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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2008 12:36:10 GMT
Hi all - I sowed these around this time last year, and now they're about ready to flower. My question is - are they true biennials, or perennials grown as biennials (like hollyhocks)? I.e. is there any chance of their surviving into next year, or do I need to sow them again now? ... cheers ...
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Post by beanie on May 22, 2008 18:22:42 GMT
hi C.C. i found a web page where the writer said that he'd managed to get them to flower for an extra year, but on the whole he had to replace them with new plants.
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Post by Shrubrose on May 22, 2008 18:32:21 GMT
Hi all - I sowed these around this time last year, and now they're about ready to flower. My question is - are they true biennials, or perennials grown as biennials (like hollyhocks)? I.e. is there any chance of their surviving into next year, or do I need to sow them again now? ... cheers ... Hi CC! I've had these for about four years now and they come back every year. I've never had to resow, plus they have seeded themselves about a bit too. They're in a fairly shady, dryish spot in an east facing area of the garden.  |
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Post by Tig on May 22, 2008 18:48:11 GMT
I have never managed to get more than one years flowering out of mine, which are in a dry, sunny border, but they do self seed very nicely.
Tig
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2008 15:48:54 GMT
Thanks all - I'll wait and see what happens ;D ... cheers ...
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Post by Barbara on Jun 11, 2008 7:28:10 GMT
did your canterbury bells come back CC. my white ones have been coming back now for about 5 years, and this year i have just found a blue one B |
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Post by Shrubrose on Jun 11, 2008 16:47:16 GMT
I have the white ones too Barbara - they're lovely aren't they and very prolific! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 12:21:08 GMT
Too early to know whether they'll come back, Barbara, but they are gorgeous - purple and pink, double and single, mixed in with a few foxgloves - will take pics tomorrow. I also have a couple of perennial Campanulas which I bought at a garden show a while back - Campanula Punctata and another one with deep purple single bells, both of which I divided before planting out .... so next year will hopefully have even more! Oh, for a bigger garden ;D
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