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Saint or sinner?.....don't like annuals

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,977

    Stirring up trouble Verdun? Shame on you!!

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,034

    Verdun I am horrified [ well mildly surprised ]. I am not sure how I would manage without; opium poppies, calendula, cornflowers, nigella, rudbeckia, orach, nicandra to name but a few. They link my perennials together bring months of colour and are often loved by insects.

    May you be burnt at the stake as a heretic [ joke, just in case I am blackballed from the site ]

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,977

    Hear, hear puncdoc. I so agree with you.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • My garden would be a sorry sight without annuals - it's our first year in a grass rectangle. We haven't decided on many permanent plants, so for this year at least it's a glorious jumble of flowers and the odd veg. I may leave it that way - I like sowing seeds image

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,977

    But I am nice Verdun, at least I think so!imageimage Aren't all gardeners nice?

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • figratfigrat Posts: 1,619

    I wouldn't be without them. I have waves of self seeded annuals - forget me nots, escholzia, nigella, orach, opium poppies,nasturtiums and limnanthes. I just thin them out or pull up the ones I don't want.

    I sow cosmos, calendula and tagetes...and of course the queen of the lot, sweet peas.

  • SalinoSalino Posts: 1,609

    ...I'm very fond of annuals, all bright and cheerful. and I like something new and fresh every year.... the sort of thing one might have done with boyfriends... when young..

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,977

    I didn't agree with the "burnt at the stake" bit, but that was a joke! In fact, only just noticed that bit!!

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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