt. SH2 type with an intense sweetness and well rounded flavour. Around 100 days to maturity. Recommended alternative for sweet corn Mezdi (medium) [G457], which has been discontinue...

The annual summer savory Saturn has a height up to 50 cm. Tall growing, direct sowing possible, harvest just before flowering. A second crop from a July sowing also possible. Also available as seed discs. The seed discs have a diameter of 10 cm....

Small seeded, rapid growing green manure and protein rich fodder plant. Strong weed suppression with its large amount of green mass, strong root penetration, good soil structure, high level of nitrogen fixing. Not winter hardy. Sowing depth: 2-5 cm....

Good green manure plant with a large green mass, can also be used as fresh fodder or as silage. Can be left standing over winter as cover for helpful beneficial organism. Can be sown till the end of August. To produce flowers it should be sown by the...

Edible Amaranth with its impressive hanging flowers, dark read stems and camouflage-coloured leaves is a decorative single plant for sunny sites. The dark red flowers are particularly effective among perennials or in front of shrubs. Can also be grou...

Low growing, tender member of the daisy family with radiant blue flowers. Flowers are produced from the end of May until well into the autumn. It is a sun and warmth-loving plant but can also grow in half shade and in window boxes.

Sweet Alyssum is a low-maintenance plant for filling out borders that also thrives at dry sites. Noticeable for its scent reminiscent of honey. Particularly attractive to hoverflies. After the first flush of bloom, cutting back the plants by half can...Sweet Alyssum is a low-maintenance plant for filling out borders that also thrives at dry sites. Noticeable for its scent reminiscent of honey. Particularly attractive to hoverflies. After the first flush of bloom, cutting back the plants by half can...

Sweet Dumpling is a small fruited squash with a decorative skin that can also be used for decorative purposes. The fruit has a creamy white background colour and green ribs. Stores for 3-4 months. The orange flesh has a distinct chestnut like flavou...

Sweet Horizon is a medium late to late mangetout variety with 9-10 cm long and 22 mm wide pods. Fine dark green, sweet pods which remain tender and crisp for a long time. Healthy plants which grow somewhat taller than Ambrosia. The provision of suppo...

Annual seasoning herb sweet marjoram 'Roman' can grow up to 30-50 cm. Recommended for raise seedlings in boxes. Prefers porous, light, fertile, calcium rich and easily warmed soils; choose warm and protected situations for cultivation.

A wonderful, scented climbing plant with richly coloured flowers. The seed are sown in April direct and not too shallow. The flowers are ready for cutting when the lowest flower is fully open. If the dead heads are removed even more flowers will be p...

The Mourning Flower or Sweet Scabious is a valued cut flower, loved by bees. The attractive mixture of colours in purple, pink and white prefers a soil that is not too poor in nutrients and in the sun or half shade. For cutting the flower heads shoul...

Wonderful, sturdy cottage garden variety with an extended flowering period and long lasting as a cut flower. The deep red flowers with white eyes release a carnation-like scent. Sweet Williams flower in their second year and thrive in half-shady cond...

Sown in large drifts, this strongly scented summer flower is stunning - a sea of glowing purple flowers on nearly leafless stems. The nectar inside the long tube-like flowers is accessible to many butterflies. Flowers from June to August and if cut b...

Sweet William is a specially good long-lasting, free-flowering cut flower. In the right place Sweet Williams will flower several years in succession. After flowering the plants can be split up and re-planted. As soon as the first flowers have opened ...

Attractive ornamental grass whose seed heads open up in a fountain-like form. Short and fast growing. The continually developing ears change colour from green to red. Mature seed heads should be removed to allow new ones to develop. Lasts very well i...

Squash plant Table Queen has decorative, drop-shaped, longitudinally furrowed fruits with a dark green skin and yellow flesh. Exeptionally long storage capacity. Rather slow growing, very aromatic and nutty when fully ripened.

Attractive, tall growing Tagetes with strong leaves. The upright Aztec Marigold has magnificent bright blossoms varying in colour from yellow to red and flowers continuously until far into autumn. It thrives in all good garden soils and needs hardly ...