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Scabious care

DorcascentsDorcascents Posts: 132
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I have received 4  healthy scabious plants, earlier than expected. Do I plant them outside or do they have to go in a darkened area until the spring?I have a small greenhouse or shed if that is suitable.

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    what size are they? 
    They won't need a dark place but if they're tiny they may need some protection through the winter. An unheated greenhouse would be fine for this


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DorcascentsDorcascents Posts: 132
    They are filling 10cm pots, no roots coming through yet though.
    I have a Poly greenhouse as only a town garden so perhaps that would be ok. Thank you for advice.

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That will do just fine, I’ve got those little plastic greenhouses, ok as long as it’s fixed well.💨🌬🙂
    I wouldn’t pot them on until about March, then plant out in May. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DorcascentsDorcascents Posts: 132
     It is firmly  fixed. Thank you 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd agree - they just need a wee bit of protection from the worst weather.
    I barely do even that with hardy plants- I tuck them against a wall, or among shrubs etc. The harder they're grown,the stronger they are when planted out  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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