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as biennial. However, I remember my mother having them in her garden, and not planting freshly each year, so I have experimented. This year, I have a wonderful display, and they are last year's plants. I suspect that two years (or three at a stretch by Ross Gravett

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19/06/2012 14:13:17

by Shrinking Violet

When to plant seeds?

be great. It has been a miserable year for seedlings. It will depend on the type of seeds, you can sow biennials now, hardy annuals can be sown in the autumn for early summer flowers. It is too late for tender plants but if you have a cold frame you could by Mandy2

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07/08/2012 17:13:47

by Hollie- Hock

seed trouble

're still very tiny. As nutculet says seed sowing can be a bit hit and miss. I've had a poor run of germination this year but a lot were old seeds needing to be sown this year and with hinde sight were probably stored in too warm a place. Some biennials by Buttercup123

03/05/2013 23:13:37

by Zoomer44

Annuals, Perenials and Bi-annuals

, hardy frost tolerant A biennial will take one year from sowing to flower to set seed -it is usually hardy A perennial will flower year after year after year-however some are short-lived some are tender,some not. It is not easy or straightforward by Cia

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06/08/2012 09:44:11

by Cia

Shady Border

, Euonymus, Skimmia, Geraniums, Hebes, Aquilegia, Heuchera, Astilbe, Ferns, Foxgloves (biennial and perennial) Lonicera nitida, Clematis (with their heads in the sun) and that's not including things I don't have but want such as Brunnera Jack Frost by Cultivating Carol

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23/04/2012 17:30:38

by Cultivating Carol

cutting garden

and location. At this time of year I am doing much better with biennials. Which annuals are you trying? Can I reccommend this article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/9039365/Grow-your-own-cut-flowers.html Hello flora4, If you want to cut by flora4

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24/05/2012 13:30:36

by Emma Crawforth

What was the name of that lovely plant

are biennials and brilliant self seeders, so if you sow seeds now you should have flowers next year. There are loads of seed suppliers, in my haste I didn't even read the sowing instructions properly but they still germinated- I have loads of plants, really by Ken Wallace

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29/06/2012 21:10:54

by fotofit

Buyer Beware

Biennial. I think milk thistle too.....ya live and learn! It will be moved as it's blocking an area I need to get to but I'll keep it for the bees Looks more like E.variifolium to me. At least yours is attractive. I bought a pack with 2 seeds mats by Botticelliwoman

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05/07/2012 08:12:51

by Botticelliwoman

Is it ok to sow foxgloves now?

Is it ok to sow Foxglove seeds now as I want them to flower next year. Yes-they may be late in flowering but they should flower next year They are biennials, sown one year, flowering the next. Did some t'other day. BTW the seedlings are caviar by nodlisab

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30/07/2012 17:11:38

by diggingdoris

Wallflower

- they should then produce new shoots from low down. A bit of a feed at the same time won't go amiss. These are really a short lived perennial usually treated as a biennial and ditched after one year' flowering and new plants raised each year from seed-they do by bryf

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22/04/2012 22:03:22

by bryf

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