Hello, dear seed sharers! I'm one of the gardening volunteers at our local park, and this morning we had a meeting to talk about the beds in the Memorial Garden which the council can no longer afford to plant up. There are 16 smallish beds, around 2-3 square metres each.
You get the idea from the photo - they're in the corners of the grassed areas. This year we're going to sow them with annual flowers, because we don't have any more money for plants; but really, some reliable, low growing, bright perennials are what we need in the long term.
Does anyone have spare seeds of easy, short perennials which they'd be prepared to donate? I've thought of achillea and geums so far, now my mind has gone blank... they need to be tidy growers which won't need staking and don't need a lot of TLC. As you can see, it's quite an open site, with fairly fertile acid soil.
One of our number has just acquired an allotment with a greenhouse, and is very keen to use it to grow us some plants.
Many thanks in advance!
As I am also a volunteer in a public park, I would love it if you could start a thread just for your park, and update it with news and photos from time to time.
Ooh, the postman has just come... seeds from @Bright star (I think - sending Nigella and white Sweet William from "Lancs & South Lakes" postcode) - many thanks, AND little plants from @josusa47 (which will be potted up this afternoon). You are so kind.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Ooh, the postman has just come... seeds from @Bright star (I think - sending Nigella and white Sweet William from "Lancs & South Lakes" postcode) - many thanks, AND little plants from @josusa47 (which will be potted up this afternoon). You are so kind.
You will have enough Sweet William plants to edge each one of those corners . mine have self seeded, so you will have them forever, they make a lovely border plant.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Please Can I be cheeky , I wonder does anyone have Salvia summer jewels pink , if so, could you spare a few seed? I would be very grateful.I would send you stamps for the postage.
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mine have self seeded, so you will have them forever, they make a lovely border plant.
I've put an assortment of spare too.
if so, could you spare a few seed?
I would be very grateful.I would send you stamps for the postage.