Annual/Wildflower mix
Vinny Offline
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I broadcast three packets of annual flowers over a sloped border at side of house. It was a bit late to be sowing them but at least its given a bit of greenery. Rolleyes

Some blue fowers are evident  and I wondered whether they were gentions? Huh Its hard to tell from photo but they are about an inch diameter. Any thoughts?

 I'll not ask you what you think the rest are and hope they flower this year so I can find out! Smile


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Veggie Offline
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I see lots of Poppies, Nigella, Jacob's Ladder and Californian poppies................and some blue flowers.
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Vinny Offline
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(20-07-2022, 03:34 PM)Veggie Wrote: I see lots of Poppies, Nigella, Jacob's Ladder and Californian poppies................and some blue flowers.
I did add a handfull of dried poppy seeds from allotment so its nice to see they were fertile. Cool I also chucked in some sunflower seed from last year and I notice some have grown (not in photo I don't think) I also planted some dahlis cuttings, some shrub cuttings (no idea what they were) some mint, a clematis, a chrysanthemum, in fact any plant I had lying around!
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You can't beat a spot of Random gardening. Big Grin
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Farendwoman Offline
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Dunno what the blue flowers are - but I like!!!
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Jimny14 Offline
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Could it be green alkanet? Not sure what the leaves are attached to the flower.
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MartinH Offline
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I think it might be Phacelia campanularia?

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/280580/i-p...er/details
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Is it this
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/280580/i-p...er/details
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(21-07-2022, 08:23 AM)MartinH Wrote: I think it might be Phacelia campanularia?

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/280580/i-p...er/details
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Vinny Offline
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I have a steep sloped semi-shaded area at the side of my house which I feel would lend itself to a small wildflower meadow. With this in mind I spread three packets of wildflower seeds in the spring, topped up with my own self saved poppy seeds and sunflower seeds onto recently cultivated bare ground.. I also planted an odd chrysamth and dahlia on the site.
In the summer I had a lot of foliage and a few flowers,but not anywhere near the selection I had hoped for. Sick

I now have reasonably bare ground again once I pull out the odd weed. I know you can sow annuals in the autumn so wondered whether anyone could point me in the way of a good seed mix that they themselves have had success with? Huh

I don't want to spend a lot of money on the bed without some guarantee of success so would probably go with three packets of seed again?
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