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  • The Flower Seed Sowing Thread 2015 - 2018

    I thought it would be nice to have a thread for sowing flower seeds, separate from the seed sowing thread already running, which is more of a veg specific one.

    Veggiechicken is doing an alphabetical one http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ers_83722.html, but I'm not organised enough for that and come spring quite a lot of seeds are just broadcast.

    So today I have sown indoors:

    Heliotrope
    Cerinthe
    Sweet peas (4 varieties)
    Cupid's Dart
    Verbascum

    I don't hold out much hope for the sweet peas or verbascum as they are T&M and I never seem to succeed well with their seed.
    Last edited by burnie; 27-12-2017, 04:42 PM.
    Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
    Endless wonder.

  • #2
    Good idea, MH. Maybe a friendly mod could sticky...

    So far this year I have sown
    - Sweet Peas in paper tubes, 8 varieties in January
    - Delphinium "Pacific Giants" sown in January and left in the cold, moved to the heated prop this week
    - Coreopsis "Early Sunrise", last week
    - Antirrhynum "Rust Resistant Mixed", last week

    The sweet peas were from seed freshly collected last autumn, but the others are all old seeds that have been hanging around in my seed box for years. I don't have much hope for the Delphiniums, notoriously bad from old seed, but the others might be okay.

    Lots more to sow in the next two or three weeks!
    My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
    Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Martin H View Post
      Good idea, MH. Maybe a friendly mod could sticky...
      I stuck it as soon as MH started the thread.
      Excellent idea - we need more Flowers

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      • #4
        So far this year I've sown-

        several varieties of sweet peas
        yellow aquilegia (self collected seeds)
        datura ballerina

        Delighted to notice today that the datura have all germinated, they look a bit like morning glory seedlings at this stage. I've never grown them before, so will probably mollycoddle them a bit.

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        • #5
          Today I sowed some annuals into pots in the greenhouse. Just a few seeds of each...

          Calendula "Orange King"
          Cornflower "Blue Ball"
          Eschscholzia "Orange King"
          Godetia "Crown Mix"
          Gypsophila
          Limnanthes douglasii
          Nasturtium "Tom Thumb"
          Nigella "Light Blue"
          Sunflower "Giant Yellow"

          I've only ever sown these direct up to now, so I'm interested to see which ones survive the pricking out process. But it's nice to have got started, even if I have to re-sow later!
          My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
          Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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          • #6
            Put some Morning Glory seeds to chit (Kniola's Black Knight - a rather lovely deep cerise) - the packet said soak overnight.

            The cerinthe I put to chit were showing no sign of life, so had a pick at them. The seed cases are like sweet peas - rock hard - so split them open carefully. Some were empty inside, but I found 3 or 4 viable looking seeds, so hopefully they'll start to sprout in the next day or two.
            Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
            Endless wonder.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by mothhawk View Post
              Put some Morning Glory seeds to chit (Kniola's Black Knight - a rather lovely deep cerise) - the packet said soak overnight.

              The cerinthe I put to chit were showing no sign of life, so had a pick at them. The seed cases are like sweet peas - rock hard - so split them open carefully. Some were empty inside, but I found 3 or 4 viable looking seeds, so hopefully they'll start to sprout in the next day or two.
              Crikey, by the next morning the morning glory were all well chitted, so popped them into compost straight away. Only 2 cerinthe chitted, but it's a start.

              Today I sowed:-
              cosmos "Purity"
              larkspur
              echium
              hyssop tricolour
              hyssop anise
              nepeta
              betony
              calendula
              mallow
              centaurea
              clematis vitalba (old man's beard)
              borage
              oregano

              You may notice a theme developing. I'm sowing all bee-friendly flowers this year.
              Last edited by mothhawk; 10-05-2015, 03:19 PM.
              Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
              Endless wonder.

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              • #8
                As soon as I've drunk this nice cup of tea, I'm going into the greenhouse to sow:

                Cosmos "Purity"
                Rudbeckia "Irish Eyes"
                Dahlia "Cactus".
                My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
                Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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                • #9
                  So far this year I've only sown a few flower seeds: Delphinium and Laurentia a couple of weeks ago - both free with a magazine I bought last year sometime and Sunflower 'Pacino Cola' sown today and which came free with my veggie seed order from Mr Fothergill's.

                  I saved a bunch of flower seeds last year so I guess the next job is to find them out and sow them too.

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                  • #10
                    Aquilegia
                    Borage
                    Chamomile
                    Echinops Ritro - ( Globe Thistle )
                    Sweet Williams

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                    • #11
                      Borage (More)
                      Echinos Ritro - ( Globe Thistle) (More)
                      Nasturtiom
                      Sunflower 'Italian White'

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                      • #12
                        Today I sowed some Aquilegia 'Beidermeier Mixed', Cornflower 'Blue Diadem' and Cosmos 'Brightness Mixed' - all free with a magazine!

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                        • #13
                          Made a start on a few flowers for the allotment today Felt like I'd done tons but when I finished they barely covered a full shelf in the greenhouse!!! Still got a load to plant in the coming weeks though.

                          Today's sowings...

                          Poppy 'fruit punch'

                          Poppy orientale 'Brilliant'

                          Sunflower 'Skyline' x 12

                          Tagetes 'starfire mixed'

                          Catmint

                          Rudbeckia 'cherokee sunset' x 50

                          Rudbeckia 'cherry brandy' x 50

                          Morning Glory 'Grandpa Ottis' x 12

                          Calendula 'art shades' ~ 28 pots (!) :P

                          If I'm not on the Grapevine I can usually be found here!....https://www.thecomfreypatch.co.uk/

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                          • #14
                            Today I did my first direct sowings of annuals for cutting:

                            Calendula "Orange King"
                            Godetia "Crown Mix"
                            Cornflower "Blue Ball".

                            I've protected all but the ends of the rows from the birds. I'll be interested to see if the exposed ones get eaten; I'll be amazed if they don't because Essex birds seem to eat absolutely everything.
                            My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
                            Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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                            • #15
                              Gillykat, I love your selection of flowers. I think I've grown all those before, apart from the Catmint. The rudbeckia cherry brandy is a particular favourite of mine which I'm growing again this year. If you can protect the rudbeckia seedlings from the slugs then they're pretty much problem-free and will flower into November.

                              I'm hoping 2015 will be the 'year of the sunflower' on my allotment. Today I'm sowing :

                              sunflower Pastiche
                              Irish eyes sunflower
                              Sunflower Vanilla Ice
                              Sunflower Jade Green
                              Giant single

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