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    • How to grow your free seeds 2024

    How to grow your free seeds 2024

    From January until June, we're giving 12 free packs of seeds to our subscribers. To give you a helping hand, we've pulled together expert growing advice for all of the seeds. Whether growing delicious crops, or filling your pots and borders with blooms, we've got all you need to get growing this year. Share your seed-sowing progress and successes with us on social media, using #GWFreeSeeds.

    How to sow seeds indoors

    How to sow seeds indoors

    How to sow seeds outdoors

    How to sow seeds outdoors

    January

    Zinnia cut flower display. Paul Debois
    Grow plants

    How to grow zinnias

    Plants

    Zinnia elegans 'Early Wonder'

    How to grow rocket leaves from seed
    Grow plants

    How to grow rocket leaves from seed

    February

    Echiums, such as viper's bugloss, are attractive, bee-friendly plants suitable for a variety of garden types
    Grow plants

    How to grow echiums

    Echium 'Blue Bedder'
    Plants

    Echium 'Blue Bedder'

    How to grow basil
    Grow plants

    How to grow basil

    March

    Orange strawflowers growing in a mixed border
    Grow plants

    How to grow and care for strawflowers

    Harvesting ripe tomatoes. Paul Debois
    Grow plants

    How to grow tomatoes

    Tomatoes ripe for harvesting
    Plants

    Tips for growing better tomatoes

    April

    Sunflowers in sunshine.
    Grow plants

    How to grow sunflowers

    Beetroot grows in most soil types and comes in a variety of colours
    Grow plants

    How to grow beetroot

    Plants

    Beta vulgaris 'Detroit 2 Crimson Globe'

    May

    Grow plants

    How to grow cosmos

    White cosmos and thalictrum with blue nepeta and hardy geranium
    Plants

    Eight plants to grow with cosmos

    Flat leaf parsley
    Grow plants

    How to grow parsley

    June

    How to grow foxgloves
    Grow plants

    How to grow foxgloves

    Six plants to grow with foxgloves
    Plants

    Six plants to grow with foxgloves

    How to grow carrots
    Grow plants

    How to grow carrots

    Plants

    Daucus carota 'Chantenay Red Cored 2'

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