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What are the meanings

On 04/01/2013 in forum

To anyone that could help I have brought flowering seeds today and I'm just getting confused with what comes back what doesn't please could some kind gardener tell me so I can write it down.starting with hardy perennial,half hardy annual,half hardy


Bedding plant

On 06/09/2007 in Glossary

and biennials. Summer bedding plants include hardy and half-hardy annuals, tender perennials and summer-flowering bulbs.


basic newbie problem

On 11/04/2013 in forum

hi , this is my first post , im a bit of a newbie when it comes to growing fruit and veg etc , my first and im sure not my last question is , could someone please explain what , hardy , perennial , half hardy etc means , thanks Hardy- will withstand


Mystery Plant

On 22/06/2012 in forum

any ideas what this is??? 7420253708_de560ee4f7_z.jpg Calceolaria looks like calceolaria but i've only seen yellow ones before Calceolaria hybrida (amongst other names)  Tender perennials treated as half hardy annuals.


nicotiana mutabilis

On 17/10/2012 in forum

I was given some of these late in the season and they're obviously not going to get to flowering before the frosts. Are they annuals or tender/half hardy perennials? If I dig one up and bring it into a cold greenhouse might it survive long enough


Advice needed!

On 29/05/2013 in forum

I'm pretty new to gardening and I would love some advice on the best native flowering plants to attract wildlife throughout the year.  I am restricted a little in that I need to use pots and I don't know my perennials from half hardy annuals!  The


Rudbeckia in Planters

On 24/10/2012 in forum

someone will. I thought Cherry Brandy was a tender short lived perennial, but Sarah Raven lists it as a half hardy annual. Anyway, it's usually thrown away after the frosts and re-sown under cover in early spring or bought as a plug plant. Thompson


Talkback: Gazania and rudbeckia pot display

On 11/06/2012 in forum

-looked a bit tatty earlier in the year but after a tidy up  they are now fine-same goes for 3 in a container that got left out all winter too-they seem to be described as half-hardy yet I am treating them as hardy perennials-so make of that what you will


Leucanthemum 'Broadway Lights'

On 22/08/2012 in forum

leave them there? Hi Gracie5. They are a hardy perennial, a Shasta daisy, that should be planted in the border, in sun or half  shade. I have one in my garden and it has been in flower all summer, just starting to go over now so am dead heading


Annuals, Perenials and Bi-annuals

On 06/08/2012 in forum

importantly what the major difference as to why a plant will only last one year wheres as bi - annaul can do another year and so on?  Excuse spelling Thank you.       An annual will flower and set seed in the first year-half hardy denotes not frost tolerant


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