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planting now for next spring, I'd hoick it out. Hardy annuals germinate, flower, seed and die all in the same year. So, your plants won't come back next year. However, if you let them seed you may get new baby plants that survive the winter and start

can you use bulbs as annuals in a shade boarder as bulbs that need full sun wont put there energy back into the bulb in shade but should have enough energy in the bulb to flower this year is this right? The embryo flower is in the bulb-so yes you

New flower varieties are introduced every year, and we feature many exciting ones in Gardeners' World Magazine. I've been trialling some new ones ahead of their launch for 2013, including a striking free-branching dwarf sunflower called 'Solar Flash

will not have to disturb them with cultivations like mowing. True geoff Thanks Welshonion, but my bed won't have any grass in it whatsoever as the seed mis I'm going to use is 100% cornfield flowers and they are also all annuals, no perennials, so no need

.Also. am I right to think pruning should be done in February ? TIA   As Dropmore Scarlet flowers on new growth I would prune it right back in the early spring - Feb would be fine.  Then do the same annually - that way you should build up lots of branching

Take cuttings from tender perennials and bedding plants, such as verbenaSow a few pots of hardy annuals to provide early spring blooms Shade delicate plants to avoid sun scorch on hot daysDeal with vine weevil by watering pots with a solution

have fuel in stockPot up roots of lily-of-the-valley to provide fragrant winter flowersSow hardy annuals, like calendulas, in pots for early flowers

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Tips please to generate flowering plants for cut and come again.. have seeded several annuals but not sure about growth timeline from initial seeding to maturity and I want to improve for next year.  cheers This is so variable, I sowed seeds

Deadhead flowers All plants will benefit from having the dying flowers removed as soon as they begin to fade. It stops them putting energy into forming seed and encourages annuals to produce more flowers throughout the summer. Trim hedges to keep