Overwintering flowers

[chris]

I've the following seeds that say are suitable to sow from Aug/Sept -> October:

Sweet Pea
Sea Holly
Calendula
Rudbeckia (pretty funky looking fellows.. green wizard)
Snake's Head

Will these be alright in a cold greenhouse? Would fleece help during the winter months?

Thanks

[Two_Sheds]

I leave mine to self-seed on the allotment now and just transplant them in spring ~ that way they know when to pop back up again The calendula are nearly all finished now and I'm guerilla sowing their seeds all over the place: municipal waste ground etc

I personally can't see the point of sowing them now, unless you really want to have jobs to do in the gh over winter.
Last year most of my autumn sowings just went mouldy (it was too dark & damp)


I will sow some sweet peas in Oct though, because I always do, and it gives those expensive rootrainers something to do

[Snadger]

Not the same thing I know but I have loads of late flowering chrysanths taken from cuttings in flower buckets waiting to come into the greenhouse once the toms are done to give me flowers until after christmas I hope.
I like to use a greenhouse 24/7 if i can.

Good luck with your seed sowing Chris, give it a go, what have you got to loose. Do your own trials by keeping a few back for the spring and compare.

[Two_Sheds]

give it a go, but save some back for spring

I do lots of cuttings of fuchsias, pelargoniums, etc but they die in the damp & cold gh ~ I keep them indoors on a sunny windowsill (east, south or west facing)