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Annuals: must have or give them a miss?

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  • DimWitDimWit Posts: 553
    edited March 2018
    I am blessed with lots of self-born seedlings: pansies, tithonia, cosmos, zinnias, China asters, torenias, cataranthi, echia, Black-eyed Susans, rudbeckias, alyssums, tagetes, nasturtiums, even a small rose. The tree border in the picture is made up solely of these by-blows, so no one cries when people pluck blooms off (BTW, the ugly edging is DIY, be forgiving, I did it to protect the plants from being flooded away by rain :# ).



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  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    I tend to go for perennials in the ground,and Pelargoniums,bacopa,lobelia,fuchsia,skylover for hanging baskets and urns. I will probably need some cornflowers,cosmos,larkspur etc,to fill in,as its a new garden and needs lots spending on it,but hopefully now got the basics!

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  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    Tin pot said:

    Im doing sweet pea, nasturtium, California poppy and another kind of poppy. No idea where aill plant them though.
    The sign of a real gardener! "I bought a plant, no idea where I'm going to put it". Been there, done that.
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    Has everyone started to sow their half hardy annuals by now? It's so cold here, I haven't started sowing mine at all yet.

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Nope. just thinking about it :)
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Bright starBright star Posts: 1,153
    Has anyone grown a Black Eyed Susan (Thunbergia) before. I’m going to put in a hanging basket. I’m not quite sure how big a plant they make.
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  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    I grew them up obelisks a couple of years back.  They were lovely and zingy, grew about 5ft tall.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • Bright starBright star Posts: 1,153
    Did one plant cover your obelisk or did you plant more than one? 
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  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    Damp garden man......
    I've been told by hubby today to stop sowing and buying!! He says I'm putting the cart before the horse! As it's my first UK garden for nearly 14 years,with nothing there when we moved in,I'm finding it hard to reign it in!😁😁😁🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
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