Good luck there Nut, I hope you do better than me. I have tried three years running, sown at all different times, don't know what to try next!
i wonder if its too damp up here to leave them completely outside, maybe try leaving them in the green house, starting around November, or try the fridge and sow in Spring.
i agree about the Chinese Foxgloves, sow in the spring now.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Hi Lyn, I haven't tried germinating Aconitum napellus before (as far as I can remember, it's possible that I have and they didn't). I have germinated other species and varieties though. I sow them straight away, leave them outside then bring them into the cold GH around February. Just as cold in there but more convenient to keep an eye on them. Also it does start to warm up in day time and the fluctuation in temperature might give them a shock and wake them up
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Lyn, have you got any white aconitum seed left please? I have some Astrantia 'Star of Beauty' if you're interested.
Btw the Lychnis seeds you sent me are lovely little plants now, ready for the border next year. Thank you
No probs Lesley
Thanks Lyn
Seeds off to Lesley and Lorna.
Aconitum arrived and I've got them started, thank you Lyn
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks Lyn, will let you know as soon as they arrive.xx
Good luck there Nut, I hope you do better than me. I have tried three years running, sown at all different times, don't know what to try next!
i wonder if its too damp up here to leave them completely outside, maybe try leaving them in the green house, starting around November, or try the fridge and sow in Spring.
i agree about the Chinese Foxgloves, sow in the spring now.
If anyone has any of the following seeds for our school garden that would be great, please...
Perovskia
Ecinacea
Lavandula angustifolia
Nepeta 'walkers low' or 'Summer magic'
Salvia nemorosa.
Verbena 'lollipop'.
Thank you!
Hi Lyn, I haven't tried germinating Aconitum napellus before (as far as I can remember, it's possible that I have and they didn't). I have germinated other species and varieties though. I sow them straight away, leave them outside then bring them into the cold GH around February. Just as cold in there but more convenient to keep an eye on them. Also it does start to warm up in day time and the fluctuation in temperature might give them a shock and wake them up
In the sticks near Peterborough
I have the following seeds;
Campanula Lactiflora
Escholzia Orange King
Rudbeckia Marmalade
Sunflower Ruby Sunset
Eryngium Alpinum
Tithonia Torch
Cerinthe Major
Scabiosa Black Cat
Centaurea Black Ball
Freesia Laxa (might incl some Freesia Laxa Joan Evans)
Digitalis Camelot Rose and Camelot Cream
Fritalaria Meleagris
Sisyrinchium Californicum (happy in a pond or soil)
Libertia Grandiflora
Echinops Ritro
Echinops Rusticus (more compact foliage than Ritro, more purple flowers)