16-09-2022, 08:17 AM (This post was last modified: 16-09-2022, 10:28 AM by Scarlet.)
So I love sowing in the Autumn, gives me something to do when it's raining as I can potter in the greenhouse and then these can go out early and I can start again in Spring! Some are biennials/ perennial- but these are all treated as annuals for me in the garden.
Hardy annuals I've started this week....
Snapdragons ( I know technically a perennial but I sow fresh every year)
Love in a mist
Poppies - I'm growing some fancy variety for seed heads
Mallow - white - Mont Blanc , silver cup and loveliness- both pink.
Daucus
Ammi
Sweet rocket
#Ones I did earlier!
Cornflowers
Scabious - salmon queen, black knight
This is my clary - and I picked a fair few this morning.
Clary is one of the few hardy annuals that don’t do well for me when I sow in Autumn. They germinate well, then the stems go weak and keel over. My best ones are the ones that self sow, which I dig up from the garden about March, put in modules to bring them on for a few weeks and then plant them out where I really want them.
16-09-2022, 09:27 PM (This post was last modified: 16-09-2022, 09:32 PM by Scarlet.)
I did have some self seeded one this year...
Ive never sown them in Autumn before? The ones I did in January were amazing. I'll sow some more in Jan and compare as Ive already sown some today.
Definitely could have used lots of this but my self seeded ones were a bit short for me to use.l - lack of water. I really love it.
Can you sow Achillea now? Just saved some.
I’ve sown snap dragons, chrysanthemum, sweet William, quaking grass and other stuff I probably shouldn’t of .
17-09-2022, 07:13 PM (This post was last modified: 17-09-2022, 07:22 PM by Scarlet.)
(17-09-2022, 07:02 PM)Small chilli Wrote: Can you sow Achillea now? Just saved some.
I’ve sown snap dragons, chrysanthemum, sweet William, quaking grass and other stuff I probably shouldn’t of .
Yes - i started achillea this time last year and planted it out maybe March time??
#- had a few stems from each plant. Hoping it does well for next year as its filled the bed now.