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Talkback: Sowing seed outdoors
I need a bit help please with my borders i am new to planting i have got a range of seeds from. Antirrhinum,foxglove,aster perennial, cornflower, geum,dahlia,calendula,swan river daisy, marigold, nigella[miss jekyll},mixed annuals by mark haggart
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11/06/2013 19:49:50
by mark haggart
Identify plant
  ever flowering wallflower. or as it is orange and scented more likely siberian wallfower.. they are gorgeous and very scented..  and half hardy.. keep protected ove rwinter and it will survive.. you can get seeds from that but all otehr erysimum by yarrow2
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26/06/2012 21:26:48
by yarrow2
HELP !!!!!what about ground cover plants- does it work?
cover certainly works.I thnk that plants would work for you depend on your soil, and other factors. You need to ask yourself what plant really grows vigourously on your soil.I'm on a clay soil, and the more vigourous varieties of hardy geraniums form a by lucky3
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08/06/2012 19:17:33
by weejenny
Easy care plants
attract hoverflies and bees. How about a little bed for annuals which the children can sow? Nasturtiums are a great suggestion. Many others like Nigella and Larkspur are good for insects and grow easily as well.  Great suggestions, shall search by The Artist
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23/05/2013 23:08:16
by HOLEDIGGER
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
Advice required for low maintenance raised beds?
to plants, so im enquiring about some low shrubby / hardy plants that will last through all weathers and only require occasional trimming and not drop leaves in the gravel or on my drive? I like the manicured neatly trimmed look and wouldn't mind by Fabio
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13/04/2013 20:57:30
by Sam12
Anyone grown stocks or snapdragons from seed?
've heard that stocks at least are quite hardy, so maybe I'm cosseting them too much by keeping them in the mini greenhouse. Antirrhinums are fairly hardy as well PF, sometimes they last through a winter.Have you pricked them out? I'd grow them on a bit by PaperFlowers
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22/04/2013 17:42:12
by nutcutlet
Looking for flowers to 'fill in' a border
anemones for later in the year (look carefully though - different varieties vary a lot in height, though because the flowers kind of hover well above the foliage this may not bother you), and blue hardy geraniums. Perhaps annual bedding is the way to go by Chris 7
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03/03/2013 16:59:02
by auntie betty
Marvel of Peru (Mirabilis Jalapa)
-I sowed some weeks back on a windowsill -came up within a week plants now hardening off in the cold frame. Just treat as another other half-hardy annual-if you are stiil using home made compost as a seedling compost-that might be the problem. I haven by Swedboy
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28/04/2012 09:38:56
by LadyG2
Snap dragons
I grew loads of snapdragons from seed this year and they have been one of the star performers of my garden, the bumble bees loved them. I know that most people grow them as annuals but on the packet they are described as half hardy perennials by jackie frost
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02/12/2012 21:42:33
by nutcutlet