The flower seed sowing thread 2020

[Vegi potager]

next lot in...
Borrage Blue
Sweetpeas (royal mixed)
Queen Anne's Lace
Cosmos
Yellow Chamomile, dyers yellow
Zinnia 'Envy' and purple prince
Herb Chamomile, 'Bodegold'
Primula Candelabra

[Nick_The_Greek]

Hello Guys,

Finally got around to sowing my flowers this week, Here goes

Laburnam sp.
Dierama sp.
Crocosmia "Lucifer"
Mecanopsis "Himalayan Blue"
Cosmos Pink*
Cosmos White*
Cosmos Mixed
Cosmos "Cups and Saucers"
Rudbeckia Hirta
Calendula
Tagetes
African Marigold
French Marigold*
Swiss Chard (Rainbow) I know its a veggie but I use it for decorative purposes aswell
Dahlia* "Peach, Yellow, White Singles"
Flowering Allium* (Old Seed)
Antirhinnum "Dwarf Mixed"
Delphinium*
Dianthus "Plumosa"

*Home Collected so I can presume a bit of open pollenation

Nick

[Small pumpkin]

Sown
Nasturtiums
Pansy
Viola

That’s all my flowers sown this year.

[Vegi potager]

Maanzaad bread seed poppy.

[Vegi potager]

Phacelia...

[Containergardener]

Rudbeckia x 2 types
Corn flower x2 types
Linaria
Corncockle
Black eyed susan
Clary
Godetia

[Babru]

In the heated propagator or indoors, list so far is: white nemesia, portulaca (so, so tiny the seedlings are hard to see), geraniums, verbena rigida, swan river daisy, pink, white and yellow cosmos.

All but the portulaca now out in the greenhouse to give house room to toms etc.

Hardier things still to be sown.

[Containergardener]

Sowed a couple.of freebies :
Candy stripe cosmos
Corn marigold

[Snadger]

I fancy a bit of a wildflower meadow at the top of the garden.

I checked the price of wildflower plugs and sadly couldn't afford to do it that way.

I have just received a packet of wildflower seeds (purchased for £1)

A little poem on the front of the packet reads

"Sprinkle these wildflower seeds
somewhere warm and sunny
with a bit of water
they will begin to bloom.
Then watch the
bees and butterflies
arrive pretty soon!"

I won't be taking this advice but will try and grow my own plug plants using these seeds

[Small pumpkin]

Sown more nasturtiums because first lot didn’t germinate.
And sunflowers.

[farendwoman]

Sown more nasturtiums because first lot didn’t germinate.
And sunflowers.

Had to sow sunflowers today.
First lot didn’t germinate

[Containergardener]

Intend to sow my sunflowers today

[Vegi potager]

Sun Flowers: Russian Giant and Titan, Solar, Pacino.

[Vegi potager]

Nasturtium, "jewel of Africa" (climbing type)

[peanut]

I've sowed Sweet Peas, Bells of Ireland, Salvia Mealycup, Dwarf Cosmos, Veronica Spicata, several Morning Glory, Calendula, Varies Tagetes, Zinnia, Thunbergia and Cup and Saucer plant.

It's my first time growing the Hardy Annuals which I sowed indoors, I am pricking out and potting on today, do these need to be hardened off, or as they are hardy enough to spend the nights in an unheated greenhouse, even if it gets close to freezing....Can you tell, I am running out of space! Thank you.