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Post by Tig on Jul 22, 2011 18:52:33 GMT
I have areas of the garden that always have self-sown seeds coming up year after year. The ones which do best for me are poppies, nigella, calendula and candy tuft. Despite the harsh winter they have all come through and put on a splendid display of colour this year. The night phlox, Midnight Candy, is grown in a container and that too has self-seeded well and filled the pot again this year. As do these, Mimulus - a carpet of colour ....       Not bad for freebies are they  Wallflowers and foxgloves are also happy to spread themselves around the garden and are easy to spot and remove the ones that are not where you want them. Anyone else got any favourites that come back regularly? x Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 22, 2011 19:05:40 GMT
Verbena bonariensis - I can't grow it from seed but it shoots up all over the garden and now it's spread to the playing fields too! It looks good with the ragwort!
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Post by Barbara on Jul 22, 2011 19:15:17 GMT
I love my poppies, and jap anenome self seeds too, and nastursiums do too, my thrift has self seeded in the front garden I now have 5 plants and my sysirinchium has spread all over by itself.
They are all welcome here.
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Post by Tig on Jul 22, 2011 22:25:16 GMT
I've never had any verbena bonariensis self-seed  But I do get nasturtiums coming up again, thanks for the reminder Barbara! x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 23, 2011 4:55:04 GMT
Very little self seeds in my garden because there is'nt room and the soil gets moved around a lot in the autumn when I'm tidying up. This year however I had Cerinthe self seed and come through the winter. I think they survived because they were at the back of the border beside the wall. I'd be delighted if they did it again this year.  I get Aqualegia self seeding in the bottom border sometimes. |
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Post by Chuckles on Jul 23, 2011 7:29:23 GMT
I'm mostly the same as you LG "there isn't room", well there is but once everything thats established gets going most get suffocated so very little survives Aqualegia (perennial) seem to survive but get pulled out and another plant that grows 3-4' has narrow leaves and has spikes of tiny little flowers in pink or purple at the top. Thankfully I do get the orange and yellow poppies, forget me nots and a few foxgloves appear, they are allowed and the occasional Hollyhock and Evening Primrose. I'd love Verbena bonariensis to self seed. Just remembered I do get a few Nasturtiums |
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Post by carolann on Jul 23, 2011 8:31:57 GMT
I have a few Nasturtiums but I tend to pull them up and re-plant somewhere else which is good, I do have a few Candytufts and Calendula plants which have self seeded as for my Minulus I think only one plant has come back after last Winter. The Viola seem to pop up everywhere (sorry thats a Perennial)
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Post by andy on Jul 23, 2011 8:55:18 GMT
Cowslips....bloody cowslips. They come up everywhere and i end up spraying or strimming most of them off.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 23, 2011 9:26:20 GMT
I'd forgotten about forget me not's they do self seed along the edges of the beds mostly and I would keep some of them but I move them too. Last year I got some lovely Digitalis and they're just finishing blooming now. I've got more already on the go for next year. |
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Post by Auricula on Jul 24, 2011 9:49:53 GMT
The only things I ever get to self seed are forget me nots, nastutiums and alchimella mollis.I want poppies, nigella and aquilegias - but I think the winter soil is too wet for them to cope with  |
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Post by Tig on Jul 24, 2011 23:16:30 GMT
Mine is very wet over winter and yet all those pop up, you probably do too much 'weeding'  x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on Jul 25, 2011 8:55:10 GMT
I probably can't tell "weeds" from seedlings  ;D ;D |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 25, 2011 17:18:01 GMT
You see I'm like that too, if I don't recognise it or can't remember planting it I whip it out. I keep telling myself to leave things to grow and see what they develop into but of course I don't.  |
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Post by Tig on Jul 25, 2011 19:03:36 GMT
I've got much better at leaving things to grow, and the 'show us your seedlings' thread has helped me recall what they look like as babies too I used to keep hoeing and raking through the borders in spring, but there isn't enough room to do that now, so I tend to be on my hands and knees weeding and can see things better. I also know what all my 'regular' weed seedlings look like, but, if in doubt - check it out ;D x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on Jul 25, 2011 19:06:35 GMT
I did that to one seedling and....it was......a HUGE dock!!!  |
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Post by totp on Jul 25, 2011 20:29:08 GMT
I get lots of aquilegias which is great cos I love them. Foxgloves quite a lot as well. I had nasturtiums last year but not this. Makes up for all the seeds I sow and don't grow
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But I do get nasturtiums coming up again, thanks for the reminder Barbara! 
I get Aqualegia self seeding in the bottom border sometimes.
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