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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

) for plants that suit those conditions, as well as how much sun the border gets and how tall you want the plants to be. Do you want shrubs or flowering perennials or annuals? The first two are more permanent but the third, annuals will give lots of brilliant

'd go to one of the specialists, you'll get bigger packets. don't forget there are lots of different 'meadows' The annual cornfield flowers, cornflower, poppy, corncockle  don't grow in grass, they need cultivated soil as in a cornfield. The perennials

weeds away to plus they will come back next season even better hope this helps. If the soil is poor why not try some wild flower plants such as you would find in the wild flower meadows. Try an annual seed mix for quick results this year and add plug

the same problem and what am I doing wrong. Is there a solution to my woes? I love gaillardia , but grow it each year from seed - mine doesnt survive so I understood it to be an annual . This year If I get the heating sorted in my greenhouse I shall try

and perennials requires less sunlight. Annuals Primrose(Primula sp.) Butterfly flower(Schianthus sp.) Spider flower (Cleome sp.) Nasturtium (Tropaeolum sp.)Perennials Columbine(Aquilegia sp.) Coral Bells (Heuchera sp.) Turf Lilly (Liriope sp.) Goat's Beard

Though my pergola which is shaded partly by the house I would like to have some flowers, I would love lots of lavender in my dream world but I can barely dig the ground due to hoggin track when building . I am thinking of placing tubs or troughs

Now my Honesty & Aquiliegias have almost finished flowering, do I pull them up or just cut them down at the base? I never know if they will flower again so am not sure if I should leave them or pull them up.  I will keep some seed to make sure I get

Fat hen, Chenopodium album, is an annual weed loved by butterflies, and whose young leaves are delicious in salads or cooked like spinach. However, it will also quickly colonise open ground and spread through your garden if left unchecked - a single