@Fairygirl - I don't think they like transplanting no. Any time I've tried direct sowing I've never had much joy (possibly the weather in North West) The one's I've sown into my 49-way propagators have 4 per cell, so hopefully some will come up!
@philippa smith2 - It's because I was putting them into compact propagators, each hole is only about 1" across so you end up lowering the plant into a hole about a pencil's diameter, then packing soil around it. With hindsight I should have sown this variety in these to start.
@nutcutlet - Not sure, I'd hoped the Biannual but I can't collect any seeds as I don't know where it grows. I got it to replace Borage which I found a bit cumbersome and floppy although the bees loved it.
@Grannybee - Will blue bedder have the same nectar/pollen qualities as the wild flower do you know? Or has it been bred to look pretty to us humans?
@hollie hock - No probs, I may look for Blue Bedder as a backup, Ta!
TTwitch - weather and area you're in is often a big factor. I don't sow very much indoors because I can't get them outside as early as folk further south, and things are often hit by cold, wet weather and they just stall. Direct sowings will frequently catch up
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I grew Blue Bedder a couple of years ago. Sowed them into small pots and planted them out keeping the compost and roots as intact as possible. They were lovely, very successful but didn't last into late summer like other bedding plants. Can't get the seeds here in France, I bought them in the UK. Vipers Bugloss grows wild here, very pretty.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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@Fairygirl - I don't think they like transplanting no. Any time I've tried direct sowing I've never had much joy (possibly the weather in North West) The one's I've sown into my 49-way propagators have 4 per cell, so hopefully some will come up!
@philippa smith2 - It's because I was putting them into compact propagators, each hole is only about 1" across so you end up lowering the plant into a hole about a pencil's diameter, then packing soil around it. With hindsight I should have sown this variety in these to start.
@nutcutlet - Not sure, I'd hoped the Biannual but I can't collect any seeds as I don't know where it grows. I got it to replace Borage which I found a bit cumbersome and floppy although the bees loved it.
@Grannybee - Will blue bedder have the same nectar/pollen qualities as the wild flower do you know? Or has it been bred to look pretty to us humans?
@hollie hock - No probs, I may look for Blue Bedder as a backup, Ta!
TTwitch - weather and area you're in is often a big factor. I don't sow very much indoors because I can't get them outside as early as folk further south, and things are often hit by cold, wet weather and they just stall. Direct sowings will frequently catch up
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I grew Blue Bedder a couple of years ago. Sowed them into small pots and planted them out keeping the compost and roots as intact as possible. They were lovely, very successful but didn't last into late summer like other bedding plants. Can't get the seeds here in France, I bought them in the UK. Vipers Bugloss grows wild here, very pretty.
Best thing is if you are growing wildflowers in pots is to use coir pots, then plant the whole thing in the ground. Nothing gets disturbed that way.
Does anyone know if you're supposed to pinch out the tips of the blue bedder type?
are they as painful to deal with as the wild ones?
In the sticks near Peterborough