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verbena bonariensis seeds

Peanuts3Peanuts3 Posts: 759

I've found millions well thousands of little verbena bonariensis seedlings, from last years plants. 

I'm potting some up and giving them to as many people as possible as I don't like the idea of just killing off plants that cost money at GC's.  

Will they flower this year or will it be next year ?  Online it sounds like they will flower this year, but they are so little, I'm not sure I can believe that.

Any tips on how to bring the seedlings on, so I get some decent plants out of it. 

Thank you. 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Some people grow them as annuals so I should think they'll flower. If they're in a good placeI'd leave them but you could pot a few up for filling in.  They start slow but speed up later



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,887

    I think the answer lies with the weather. If we have a long growing season with some heat and decent rainfall, they might well flower. I have them seeding freely , sometimes too freely , in my garden, but I love them.

     

    Devon.
  • Peanuts3Peanuts3 Posts: 759

    thank you.  I will maybe spread them around a bit and see how we get in.  still have lots of gaps to fill in the garden. 

  • Outdoor girlOutdoor girl Posts: 286

    They should flower this year but not until later. Very often mine succumb to the under gardener's over enthusiastic weeding ... so they fail to survive! I re-sow every year and they always flower.

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