Cherry
Cultivars and varieties:
Prunus 'Amanogawa' [AGM]
Prunus 'Jacqueline' [AGM] - Large (4cm wide), soft pink flowers in spring. Dark green leaves through summer, turning orange and red in the autumn. One of the best flowering cherries and only growing up to 4m, it's a good tree for a small garden.
Prunus 'Merton Glory'
Prunus 'Mount Fuji' - Dark green leaves, semi-double white flowers in mid spring grows to 6m (20ft) so ideal for a small garden.
Prunus avium 'Celeste'® - Large dark red fruit from early July, making it one of the earliest fruiting sweet cherry. Dwarf tree.
Prunus avium 'Colney' - Produces heavy crops of large dark red cherries from late July. It's self-sterile, meaning it will need another cultivar to pollinate with to produce fruit.
Prunus avium 'Fastigiata'
Prunus avium 'Merchant' [AGM] (Sweet cherry) - An early fruiting variety. Not self-fertile so will need a pollination partner.
Prunus avium 'Penny' [AGM] - Small, compact tree. Produces heavy crops of large dark red cherries from late July. It's self-sterile, meaning it will need another cultivar to pollinate with to produce fruit.
Prunus avium 'Regina'
Prunus avium 'Stella' [AGM] - A sweet, large, black cherry. Self-fertile, pollination group 4 and a universal pollinator (it will cross-pollinate with other cherry cultivars that are in flower at the same time). Produces fruit from late July.
Prunus avium 'Summer Sun' [AGM] - A sweet, large, black cherry in mid-season (late July). Not self-fertile. Pollination group 4.
Prunus avium 'Sunburst' - A sweet, large, black cherry in mid-season with a good autumn leaf colour. Self-fertile and pollination group 4. .
Prunus avium 'Sweetheart' [AGM] - A late-cropping cherry. A good crop of sweet, dark-red cherries late in the season. Self-fertile.
Prunus cerasus 'Maynard' - A small, heavy cropping cherry. Ideal for a container or small space in the garden. Self-fertile.
Seeds to sow now:
Indoors or in a greenhouse
Antwerp hollyhock, Fig-leaved hollyhock, Hollyhock
Bristly hollyhock
Outside
What else to plant now:
Apple & pear trees (bare rooted)
Roses (bare rooted)
Cyclamen
Outside under cover
Onion
Pea
Potato Onion