July seed sowing with Monty
Monty shares his seed sowing tips for July, to help you get great results with poppies, wildflowers, vegetables and more
July is the perfect month to sit back and enjoy your garden, but if you'd like to keep busy there are plenty of seeds to sow, from biennials to vegetables. Watch Monty Don's top tips for sowing annuals and biennials, kohlrabi in the veg patch and yellow rattle in a wildflower meadow.
More seed sowing advice
- Your July seed sowing jobs
- Start sowing in July
- What to plant in July
- Your seed sowing year
- Simple guide to sowing different types of seeds
More video guides from Monty
Distributing annual and biennial seeds - poppies and foxgloves
Monty is busy collecting and sowing annual and biennial seeds, such as poppies and foxgloves, in situ in the garden. Watch this clip to find out how to do it.
Sowing kohlrabi seeds
Learn how and when to sow kohlrabi, direct in the vegetable garden, with Monty.
Cutting a wildflower meadow and sowing yellow rattle
Monty gets started on cutting the meadow, in midsummer, and sows yellow rattle to inhibit grass growth in future years. Find out more in this BBC Gardeners' World TV clip.
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