What Flower seeds are you sowing now

[Ladygardener]

That's a long list PJ, hope they do well for you.
My Spanish stock, Spanish morning glory, Basil and Double cornflowers sown on 18/4 have all started germinating today out in the mini greenhouse.

[Jasmine]

I have 2 tiny penstemon blue spring babies . Still nothing from the hellebore Mrs Betty Ranicar and 1 hibiscus galaxy. None of the splish splash are showing yet but LG's stock are just beginning to sprout.

[Ladygardener]

Good news about your penstemons Jasmine, I hobbled out to the covered back yard to check mine and there are tiny tiny sprouts coming. I'll be pleased if I even get a few of them. ;D

[Jasmine]

That's brilliant LG (not the hobbling bit the tiny sprouts . All 6 that I sowed have come up and your Spanish Stock are coming up well too!

[beanie]

so far all the seeds from my last order have germinated except the Lysmachia but it's early days, they've only been in a week.

[Jasmine]

I've got 5 penstemon blue spring and 1 geranium splish splash. Was quite surprised to see the splish splash.

[Tig]

Well done Jas ;D I am still waiting for the penstemon, I may have accidentally drowned them

x Tig

[Jasmine]

I might still need the mystery plan to get the other 5 going Tig. I was amazed to see the one but now I want to know where the other ones are! ;D We're never happy are we? ;D
Your penstemon will be a few days behind mine so fingers crossed they have done their level 1 life saving!

[Tig]

The rose came off the mini-watering can when I was just damping them, whooooooooosh .. Followed by a few choice words I can't repeat on here ...

x Tig

[Jasmine]

Oh dear, they might need their level 2 life saving then. ;D

[Ladygardener]

Very well done getting your splish splash to germinate Jasmine, for sure I have penstemon coming and I'm delighted thanks again. I'd say we're looking at next year for flowers would you say too?

[Jasmine]

I think we might have to wait until next year...but won't we feel proud if we get to a flowering plant from those tiny seeds?

[Ladygardener]

Absolutely, but they are tiny are'nt they. Mind you I thought the same about the (Anthrianium) sp and you should see them now. All pricked out and very healthy. I gave a tray of them to my son in law at the weekend and still have dozens left. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif

[Tig]

I'm glad you said they are tiny LG - I thought it was a speck of dirt on my glasses!! I think I have action - might need to get the magnifying glass out

x Tig

[Jasmine]

...that means yours can swim Tig! ;D

[Tig]

Perhaps mine are aquatic penstemon - hmmm blue springs

I have germination on some 'mystery' seeds today - not a clue what they are, they just jumped in my pocket after a visit somewhere last year??

x Tig

[Ladygardener]

Oh I have one little something like that Tig, I think it's a guem (sp) I must post a pic of it now that it's gotten a couple of leaves to see if anyone can identify it. It's been looked after since it came home from a park with me last autumn. ;D

[4pygmies]

I'm terrible at losing labels on seed trays so I use this site for trying to work out what's what! ;D It might help.....

theseedsite.co.uk/

[Ladygardener]

Oh yes 4P I forgot about that site, thanks for reminding me.

[andy]

Please don't shout at me.....but im already thinking about which seeds to sow for winter bedding !!!!

I don't usually do winter bedding but im going to be very colour co-ordinated this year with each individual tub having two different colours eg blue myosotis and red tulips, Yellow polys and pink hyacinths, red pansies and white tulips and blue myosotis and orange tulips.

Getting excited already and i haven't even planted my summer stuff

[Tig]

Forward planning is good Andy, I shall look forward to seeing photos of the results (if you don't forget about it in the meantime )

Seems ages since you posted any photos

x Tig

[Jasmine]

How are your hellebore seeds doing Tig? Are you going to refridgerate them yet or are you going to leave them for a bit longer? They are the only seeds I am not having any luck with at all.

[oldmoleskins]

May 9, 2009 6:59:41 GMT 4pygmies said:

I'm terrible at losing labels on seed trays so I use this site for trying to work out what's what! ;D It might help.....

theseedsite.co.uk/

What a brilliant resource you've discovered 4P - it would have helped no-end during the Great Mexican Sunflower Seed Debate of 2008 and has been bookmarked for other mysteries!

OM.

[Tig]

May 9, 2009 19:51:22 GMT Jasmine said:

How are your hellebore seeds doing Tig? Are you going to refridgerate them yet or are you going to leave them for a bit longer? They are the only seeds I am not having any luck with at all.

No sign of anything yet Jas, however I only sowed them on the 21/04 so I am not expecting anything yet, 29 days for 'summer' germination is the shortest period I can find, but on the other side the longest is 373 days - think we may need a lot of patience with them

x Tig

[Jasmine]

That's a very long time. I'm up to about 28 days at the moment, will have to cross my fingers.

[Auricula]

Must get some echium seeds - no seedlings for sale anywhere locally, due to the bad weather in February, so I think it will be a good opportunity to try out a variety of types and see what happens

[Ladygardener]

Well today I made a little window trough of things I've grown from cuttings and seeds, nothing spectacular just primula(from seed), fuscia (cuttings from last autumn)Pelagonium(cuttings from last year) some variagated ivy (cutting) Antheranium (sp) (from seed)and I' e sprinkled some night scented and virginia stock mixed seeds in the bare places. It was the first time I've been able to do anything at all in the garden and it felt so good. I also sprinkled some night scented stock seeds into the big tub with the lavender. It's so good after so long to be able to do something. ;D

[Jasmine]

What lavender do you grow in the tub LG - I am thinking of planting some under my olive tree which is in a big tub.

[Ladygardener]

Hi Jasmine, I grow a couple of different types of lavender. The one in the tub by the door is Munstead as far as I remember, I've had it for a few years and almost threw it out last year as it had'nt done well for the past couple of years. I cut it back even harder than usual and now it's absolutely terrific. Really good size too. The best it's ever been and full of flower buds. I also have one of the french lavenders with the little ears and it's a great lavender. They say they're not really hardy in the UK but they've survived for years our winters here in NI. It's in a pot sunk into the ground. I'm also growing dwarf munstead which I sowed last year and am hoping they too flower this year.

[Ladygardener]

I wonder what folks are sowing at the moment? It comes to this time of year and I'm itching to get sowing again. The last seeds I sowed were at the beginning of june and were salad and rocket crops, they've all germinated. Oh and the night scented stock and virginia stock which I scattered in may has germinated, hopefully that will fill a few bare patches and give a nice scent too. Also at the beginning of june I sowed some of the 10 week stock seeds I'd bought in spain. It's germinated well too.
What's everyone else sowing now then.