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Nemesia self seeding

debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
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Hi all I have a block paved drive which I loathe as it’s constantly weedy. When I was out trying to clear away the worst of it I noticed half a dozen nemesia plants had seeded themselves into the cracks. Can I remove these and grow them on for next year? I have a small heated greenhouse to over winter them but any advice would be great. Some are in flower and it’s a shame to kill them I feel 

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Yes you can dig them out and keep them,  they don’t need a GH just put somewhere a bit sheltered.
    These have been in these tubs for a few years now, never fed, hardly watered, they bloom practically all winter and here they are again this year.
    I keep seeds and grow them on like lobelia, prick out in little clumps. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    Thanks @Lyn these are a pretty pale pink and scented so I would like more. Will pull them up gently and pop into a pot in a sheltered position. 
  • JessicaSJessicaS Posts: 870
    Mine overwinter in East Midlands too and the seedlings come back up next year, not needed to replant any in my pots and they are smothered. Lovely!
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @debs64 Not very easy to remove from pavement cracks. I use a knife very slowly hopefully you will get the roots too.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @JessicaS, do you leave yours in their pots over the winter? I have nemesia in 4 pots on my windowsill and have been wondering what to do with them?
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Mine in the photo above just live there right through the year. 
    I have just collected seeds as a precaution,  who knows we may get a winter😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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