This is a great thread Ryan...lovely combinations. Like you I am going to have pots of colour/nectar in the garden this year and I've got tons of seedlings ready. Just need to get them big enough to plant up in late May/early June
some pots will (in theory) be cool colours...a mixture of the following...not all in one pot but maybe a group of pots together...
schizanthus which has lovely foliage (poor man's orchid) and tiny sweet flowers.
and I will have one very large pot with mexican sunflowers in it, bees adore these but they can take over in my small garden so they stay in pots...I usually grow 'torch' but this year I'm going to try 'fiesta del sol'
Verdun, I've now only gone and bought 3 convolvulus mauritanicus from per hills! That's the third lot of plants I've ordered online in 4days! Haha :P Oh really, luckily I have lots of fleece so protecting it won't be a problem And yes, I'm VERY keen...How did you guess?
Cherrypeabrain, thankyou for the compliment and definitely the post too. After I've finished setting up the pots Verdun suggested, I may have to treat myself to a few more and steal your planting ideas too. You guys encouraging me and giving me ideas is gonna make me bankrupt! :P Bet your pots look fab, so can't wait to do it for myself
Thanks Verdun, I'm so enthusiastic about gardening, that when I finish school in may, I'm going to apply for a job at my local garden centre, because that would be my dream job, just hope I get one
And that's great, if that needed protecting aswell I would probably forget, my memory can only hold one thing at a time :P
And I will definitely be posting pics of them, and will make sure I get the best out of them...to do that, shall I feed them?
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This is a great thread Ryan...lovely combinations. Like you I am going to have pots of colour/nectar in the garden this year and I've got tons of seedlings ready. Just need to get them big enough to plant up in late May/early June
some pots will (in theory) be cool colours...a mixture of the following...not all in one pot but maybe a group of pots together...
schizanthus which has lovely foliage (poor man's orchid) and tiny sweet flowers.
http://www.sarahraven.com/shop/seeds/seeds-to-sow-now/august/flowers/schizanthus-dr-badger.html
Didiscus again, lovely foliage as well as umbells of pretty blue flowers
http://www.sarahraven.com/shop/seeds/seeds-to-sow-now/august/flowers/schizanthus-dr-badger.html
Nemesia fragrant lady pretty and they smell divine
http://www.simplyseedsandplants.co.uk/Patio-Plants/Nemesia-Fragrant-Lady-Collection_155005.htm
and gazania kiss rose soooo purty....
http://www.simplyseedsandplants.co.uk/Patio-Plants/Nemesia-Fragrant-Lady-Collection_155005.htm
I have a few large pots for the hot colours.
Tagetes 'Paprika' T&M are selling this seed for 99p in the GCs, very easy from seed and they flower non-stop all summer until the first frosts
http://search.thompson-morgan.com/seeds/Tagetes%20Paprika
Nasturtium crimson emperor
http://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk/flowers/annual-seeds/nasturtium-crimson-emperor
cosmos polidor...this one doesn't get too big
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/flowers/flower-seeds/cosmos-seeds/cosmos-sulphureus-polidor/3474TM
and I will have one very large pot with mexican sunflowers in it, bees adore these but they can take over in my small garden so they stay in pots...I usually grow 'torch' but this year I'm going to try 'fiesta del sol'
http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item_1250q_tithonia_rotundifolia_fiesta_del_sol_seeds
sorry...not all the links work but you get the idea
Pam LL xxx
Verdun, I've now only gone and bought 3 convolvulus mauritanicus from per hills! That's the third lot of plants I've ordered online in 4days! Haha :P Oh really, luckily I have lots of fleece so protecting it won't be a problem
Cherrypeabrain, thankyou for the compliment and definitely the post too. After I've finished setting up the pots Verdun suggested, I may have to treat myself to a few more and steal your planting ideas too. You guys encouraging me and giving me ideas is gonna make me bankrupt! :P Bet your pots look fab, so can't wait to do it for myself
And that's great, if that needed protecting aswell I would probably forget, my memory can only hold one thing at a time :P
And I will definitely be posting pics of them, and will make sure I get the best out of them...to do that, shall I feed them?