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BEST PLANTS TO GROW THIS SEASON?!

beecheyleah1beecheyleah1 Posts: 6
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hey everyone! Im leah i live south east in england. Very new and inexperienced to gardening but the passion is very much alive! I learn best hearing from others so would really love to hear what people are growing and what they feel works best for them! I hope when i become more experienced and able to get an allotment and grow and eat my own food. Thank you! 💐🌳🌺
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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Now is the end of one gardening year and the start of another, but it is the season for preparation rather than growing.
    People on here are busy clearing, some still harvesting, moving splitting and dividing plants, mulching and preparing the soil ready for the next crops. There is a lot of planning and sometimes research needed.
    The only planting that goes on is for Hardy annuals, such as sweet peas for pots or things like cornflowers and poppies for the annuals patch. The other things are bulbs of all sorts, for the house, like Amaryllis or hyacinths, or for the garden like daffodils and tulips and loads of other bulbs large and small. Veg gardeners may plant onions and garlic for next year and still be cropping from plants they grew earlier, like spinach, chard , kale and other brassicas.
    So if one of these areas interests you partiicularly ask us about it and we will be pleased to help with suggestions to set you on the right path :)
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    do you mean ornamental plants or food?
  • beecheyleah1beecheyleah1 Posts: 6
    Ornamental as at the moment I do not have anywhere to plant food 
  • tessagardenbarmytessagardenbarmy Posts: 346
    Hi @beecheyleah1 lots of clearing up in garden and allotment . Mainly planting bulbs onion and garlic  on allotment  but white daffodils and alliums in garden . Tulips will go in a tube later on.
    I have taken cuttings of my penstemon so as they don't  always  overwinter here  and put them in my little grow house for protection. 
    Just bought a beautiful blue Michealmas Daisy to place next to a bright yellow Rudabekia. 
    Once we get severe frosts my dahlias will need to be brought in and stored.
    Just enjoying  the autumn cour of my acers at the moment  and moving my evergreens in pots into more prominent positions to give me something  to look at overwinter  x
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    Hi @beecheyleah1 and welcome to the forum 😊.
    As Buttercup says, the 2018 growing season is coming to an end and most folk are planning for next year.

    Do you have any outdoor space at all, or just a windowsill? If it's edibles you're more interested in growing (rather than houseplants) there are some that work in small spaces. 
    Some potted herbs on a bright windowsill to start you off overwinter maybe. I've successfully grown chilli and pepper plants indoors using the seeds from supermarket fruits as well as shop bought seeds.

    Some of my plants.

    Still outdoors in this awful weather.... oops 😱

    I'm sure others will have more ideas if you let us know what space you have available for growing 🌱.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    what soil type, and aspect, any pictures would be good, do you want colour now, or are you planning for next year?
  • beecheyleah1beecheyleah1 Posts: 6
    See I’m just so confused ☹️ I wish I had a mentor of some sort. Maybe that’s something to look into as I’ve read up a lot but I just don’t understand how to start this process I just want to start growing something, anything to prove to myself I can do this 
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    You could start with a pot of bulbs. Easy to find at this time of year. Tell us what you get and we can help you further.
    What we can't do is tell you what you want!
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    Don't be disheartened Leah, we were all newbies at one point 😊.
    There's another forum member your age @Cheyngel who has grown lots of things with the advice, encouragement and a little bit of nagging* from his forum mentors 😉.
    My daughter (19) grows cacti and succulents on her windowsill at uni. She likes them, me... not so much.  As Buttercup says, tell us what you want to grow and we can help you.

    *You still haven't told us about available space. 
    Give us a clue. Garden or windowsills?
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    @beecheyleah1 you could buy some sweet pea seeds and plant them now if you want to nurture something over the winter.  Planting bulbs in pots will also give you great delight in Spring.  It's difficult to grow plants in the winter even if you have a greenhouse, it is in the Spring that things really take off once the temperatures rise and the days get brighter.  Annuals are easy to grow.......you plant the seed in Spring and you will have flowers in the Summer, unlike bi-ennials or perennials which don't always flower in their first year.
    Buy yourself some gardening books to read over the winter to get a better idea of what you want in your garden.......give yourself the time to discover and buy what you need in preparation for a good start in Spring.  The Dr. Hessayon range of gardening books are excellant, very informative and reasonably priced.  
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