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(for now... maybe if I get an allotment!)   Interesting how the crop varies from area to area.  Here in West Wales you couldn't give apples and pears away everybody had so many! This year, hopeless. James Grieve can slip into biennial fruiting, as can

any old leaves after fruiting, retaining the new leaves. Now, I have just Googled this strawberry and the info says remove the flowers/fruit in the first year and that the plant is biennial.  Does that mean it may not have runners, and you have

candied stems to decorate cakes. Early flowering and rich in nectar, angelica is a vital food source for early bees and hoverflies. Birds also eat its seeds in autumn.AngelicaCarum carvi is a hardy biennial with feathery bright green leaves. It produces

for it? Thanks. It's echium, though I'm not sure which species. They're very common on Guernsey and the Scilly Isles and probably around Devon and Cornwall. They are tender, and they're biennial so should flower next year if you can get them through

lot of hardy perennials from seed they do not need heat-but will probably take 12/18 months to flower The biennials -like wallflower sweet williams etc can be sown outside in April-will flower in 12 months It is the half /hardies that are trickier

and grew on, they didn't survive the winter, so, being biennial (or short term perennial), i never saw them flower. They need very special conditions from what I gather - rich, well drained,  but moisture retentive acid soil in semi shade, and better

to be solid and weighty.Devon Dumpling: Don't forget that foxgloves are biennial. They set leaves in the first year and flower in the second. Hello - not sure if this is the right place to type this, but I want to say how wonderful it was to see Alice Fowler

we are promised for the West country tomorrow will make the job easier. They are hardy biennial - sow one year, flower the next, but lots of them will go on and act as short-lived perennials and it is easy to take cuttings from them when they are nice

? Hi everyone - I agree with Berghill about identity. I have it growing in our garden - it's very hardy I would say - it's a biennial and, in my experience, self seeds readily without becoming invasive.   Seems to be as tough as anything. Certainly

- third time lucky perhaps. Lisa j, Next time you try to grow them from seed, Try the fridge treatment. 1 month in, 1 month out. Alinaw. Thankyou for your link. I was interested to see that they can be annual, biennial or perennial. But I can assure you