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 heated greenhouse
Ageratum
Aubergine
Bell pepper, Pepper, Sweet pepper
Cardoon
Celeriac
Celery
Columbine
Coriander
Cress
Floss flower, Ageratum
Forget-me-not
Ornamental pepper
Pepper
Outside
Antwerp hollyhock, Fig-leaved hollyhock, Hollyhock
Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia
Beetroot
Beetroot, Garden beet
Borecole, Kale
Bristly hollyhock
Broccoli
Brussels sprout
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Kohl rabi
Normandy sorrel
Onion
Ornamental winter kale
Radish
Spinach
Spinach, Summer spinach
Spring onion
Sweet pea
Sweetcorn
Turnip
Outside under cover
Brussels sprout
French marigold
Marrow
Onion
Snapdragon
Sweetcorn
What else to plant now:
Roses (bare rooted)