I’ve decided to try and grow some bedding plants, rather than buying them ready grown from nurseries or garden centres. I went a little overboard with the seeds (as usual!) and also bought some hardy perennial plants to mix in and provide colour early on next year. The seeds I’ve sown so far are:
Catanche (hardy [...]
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Growing my own bedding plants – more experimental growing
Posted in In The Garden This Week, tagged germinated, marigolds, geranium splish splash, cosmos, daydream, gazebo mixed, lupin dwarf lulu, veronica getianoides, bat plant, tacca nivea, gloriosa lily, white bird of paradise, germinate, agastache, italian white sunflower, primula japonica, oriental poppy coral reef, ox-eye daisy, calendula sherbert fizz, eustoma, lisianthus, penstemon true blue, nasturtium milkmaid, cerinthe, double trailing petunias, californian poppy, nigella, honesty, lunaria, verbascum southern charm, delphiniums, briza maxima, dwarf wildflower, phlox, phlox of sheep, night scented stocks, nicotiana, osteospermum, evening primrose, catanche, hardy perennial, hardy annual, bedding plants on June 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I feel like I am getting somewhere!
Posted in my allotment, tagged Alicante, Anaheim, Asparagus, Aubergine, Basil, Big Banana, bindweed, Borlotti Beans, brambles, Broccoli Claret, Burpless Tasty, butter bean, Cambridge Favourite, Cannellini Beans, Celery, Chillis, cloche, Common Thyme, Connovers Colossal, Coriander, Coure De Bleu, Cucumber, Curly Leaved Parsley, dwarf french bean rocenforte, Flat Leaved Parsley, Full White, garlic, Gartenperle, germinated, Harlequin, Heatwave, Jalapeno, Judibell, Lemon Grass, Lovage, membrane, Millefleur, Mint, netting, onions, Oregano, Pepper, poly tunnel, potatoes, propagator, rain, Runner Bean Best Of All, Russian Tarragon, Sakura, Salad Festival, sowing, Stevia, Strawberries, Summer Savoury, Super Roma, Sweet Cicely, Tigerella, tomato, veg plot, weather, weed suppressant, weeds, windowsill on April 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Well, last Sunday I decided I really need to brave the weather and go and do some allotmenting. The previous two weekends had brought snow, and the forecasts for Sunday were for rain showers and hail. However, it turns out that the weathermen got it wrong.
I trundled over to the plot and decided to start [...]