Sowing an Alphabet of Flowers

[mothhawk]

I is for.........................

Inula Helenium (Elecampane) HP 2009...

Good job you have plenty of space, VC!

[veggiechicken]

Wait til you see the Ls MH. There's a HHA that grows to 6-7'.

Its not a climber, but, in a way, it is (that's your clue to guess what it is)

[mothhawk]

Hmmmmmmm..........

[veggiechicken]

I'll give you another clue - it begins with L

[mothhawk]

Not a climber, so not lathyrus... half hardy, so not lavatera...... leonotis perhaps? Or lonicera? No silly, that's perennial..... luffa? Are you going to grow your own back scrubber?

[veggiechicken]

That was too easy! Its Leonotis "Staircase"
Leonotis 'Staircase' Seeds £2.99 from Chiltern Seeds - Chiltern Seeds Secure Online Seed Catalogue and Shop

[mothhawk]

I'm not a fan of orange flowers of any sort really, but when I was into dyeing cloth, in my youth, I was interested to read it gives a pink dye. Never grown it though.

[veggiechicken]

L is for..................

Leonotis "Staircase" 2011

Lewisia Mix 2010

Liatris Spicata "Floristan White" 2011

I seem to have missed a day M's tomorrow - wonder what they'll be?

[veggiechicken]

M is for..................

Monarda Mixed 2008

Mimulus Cupreus "Hybridus Tigrinus" (Monkey flower) 2009

Malope Trifida Grandiflora HA 2009

Malva Verticillata "Crispa" 2009

[Moopmoop]

Have any flower seeds germinated yet VC?

[NatalieCooke]

Have any flower seeds germinated yet VC?

I'd come on here to ask the same question!

[veggiechicken]

Have any flower seeds germinated yet VC?

I'd come on here to ask the same question!

Nothing yet but its only 2 weeks since I sowed the As (21st February). They're all old seeds and they're not having any TLC - just bunged into a cold GH and left to get on with it.
Anything that germinates will be a bonus

[ancee]

I've sowed loads of flower seeds in the last few weeks. Not alphabetically though (rebel!) and not much has shown its face yet. Veggies on the other hand are going mad. Perhaps that's why, more people grow veg as they are probably as impatient as I am!

[mothhawk]

Hello?

VC?

Out of compost? Out of GH space? No more trays?

N O P Q R S T U?

By my reckoning, today you should be sowing viburnums, violas, vervain, vinca, virginia stock and creeper, valerian (I've tried times to grow that, no success, in spite of the fact that it seems to grow as a weed round the whole village, even out of old walls...), verbena, verbascum, vaccinium, and veronica.

Please note - anything beginning "variegated" will be disallowed.

[veggiechicken]

N is for.......................Norty and Not sown any Ns

Hangs head in shame
I've found the N and the O seeds but not filled the modules

The good news is.............a Dipsacus has germinated and maybe something beginning with H. Can't remember off hand which H

I'll do the Ns tomorrow, MH, promise!