What to sow in York in December
In December, York averages 6 °C, with nights around 3 °C.
Frosty nights are usual from November to April: the last frost typically comes in April.
A typical winter's coldest night: −4 °C.
Warm months (15 °C or more on average): July to August.
Sow outdoors
- Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
- Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
- Turnip (Brassica rapa)
- Asparagus officinalis
- Borage (Borago officinalis)
- Garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
- Mountain arnica (Arnica montana)
- Turnip-root chervil (Chaerophyllum bulbosum)
- Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia)
- Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum)
- Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
- Phacelia tanacetifolia
- White mustard (Sinapis alba)
- White clover (Trifolium repens)
- Winter vetch (Vicia villosa)
- Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)
- Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Sow indoors
In pots or trays somewhere warm, to plant out later.
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Month by month
Worked out from the last ten years of York's climate and each plant's needs: germination temperature, frost limit and time to harvest.