I'm definitely planning to try growing wildflowers at the bottom of my garden next year, including red poppies seeing as its the 100 yr anniversary of the start of WW1.
Would i be better sowing any seeds in the spring, or do they need the winter cold to make them germinate?
Poppy seeds can be sown any time LF. They germinate any time and survive in the soil for years until conditions are right. If I wanted to be sure I's sow some now and some in spring
Most impressed with the cottage garden revival with Carol Klein. I need help.. at the introduction to the cottage garden Carol Klein was standing by pink cosmos and some yellow flowers. Please someone tell me what those yellow flowers are??? It is not dahlia of rubeckia. Thanks.
Thanks chicky for your prompt reply. I googled the plant and it does look like the one in the show. Its so pretty and I'm paying a visit to the garden centre.
I would like to get the plant cestrum nocturnum from the roof top garden would like more of a fragrant plant enjoying it so far - great garden programmes, me not keen on house plants
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I'm definitely planning to try growing wildflowers at the bottom of my garden next year, including red poppies seeing as its the 100 yr anniversary of the start of WW1.
Would i be better sowing any seeds in the spring, or do they need the winter cold to make them germinate?
Poppy seeds can be sown any time LF. They germinate any time and survive in the soil for years until conditions are right. If I wanted to be sure I's sow some now and some in spring
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks nutcutlet, thats good to know.
Most impressed with the cottage garden revival with Carol Klein. I need help.. at the introduction to the cottage garden Carol Klein was standing by pink cosmos and some yellow flowers. Please someone tell me what those yellow flowers are??? It is not dahlia of rubeckia. Thanks.
I think it was a helianthus lemon queen - but i have deleted it so i can't go back and check if my memory is working properly
Thanks chicky for your prompt reply. I googled the plant and it does look like the one in the show. Its so pretty and I'm paying a visit to the garden centre.
Here you go
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03lv64y/Great_British_Garden_Revival_Cottage_Gardens_and_House_Plants/
Thanks Gardengirl, I'll watch that later, maybe just the cottage garden bit.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I would like to get the plant cestrum nocturnum from the roof top garden would like more of a fragrant plant enjoying it so far - great garden programmes, me not keen on house plants