Unusual Perennials from seed?

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• B3 Posts: 27,505

  June 2023

   What kind of perennial do you like /dislike already?

  In London. Keen but lazy.

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  June 2023

  Wat kind of conditions do you have for the plants? No point in growing things that love dry well-drained soil if you have moisture-retentive clay, and vice-versa.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• Annette3 Posts: 22

  June 2023

  Reasonable soil sandy loam. Love most perennials but nothing too tall as we get a lot of wind and plants end up broken. Like plants that trail as well. 

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  June 2023

  Lots of things will be happy then. Mine is sandier and perennials that do well include all types of verbascum, agastache, veronicastrum, verbena, lupins, penstemons, centaurea, dianthus, salvia (shrubby and perennial) and probably lots more. This year I'm trying Althaea cannabina from seed after I saw it at RHS Bridgewater last summer, but so far only one has germinated

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• AnniD Posts: 12,585

  June 2023

  Chiltern seeds often have unusual varieties. 
  https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/flowers/hardy-perennials
  

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• Annette3 Posts: 22

  June 2023

  Thank you I will look them up.  :-)

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• Annette3 Posts: 22

  June 2023

  Thank you all for your comments. I have now ordered seeds from Mr. Fothergill's and look forward to sowing and planting them later this year ready for next spring. 

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  June 2023

  Ooh great, what did you choose?
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• Annette3 Posts: 22

  June 2023

  POLEMONIUM Bressingham Purple was one I ordered but quite an assortment. 
  

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  June 2023

  Lovely!
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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