I'm gradually shifting to having more perennials in my containers. I have 3 very large wooden planters down the side of my house so filling them with annuals is quite effortful.
I'd be sorry not have sweet peas. Anything else is a question of whether I have time/space in the sowing season - veg take priority. I don't have a lot of pots or containers because I don't have a hose pipe and there's only so much I can be bothered to water with a watering can. Most of the pots I do have are planted up with bulbs for spring colour and then vanish behind the shed for the summer.
I am so late with veg sowing this year I doubt many annuals will appear. Possibly a few cosmos because they're quick and easy, but that may be the sum total.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I didn't bother sowing sweet peas a couple of years ago, felt my garden was not the same without them. I too love growing annuals from seed, for a little effort, I think they give great results and bring added colour and variety to the garden. I have bought a lot of bulbs this year for the front garden, but will keep the back for my always changing colours and flowers that annuals give. Last year and this year I've grown wallflowers, I have fallen in love with them. Every year I try at least one new annual to grow. I have begun growing perrennials from seed these days too.
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I am so late with veg sowing this year I doubt many annuals will appear. Possibly a few cosmos because they're quick and easy, but that may be the sum total.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Im doing sweet pea, nasturtium, California poppy and another kind of poppy. No idea where aill plant them though.