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What to sow, plant and harvest in May (UK)
Everything in the catalogue you can sow, plant out or pick in May, for central England. Go a couple of weeks later in the north and earlier in the south.
Sow indoors in May
- 🌱 Spring onions
- 🥒 Courgettes
- 🌸 Nasturtiums
- 🌿 Chives
- 🥬 Swiss chard
- 🟣 Beetroot
- 🫘 Runner beans
- 🫘 French beans
- 🎃 Butternut squash
- 🛸 Summer squash
- 🥒 Cucumbers
- 🎃 Pumpkins
- 🌽 Sweetcorn
- 🥬 Kale
- 🌿 Basil
- 🥦 Purple sprouting broccoli
- 🍈 Melon
- 🌻 Sunflowers
- 🌺 Zinnias
Sow outdoors in May
- 🔴 Radishes
- 🥬 Salad leaves
- 🫛 Peas
- 🌱 Spring onions
- 🥒 Courgettes
- 🌸 Nasturtiums
- 🌿 Chives
- 🥬 Swiss chard
- 🟣 Beetroot
- 🫘 Runner beans
- 🫘 French beans
- 🥕 Carrots
- 🛸 Summer squash
- 🥬 Kale
- 🥕 Parsnips
- 🌿 Parsley
- 🌿 Coriander
- 🌿 Dill
- 🧡 Calendula (pot marigold)
- 💙 Borage
- 🍳 Poached egg plant
- 💜 Phacelia
- 🤍 Sweet alyssum
- 🌻 Sunflowers
- 💙 Cornflowers
- 🩵 Love-in-a-mist
- 🩵 Forget-me-nots
- 💮 Sweet Williams
- 🌸 Hollyhocks
- 🌺 Poppies
Plant out in May
- 🥬 Salad leaves
- 🫛 Peas
- 🌱 Spring onions
- 🥒 Courgettes
- 🍓 Strawberries
- 🌸 Nasturtiums
- 🌿 Chives
- 🌿 Mint
- 🥬 Swiss chard
- 🟣 Beetroot
- 🫘 Runner beans
- 🫘 French beans
- 🍅 Cherry tomatoes
- 🍅 Big tomatoes
- 🛸 Summer squash
- 🌽 Sweetcorn
- 🥬 Kale
- 🥦 Cauliflower
- 🥦 Brussels sprouts
- 🌿 Parsley
- 🌿 Thyme
- 🌿 Rosemary
- 🌿 Sage
- 🌿 Oregano
- 🌼 French marigolds
- 🤍 Sweet alyssum
- 🌸 Sweet peas
- 🌻 Sunflowers
- 🌸 Cosmos
- 🌺 Dahlias
- 💜 Lavender
- 🪻 Salvia 'Caradonna'
- 🌹 Roses
- 🪻 Lupins
- 💛 Violas & pansies
- 🟣 Hardy geranium 'Rozanne'
- 🩷 Hardy fuchsia
- 🤍 Japanese anemone
- 💠 Hydrangea
- 🌿 Hostas
- 🌿 Ferns
- 🐉 Snapdragons
- 🟣 Petunias
- 🔴 Bedding geraniums
- 💙 Trailing lobelia
- 🌺 Begonias
- 🩷 Busy Lizzies
- 🌺 Gladioli
- 🌸 Coneflowers (echinacea)
- 🌼 Black-eyed Susans (rudbeckia)
- 💜 Verbena bonariensis
- 🌸 Hollyhocks
- 🔵 Delphiniums
- 🪻 Granny's bonnets (aquilegia)
- 🩷 Astilbes
- 🍁 Heucheras
- 🟣 Clematis
- 🌼 Honeysuckle
- 💜 Buddleja (butterfly bush)
Ready to pick in May
- 🔴 Radishes
- 🥬 Salad leaves
- 🌱 Spring onions
- 🌿 Chives
- 🌿 Mint
- 🌿 Rhubarb
- 🌿 Coriander
- 🌿 Thyme
- 🌿 Rosemary
- 🌿 Sage
- 🌿 Oregano
- 🍳 Poached egg plant
- 🪻 Lupins
- 🌷 Tulips
- 💛 Violas & pansies
- 🩵 Forget-me-nots
- 🌿 Ferns
- 💮 Sweet Williams
- 🟣 Alliums
- 🔵 English bluebells
- 🌸 Peonies
- 🪻 Granny's bonnets (aquilegia)
- 🍁 Heucheras
- 🌼 Primroses
- 🟣 Clematis
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