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Honesty flowers
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Honesty planted last year is in flower - although my mother grew them I had never noticed the flowers before - they are quite small but a nice pink colour.
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That's quite early for honesty. I have a few tiny flowers on tiny plants that probably won't go any further but the main flowering is a long way off.
Maybe you'll get this later
In the sticks near Peterborough
Wow! They look lovely, a bit early though. When was the seed sown? We had some white ones with a white varigation on the leaves in the farm garden last year. I sowed some of the seeds but nothing germinated. I hope we get some more this year.
The seed heads make good Christmas decorations. (Sorry to have to mention that word in March
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What a stunning display - assuming they are not in your garden - but I wouldn't mind a clump like that nutcutlet. Yes, I thought it was an early flower - there are a couple of clusters of buds which will probably flower in a week or two depending on our weather. Yes Marygold I do intend on keeping some of the seed heads for a display or as my husband says a dust collector!
Don't forget to let them seed, they're biennials and will die after flowering. You'll have lots more in the future
Yes they are (were) mine GD
In the sticks near Peterborough
What a beautiful, natural garden you have nutcutlet - it must be a haven for wildlife and any visiting children to enjoy.
Grew honesty chedwyn from seed last year and allowed them to go to seed in the garden so hoping they will reappear this year.
Lots of wildlife here GD
In the sticks near Peterborough
I've been lucky enough to visit Nut's garden several times - it truly is a magical place
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you Dove
In the sticks near Peterborough
I can't get them to grow in my garden even though I see them all around self-sown in verges and pavement cracks. Last year I tried starting them inside and planting out but they didn't last long. (Slugs I think.) I will try again. I probably didn't let them get big/strong enough before planting out. They can't be that hard. Nature doesn't seem to have any problems with them! I don't like the leaves but the flowers and seed pods are so pretty.