Sowing forecast for May

The variety Tongo di Chioggia is a beetroot speciality for the farm shop or farmer’s market. Glowing bright red skin, striped white and red ringed on the inside. Pale green and relatively short leaves. Also available as precision seed (calibrated)....

Useful garden tool for an ergonomic weeding and loosening close to the plant/seedling. "Lucko" is lightweight and is comfortable to hold. Recommended from our professional gardening consultant. Weight: 60 g,

Useful garden tool for ergonomic weeding and loosening close to the plant/seedling. "Lucko" is lightweight and comfortable to hold. Recommended by our professional gardening consultant. Weight: 60 g,

Trebona is an early, high yielding pole bean. Specially recommended for growing in a greenhouse. Pods are flat oval shaped, very long, ca. 13-14 mm wide. Uniform development of beans.

The variety Treenetaler is a mid to late season Nantes type carrot with a 120 day to maturity. High yielding potential, rapid early growth, healthy foliage. The carrot is cylindrical, slim and medium broad. It has a firm and relatively smooth outer s...

An ornamental chrysanthemum with large, variegated, ringed flowers. Chrysanthemums will grow in all garden soils in a sunny position. A valued cut flower that lasts well in a vase. Ready for cutting as soon as the flower heads open. New shoots grow r...

White cabbage Türkis is a vigorous storage variety with a flat-oval head shape and well ripened, healthy leaves with prominent leaf veins. Produces large, heavy heads that store well. Mild cabbage flavor.

Well known medicinal herb and preparation plant which can grow up to 1.5 m. The herb requires a sunny position and a soil rich in nutrients. Valerian is particularly decorative in a summer flower border. The scented flowers attract numerous insects....

Valmaine is a classic, upright growing, dark green cos lettuce with crisp, elongated leaves. Medium-sized heads of uniform shape and excellent taste. For early summer and autumn production. Also available in pelleted form (primed).

The Petunia-like, velvety, trumpet flowers come in a beautiful range of colours from red to violet with streams of yellow. It grows in fertile garden soil, protected from the wind in full sun. Planted as a group they beautify borders and beds with th...

Low to medium tall growing green perpetual spinach beet Verde da taglio has glistening fine green leaves and tender midribs. Frost hardy, repeated cutting possible. Cut young can be included in Baby Leaf mixes. High yielding. Particularly good flavou...

Vitella is a slightly conical Nantes-type carrot with strong upright and healthy foliage. Early maturing, potentially high yielding and uniform variety. For a Nantes variety it stores well. Smooth skin, easily cleaned. Fine flavour that improves with...

Vorgebirgstrauben is a cucumber for processing with many small, dark green fruits with firm flesh. Mixed flowering variety. Speciality for amateur gardeners.

Wasabino is an oriental salad with light green leaves and semi vigorous growth. Leaves broad, feathery and with a prominent tongue-like curl. Relatively bolt-resistant variety. Strong, sharp Wasabi flavour.

Weiße Küttiger is a traditional, white carrot variety from Switzerland. Early to mid-season, fresh market and storage variety with a conical form. Particularly suited for selling in combination with other speciality varieties. Aromatic, slightly bitt...

Westländer Winter is a half tall curly kale variety with fine, crinkly leaves and very uniform in growth. Beautiful, palm-like development, wind resistant and high yielding. The variety has a slightly sweet aromatic flavour.

White carnip is a native perennial that is excellent for making a refreshing tea. The soft yet intensely lemony flavour of the flowers and leaves remains strong even after drying. This white-flowering cottage garden plant is frost-resistant and a tru...White catnip, also known as lemon balm, is a native wild plant in Germany that surpasses other catnips in aroma and is the only variety to maintain its flavour when dried. The herb of the plant is commonly enjoyed as an herbal tea infusion. This fros...

A low growing white clover variety, well suited for undersowing. Bulks up well and has a rapid regrowth. Minimal winter dieback. Up to 15 cm of fine root growth. For grass leys down for more than one year. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.

Parsnip White Gem has slim, long, white roots with a good yield and little tendency to bolt. Foliage is somewhat stronger than the Halblange Weiße.

The tall-growing white flower heads of Reseda alba which originates in the Mediterranean, is only slightly scented but is an attractive source of food for butterflies, wild bees and hover flies. The continuously flowering and beautiful cut flower can...

White Silver/Brilliant is a strong growing swiss chard with very broad white leaf stems and dark green leaves. Well-filled core of the rosette and therefore a high individual plant weight. Relatively resistant to powdery mildew. Also available as cal...

Perennial wild flower mixture which includes many different wild Swiss species for the odd corners of the garden. The plants should be cut twice a year (in June/July and if necessary in September/October). The mixture needs 2-3 years to fully establi...

An annual, inexpensive mix for flowering strips with plants to attract and specially designed with the market gardener in mind. Contains: Buckwheat, phazelie, sunflower, borage, lupin, Egyptian Clover, Persian clover, summer vetch, serradella, mother...

Perennial wild flower mixture which includes many different wild Swiss species for the odd corners of the garden. The plants should be cut twice a year (in June/July and if necessary in September/October). The mixture needs 2-3 years to fully establi...

Perennial wild flower mixture which includes many different wild Swiss species for the odd corners of the garden. The mixture needs 2-3 years to fully establish itself by which time it should be weed-free. Only available in portion size.