Now that I have made final plans as to what goes where in the vegetable beds, I have started fretting about flower borders. I’ll grow the usual suspects amongst the vegetable beds: nasturtiums (I always grow those, my wee sister is called Capucine, which is nasturtium in French), poached egg plants and marigolds to attract butterflies and hoverflies. And sweet peas will cover the unsightly metal fence at the bottom of the plot. But I have a newly cleared long border which I would like to use for growing flowers for cutting – I normally grow sunflowers and I have seen some gladioli in Poundland (30 bulbs for £1!!) but I am uncharacteristically lacking in inspiration. I would prefer to grow perennials but will probably mix in a few annuals. What are your personal favourites? Any suggestions for a sunny border and clay soil? Please feel free to inundate my comment box!
Wednesday 13 February 2008
Cut flowers
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I've been thinking about carnations, cornflowers, lupins, and a few varieties of sweet pea. I've also got some Honesty seeds from a friend of my Mum's.
I got a bit sick of the two varieties of sweet pea last year, it was all we had in vases last year and, pretty as they were, I could do with a bit of variety.
My favourites are tulips and lillies. I've never really grown many flowers but I'm giving it a go this year and I've ordered some fiery orange lillies - I can't wait to see them! I do grow a lot of annuals, like cornflowers, poppies, calendula, sweet peas, sunflowers; anything that attracts the insects! Creeping thyme is a good one for filling in the gaps too.
Thanks for finding my blog. Loving yours too!
Ooh, and some really unusual pansies from Suttons!
Dahlias are a favourite of mine the big cactus ones! Some say you should lift the tubers to over winter but you can leave them in the ground just protect from the frost (mulch)Just having 3 stems in a vase looks stunning...
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