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still on the lawn when everything else is gone. This might apply to barley as well if you're getting crops growing ceris. Growing my own sunflowers this year. Don't think growing peanuts is an option

pretty garden and home-grown veg.Starting indoors, there's a propagator, containing seedlings of basil and garlic chives, which are in dire need of transplanting. I also need to pot on the sunflowers I'm growing as part of the Gardeners' World sunflower

/ shouldn't be pinched out?   Provide some support in the form of sticks for your sweetpeas and sunflowers, they sound ok. Sweetspeas do benefit from a pinch but I've never pinched sunflowers, as most grow on one stem. Unless you have a bush variety

could grow Sunflowers and Cosmos which bees love Pam LL x

I can't believe I'm asking this question! I feel quite ashamed! Everybody else seems to succeed...but I can't grow sunflowers! I don't want six feet high things - just lots of the shorter versions (e.g. Italian White) popping up in various parts

a few more next week. I've never grown giant sunflowers before as I only have a tiny garden so I usually grow the smaller versions. I'm really looking forward to my giants(If they grow that big, of course):) Ive grown my sweet peas in loo rolls

Save seedsPerennial plants are often very generous in the amount of seed which they produce. Plants such as verbascum can produce thousands of seeds each year, and you can sow them to grow more plants for your garden or share them with friends

25 Lupins, 70 Cosmo's, 65 Aster's,  30 Nicotiana's, 15 Sunflower's, 25 Lobelia's, 20 Antirinums,  various other odd plants and 4 hanging baskets. My greenhouse is officially full. First time ever that every seed I have sewn has germinated.  Christ

on growing summer displaysSowing sunflower seeds, demonstrated by Monty DonSarah Raven gives advice on taking dahlia cuttingsPlants for late-summer colourCreating a daisy window box

currently growing rudbeckias and mini sunflowers at present from seed - which it mentions. I love dahlias so I will definately look into growing those too.   Sotongeoff I am an advanced beginner really. I would love it to be very colourful but was thinking