I grew from seed Rudbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun' . It puts on a beautiful show and it’s still in flower as I write. It germinates very quickly and an easy plant to grow from seed.
Great success was some rudbeckia - still in flower now and somany lovely shades of rust and yellow
Rudbeckia seems to have a lot of fans. I think part of the reason is that this plant flowers late in the season, so it will flower from seed, in the first year. Ideal for impatient gardeners.
Only recently have I started to buy seeds from T & M, and the only novelty I got was Amberboa muricata. My garden is dark, though, and the plants I had, all of them vigorous, did not produce many flowers (as the out of focus picture shows).
I've been impressed by the performance of Garvinea hardy gerbera (grown from plugs), with plants carrying a continuous supply of daisy-like flowers all summer, and still continuing.
A star performer this summer has been one grown from seed – Begonia 'Apricot Shades' from Thompson & Morgan. It has to be sown early (in warmth), and takes a while to get large and established, but the flower display has been stunning.
There are still plenty of flowers on it now, but with an Arctic blast forecast for this weekend I'm wondering for how much longer. Well, providing colour until the end of November is surely good value from a packet of seeds costing £3.79.
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Rudbeckia seems to have a lot of fans. I think part of the reason is that this plant flowers late in the season, so it will flower from seed, in the first year. Ideal for impatient gardeners.
Only recently have I started to buy seeds from T & M, and the only novelty I got was Amberboa muricata. My garden is dark, though, and the plants I had, all of them vigorous, did not produce many flowers (as the out of focus picture shows).
I´ll give the plant a new try next season.
I've been impressed by the performance of Garvinea hardy gerbera (grown from plugs), with plants carrying a continuous supply of daisy-like flowers all summer, and still continuing.
A star performer this summer has been one grown from seed – Begonia 'Apricot Shades' from Thompson & Morgan. It has to be sown early (in warmth), and takes a while to get large and established, but the flower display has been stunning.
There are still plenty of flowers on it now, but with an Arctic blast forecast for this weekend I'm wondering for how much longer. Well, providing colour until the end of November is surely good value from a packet of seeds costing £3.79.