Half-hardy bedding plants

[Martin H]

Has anyone put half-hardy flowers out yet? I've usually taken the risk with mine by the second week in May, but I'm waiting another week because of the ground frosts forecast from tomorrow night.

The frame is getting full though. Mesembryanthemums are flowering already and other stuff is not far behind...

[Scarlet]

Mine are still in the GH. Ive got a low of just 7 forecast for tomorrow night but that only lasts for 2 hours..come Saturday some of mine may be out. Things are getting busy.

[Jungle Jane]

My plants are all in the blow aways. I have left a few French marigolds in their pots,in my potato bags because I noticed a whitefly,haven't seen it since,it's somewhere! They're all ok but they have mass potato leaf protection.

[roitelet]

I never put anything half Hardy out until after May 15th and might wait a few more days after that this year 'cos it's not that warm

[veggiechicken]

I've had the overwintered geraniums outside for a couple of weeks.
Most of the begonia plugs that arrived a couple of weeks ago are also out on a table until I've found somewhere to squeeze them in.

[Jay22]

Bedding plants don't go in the garden u til first week in June here!

Martin, last summer my daughter had those Mesembryanthemums in containers and I thought they were gorgeous but didn't know what they were called and she had chucked the labels! Thanks for filling in the blanks, guess what I'm buying for the garden!

Edited to say...just realised these may be Livingstone Daisies?

[Jay22]

The more I look at these I don't think it's what my daughter had at all. Very similar but tighter flower. May be wrong though.

[Martin H]

Martin, last summer my daughter had those Mesembryanthemums in containers and I thought they were gorgeous but didn't know what they were called and she had chucked the labels! Thanks for filling in the blanks, guess what I'm buying for the garden!

Edited to say...just realised these may be Livingstone Daisies?

Yep, these are Livingstone daisies. They are pretty easy from seed if you can germinate them in a bit of warmth and then keep the frost off. I started these on the kitchen windowsill in mid-February and moved them to the cold greenhouse at end Feb, pricked out into modules in early April.