Scarlets Cut Flower Patch 2022/23/24

Thanks Veggie

So most of my ranunculus have rooted in my new seed trays from containerwise. They really have made a different to compost use and space. 

Im planting some of these up into my second greenhouse borders - I was hoping to plant some out imto my dahlia borders too - but its been so wet I cant lift yet. Heavy clay and its impossible to dig it at the moment.

Fingers crossed for some dry days next week...

   

They look mightily impressive little plants, Scarlet.

So just a little update really.... its interesting for me to look back on things and to note how longs things took from seed to flower. 

I havent done  much - kids have been home, and its rained forever- my patch is like skating in mud. Dahlias are still in. 

Not got all my ranunculas in the greenhouse - potted on some ready to plant out maybe in january with fleece? 

A mix of colours going in the greenhouse. The white ones are tiny compared to the pinks!

Im using lots of weed membrane - it does help with weeding and enables me to dig more borders. It geta picked up and reused. 

I know I said last time - 4 deep was a little too wide for me, but growing under cover makes a huge difference so Im giving it a go - hoping the weed membrane makes it a little easier on weeding the back row.
Spacing -9inch. So approx 15 per row x4 - 60 per side. I would love to know how many flowers i get from this lot it but it's unlikely I would record picking them.        

Some of my mint root cuttings - I dont think i would use any other method now. They popped up so quick. Ive done a couple of trays of each - chocolate, orange, the common apple? Buddleia (sp?) and the curly mint that i really love.     

My greek thyme from seed - needs potting on but not found any decent compost lately. I know its cold but I am finding lots of seedling leaves going yellow... im sure its the compost.     

                Greenhouse benches at the moment. Snapdragons haven't done so good... the OH accidentally knocked a tray off the greenhouse shelf when he decided to pop in for one minute to ask where something was!! I couldn't salvage them all.

Not got far on cutting down the dahlias!    

   
My anemone bed - its been so warm that they are starting to flower. Im not sure how best to cover the to stop them being ravaged by the weather.... all ideas gratefully received

^^^ Im not looking at that post above - most of those anemones bit the dust in the frost....

Grow List for 23 - hoping for a very flowery garden despite the frost/cold setback.

24 Jan
Potted up some sprouted sweet Pea seed

26 Jan
Potomac Snaps - White, cherry, pink
Appleblossum snaps
Hibiscus Mahogany Splendor
Statice - mixed pastels, Apricot
Cerinthe (seed swap)
Euphorbia - snow on the mountain
Stocks
Ammi Visnaga

14 Feb
Rudbeckia Sahara
Eucalyptus- silver dollar
Pink scabious
Daucus
Mont blanc mallow
Eryngium silver ghost
Eryngium ( seed swap)

17 Feb
Pink pokers statice
Scabious - salmon queen
Clary sage - mixed colours
Eryngium (blue) - from some seed pods in the garden

18 Feb
Lovliness Mallow - soaked seeds for 2 days - planted up when i spotted a root. Finding them difficult/long to start.

20 February
Eucalyptus - baby blue (Germinated 24)
Pink scabious (Germinated 24)
Sundae scabious
Bupleurum
Covent garden Gyp ( Germinated 24)
Snapdragons - potomac ivory, cherry and lavender. (Germinated 25)

22 February
Nicotiana Sylvestris from the seed swap (germinated 26)
Lime Green Nicotiana ( old seed)
Black cherry toms
Black icicle
Gardeners delight (germinated 26)
Verbena B -

Dahlia cuttings, Megan Dean & pluto

23 Feb
Daucus
Cherokee Rudbeckia ( 1 popped 25)

24 Feb
Starting potting up dahlias - these will go in a cold outbuilding for now. Trying to get a head start - I don't want to do this next month when the weather warms up a bit and i need to sort out my garden borders....

25th February
Midnight Nigella
Albion Black pod Nigella
Black Millet
Giant Poppy
Hen and chickens poppy
Butterfly Ivory Snap Dragons
Costa Rose Snap Dragons
Space Hopper Marigolds
Florists Dill

2nd March

Potted up second lot of sweet peas sprouted in tubs

3rd March
24 Seteria - caramel - 50% germination 6th March
12 butterfly ivory 8/12 8th March
24 tetra ruffled giants - germinated 8th March
Small sprinkle of cress - germinated 5th March

4th March
12 potomac pink snaps
24 mixed butterfly snaps
Small trayMystic pink Cynoglossum
Scarlet straw flowers - germinated 8th
Large pot of green mist ammi visnaga

5th March
Two small pots rose pink straw flowers.
More lambada - my pot up the GH has got slugged!
Small pot of stocks

9th March
Vebena hastata - tried this about 4 times, never had germination. This is from saved seed.
34 - agastache - arcado pink
Mixed Russel lupins

11th March
A packet of feverfew - seeds were sow by 22... but hope some will come even if I dont like the smell.
12 potomac Cherry Rose

12 March
Potted on hibiscus MS - seed leaves have drooped I hope I havent lost these
Took dahlia cuttings megan dean, hillcrest jonathon, willos violet and westerton pearn

15th March
Tray of saved Rudbeckia Sahara
Twizzle Penstemon Coral
Twizzle penstemon Scarlet
Sanguisorba - menziesii burnet
Berkeley Tye Dye Tom
Cayenne Pepper
Salvia Nemerosa

26th March
Echinops Blue - seed swap
Cosmos - pink picotee
Cosmos - Apricotta

28th March
Ping pong scabious
Zinna - peaches and cream
Zinna - queen lime red
Zinnia - queen lime
Zinnia - forcecast
Zinnia - zinderella lilac

Zinnia -orange - from a swap - but thwy look lore like eryngium seeds.

Echinops - star frost - finally, 2nd try and they have popped
Eryngium - silver salentino

April 6th
Sea spray statice
Lupin - the pages, carmine
Malope trifida - vulcan ( 12)

April 9th
Coral fountain
Green cascade
Hot biscuits amaranth.
Giant pacific delphinium

April 17th
Foxglove grandiflora yellow
Bladder campion - silene
Aquilegia

End April - forgotten exact dates
Campanula
White foxglove s/s - wonder how many will be white!
Iceland poppy
Sweet rocket
Sweet williams - auricula eye