They're probably about 8 inches tall at the mo, I think I sowed them in November and they took ages to germinate. They only look like they've done any decent growing in the last couple of weeks. I'll plant them out and then regret it in a couple of years' time when I'm constantly pulling them up 😄
I doubt if you'll regret it, @Crazybeelady, unless you're a bit of a garden control freak... they have a small "footprint", and don't seem to get in the way of anything else growing in the bed. No big leaves to shade other things out, not like the foxglove & verbascum seedlings I'm forever pulling up...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
That's good @Liriodendron - mind you I do have a few flowering verbascums that I grew from seed last year too so I'll look forward to their seedlings, I definitely don't have space for more of those leaves!
@Crazybeelady I have them in my garden since 2020 and learned over the years that they are sown best in August/September and planted in February. Don’t cut them in Autumn and wait until the new growth in February/March starts. My ones in their third year are 5 feet high.
Small seedlings in the bed are easily to pull out. To make life easier, take off the seedheads after they finished flowering.
@Crazybeelady They start indeed with a meter, but they are not annuals and continue getting bigger. I took an image in the Garden Gallery 2023 from Papi Jo. The one that was planted in 2021 is now 1.5 m and the stems and leaves are much bigger.
OK thanks @Simone_in_Wiltshire I need to make sure they go in the right place then. I make the same mistake over and over of putting too big things at the front of my border!
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