Wallflowers

[ann-the-nan]

I fell backward in the garden this afternoon and managed to squash some of my gillieflowers. It lead me to think....when do I plant these out properly - before I kill a few more?

[sweetiepea]

Please excuse my ignorance, but are gillieflowers wallflowers? I'm not familiar with the name. If they are, I have mine planted out now, but I'm no expert. A friend gave me some yellow ones last week and I just popped them into a border. Hope I've done the right thing.

[piskieinboots]

Please excuse my ignorance, but are gillieflowers wallflowers?

glad you asked - I was just about to

[basketcase]

I thought gillyflowers were pinks.

Please don't tell me I'm wrong - though I probably am - it's one of my very few facts!

BTW - Sorry, I can't help about the wallflowers

[piskieinboots]

Google is our friend - you are both correct:

gil·ly·flow·er
1. The carnation or a similar plant of the genus Dianthus.
2. Any of several plants, such as the wallflower, that have fragrant flowers

[Lovage]

I would get them planted out this week-end while growing conditions are good.

Thanks for the reminder - I must get some this week-end, a neighbour had some on her plot this spring and the smell was amazing as well as them being good for bees

[Alice]

You can plant your wallflowers out now Ann the Nan, but do remember that pigeons love them - they are brassicas.

[Two_Sheds]

That's a surprise Alice: I grow loads on the plot and have never seen a pigeon eat them, though they'd be welcome to if it meant they left my cabbages alone

[ann-the-nan]

Wallflowers

Thanks, Grapes. Much appreciated.