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What to sow, plant and harvest in April (UK)

Everything in the catalogue you can sow, plant out or pick in April, for central England. Go a couple of weeks later in the north and earlier in the south.

Sow indoors in April

• 🥬 Salad leaves
• 🫛 Peas
• 🌱 Spring onions
• 🥒 Courgettes
• 🌸 Nasturtiums
• 🌿 Chives
• 🥬 Swiss chard
• 🟣 Beetroot
• 🫘 Runner beans
• 🫘 French beans
• 🍅 Cherry tomatoes
• 🍅 Big tomatoes
• 🎃 Butternut squash
• 🛸 Summer squash
• 🥒 Cucumbers
• 🎃 Pumpkins
• 🌽 Sweetcorn
• 🥬 Kale
• 🌿 Basil
• 🫑 Sweet peppers
• 🥦 Purple sprouting broccoli
• 🥦 Cauliflower
• 🥦 Brussels sprouts
• 🍈 Melon
• 🌿 Parsley
• 🌿 Oregano
• 🌼 French marigolds
• 🤍 Sweet alyssum
• 🌻 Sunflowers
• 🌸 Cosmos
• 🌺 Zinnias
• 🐉 Snapdragons
• 💜 Verbena bonariensis

Sow outdoors in April

• 🔴 Radishes
• 🥬 Salad leaves
• 🫛 Peas
• 🫘 Broad beans
• 🧅 Onions
• 🌱 Spring onions
• 🥔 New potatoes
• 🌿 Chives
• 🥬 Swiss chard
• 🟣 Beetroot
• 🥕 Carrots
• 🥬 Kale
• 🥬 Leeks
• 🥕 Parsnips
• 🌿 Parsley
• 🌿 Coriander
• 🌿 Dill
• 🧡 Calendula (pot marigold)
• 💙 Borage
• 🍳 Poached egg plant
• 💜 Phacelia
• 🤍 Sweet alyssum
• 💙 Cornflowers
• 🩵 Love-in-a-mist
• 🌺 Poppies

Plant out in April

• 🥬 Salad leaves
• 🫛 Peas
• 🌱 Spring onions
• 🍓 Strawberries
• 🌿 Mint
• 🥬 Swiss chard
• 🟣 Beetroot
• 🌿 Thyme
• 🌿 Rosemary
• 🌿 Sage
• 🌿 Oregano
• 🌸 Sweet peas
• 💜 Lavender
• 🪻 Salvia 'Caradonna'
• 🌹 Roses
• 🪻 Lupins
• 💛 Violas & pansies
• 🟣 Hardy geranium 'Rozanne'
• 🤍 Japanese anemone
• 💠 Hydrangea
• 🌿 Hostas
• 🌿 Ferns
• 🤍 Hellebores
• 🌷 Lilies
• 🌺 Gladioli
• 🌸 Coneflowers (echinacea)
• 🌼 Black-eyed Susans (rudbeckia)
• 🌸 Hollyhocks
• 🔵 Delphiniums
• 🌸 Peonies
• 🪻 Granny's bonnets (aquilegia)
• 🩷 Astilbes
• 🍁 Heucheras
• 🌼 Primroses
• 🟣 Clematis
• 🌼 Honeysuckle
• 💜 Buddleja (butterfly bush)

Ready to pick in April

• 🔴 Radishes
• 🌿 Rhubarb
• 🥦 Purple sprouting broccoli
• 🌿 Thyme
• 🌿 Rosemary
• 🌷 Tulips
• 🌼 Daffodils
• 💛 Violas & pansies
• 🩵 Forget-me-nots
• 🤍 Hellebores
• 🪻 Hyacinths
• 🔵 English bluebells
• 🍁 Heucheras
• 🌼 Primroses

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