My Garden Diary – Reminders for May 1914
As promised here is the second excerpt from the 1914 My Garden Diary (See here for April 1914). If you do everything then it looks like being a very busy …
Suttons Seeds
Growing for Showing – Aubergines, Cucumbers… i need a greenhouse
Growing for Showing – Someone somewhere is messing with time. A few weeks ago everything was calm, everything on time, my best laid plans were ready to …
Vintage Suttons Seed Tin
Many of you have purchased a Suttons Seed tin recently. In fact the take-up has been so good we’re thinking of launching a different version each year and …
My Garden Diary – Reminders for April 1914
As promised here is the detail from the Suttons My Garden Diary for April 1914. Most of the vegetable and flower seeds can still be found on our website …
Suttons Seeds in 1914 a Prelude to World War One
By 1914 Suttons had already been in business for 109 years and had witnessed the Napoleonic and Boer Wars, the Irish Potato Famine and other horrors. 1914 …
Gardening Advice
Welcome to ‘Suttons Growing Guides’ Read our latest ‘how to grow’ articles in the tabs below. Whether you’re a beginner gardener or an …
A Suttons Letter from the Past
Suttons was formed back in 1806 and has held the Royal Warrant since 1858. So we’re pretty old and over the years must have issued thousands of different …
Northlew Poppy Avenue – in Remembrance
During the First World War the small Devon village of Northlew lost proportionally the highest number of enlisted men of any municipality in the United …
My Suttons Plants have arrived what do i do with them?
As soon as your Suttons plug plants arrive please carefully unpack them and check that the compost is moist. Should the compost be slightly dry then water …
A Suttons Garden in Pakistan
We’re always pleased to see pictures of our seeds and plants and love to share them with our customers. Every so often we get some photos that take your …