I always thought that cerinthe did well in the shade... but have noticed a lot recently that advises full/partial sun. Does anyone grow this - and in what conditions? Many Thanks x
Full sun and the first to flower here from self set seeds, I’m collecting the seeds now for sprinkling over for next springs plants.
Do you have to collect the seeds? I mean... if I just let them fall, will the self-seeding be successful? If I collect the seeds, when is the best time to sow them?
You can just leave them to fall but if you want plants in different places you need to collect them. i sow them in Mid March in trays but you can just sprinkle them now where you want them.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Just to piggy back on this, I notice that I have several healthy-looking plants which must have self-seeded from earlier this year. I know they *can* be overwintered in mild places. I am in SE London. Has anyone managed this? When they started coming up, I was really hoping they were calendula which would have a much better change of surviving. They are Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens'.
They self-seed in my garden here in Essex and come through the winter fine - usually. I'd imagine the micro-climate where you are would make it even milder
Billericay - Essex
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They self seed around my garden and seem to survive even the coldest spells @REMF33. They can look a bit bedraggled come the end of Winter, but when Spring begins they put on new growth quickly. The bees love them
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Lyn said: Do you have to collect the seeds? I mean... if I just let them fall, will the self-seeding be successful? If I collect the seeds, when is the best time to sow them?
i sow them in Mid March in trays but you can just sprinkle them now where you want them.
They are Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens'.
I'd imagine the micro-climate where you are would make it even milder
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
They can look a bit bedraggled come the end of Winter, but when Spring begins they put on new growth quickly. The bees love them