Cool Flowers | Hardy Annual Seed Sowing In August and September
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2022
- Sow hardy annual seeds also known as cool flowers now for earlier, bigger flowers next year.
After 8 years of flower growing seasons one of the biggest things I have learned is that sowing hardy annual seeds now really pays off the following year. Sowing them now means that you get flowers earlier, sometimes as much as a month. You get bigger plants with more flowers on sturdier stems so better for flower arranging. Plus they keep flowering for a long time period. It is probably the most important time of year to sow flower seeds.
Here are some seeds that I sow in autumn and get great results for flowers in late May and June the following year:
Daucus
Cornflowers
Cerinthe
Corncockles
Calendula
Nigella
Ammi majus
Snapdragons
Phacelia
Orlaya
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Girl, you have the most underrated flower farming channel on RUclips! I'm watching you from New York. I love how you tell us what you are doing while offering advice, but you're not too "teachy". I think that's because you mostly explain YOUR experiences with the flowers and plants instead of always telling the viewers what to do. Some people sound condescending when they try to instruct but not all of us are beginners in every area of our trade. Some of us have been gardening our whole lives and don't need to know the basics from a beginner. What you do, you do very well! Yes, we all have successes and failures but I feel confident taking your advice Everything looks gorgeous and you speak with confidence. You know what your'e doing! You have a talent for what you do and I can't wait to watch your business and your channel grow! If you need anything from the States, hit me up! I'd love to send you a package of some items you can't get there. I have a nice seed collection and order from multiple sources. Please, I mean that! I can at least try!
Hello Adrienne, thanks so much for watching, it’s great to have you watching from New York. And a big thanks too for your lovely feedback 😊 I am really enjoying growing my channel and finding out about other peoples experiences of growing flowers in different climates. I am all self taught as a flower grower so definitely not an expert but I love sharing what has worked or not worked for me over the different seasons here in the Scottish Borders. I am always up for trying new seeds too and learning with new varieties! Happy growing and I hope you enjoy following along with my flower growing journey, which this week involves a lot of weeding! x
Nice 👍👍
Thank you 😊
Great video so helpful! Thanks!
Thanks so much for watching, I am really
glad you enjoyed the video 😊
Very informative, thank you
Thanks for watching Lisa 😊
Excellent information, thanks very much.
Thanks so much Ingrid, I’m glad you found it helpful, happy growing 🌱
Great rips. Thank you very much
Thanks so much for watching.
Thanks for this educational video!
Thanks Sunny, I hope you found it helpful for growing seeds for next year. Happy growing 🌱
Really amazing how flowers can be sown before winter to get the head start. Thank you for the informative video.
Thanks for watching 😊 I am always amazed at the difference in the plants from an autumn sowing and if you can fit in some time to sow seeds now and get them through the winter it really is worth it.
Super informative Catherine thank you, a joy to watch.
Thanks so much Susan x
Excellent advice, thank you 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
Thanks very much for watching. I am glad you enjoyed it.
That was so helpful, thank you
Thanks so much for watching 😊 I am glad it helped you with some ideas for sowing cool flowers just now.
I love love loved this video of your fall sowing for earlier flowers. I'm working on this same thing, so it was a huge help to see yours. Thank you!
Hi Crystal, thanks so much for watching! I am glad you found the info helpful and good luck with your autumn sown seeds. I will do another video in a few weeks following up on how mine are getting on x
Apologies. You answered my question right at the end of the video. Hope they succeed for you. I had great results and a long season from Rudbeckia this year sown in March, but I live much further south in England so perhaps they grow faster.
I think it depends on the kind of spring we are having. This year our spring was very cold and I think things just did not get off to a good start growing. I will have to let you all know how I get on with the rudbeckia and see the difference between autumn sown and spring sown in a video next year.
Following your advice and trying my hand at autumn sowing, thank you.
Thanks very much for watching. Good luck with the seed sowing. I must get some more started too, nigella and orlaya today.
Thank you for sharing, lots of useful information not sown hardy annuals in aug/sept before can't wait to get started and see how it goes.
Thanks for watching Gina. Good luck growing some hardy annuals just now and I hope you get lots of lovely early flowers next year.
Love watching your videos, I'm new to growing cut flowers from seed. I didn't know you could sow them at this time of the year, so looking forward if the ones I seeded yesterday after watching this video.
Thank you.
Thanks so much for watching June. I hope you get on really well with the seeds you have sown this week and get lots of lovely flowers next year.
Awesome video, thank you! I wonder if you edit the title to add 'hardy annuals' and 'cool flowers' more people will be able to find it. This is a very popular subject at least here in the U.S. right now. 🌻
Hello, thanks so much for watching 😊 That is really helpful advice thank you as it is really hard to get your videos seen and a good title might make a difference. Will go and update it this morning.
Really timely video. My greenhouse is too small to overwinter so I had already decided to direct sow some hardy annuals. If they fail then I can revert to plan B and sow in spring in the greenhouse! This was my first year of trying to sow some flowers. Of course, in my eagerness I started too early but had moderate success and learned some lessons along the way.
I hope you get on well with the direct seed sowing and they come through the winter for you. It is always really tempting to sow seeds too early in the new year but I am glad you had some success. What flowered well for you? Have you any flowers you are really keen to succeed with next year? Happy growing 🌱
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm thanks for taking the time to reply. Eventually! Mallow, snapdragons (really pleased about this), cornflowers. Gladioli were very disappointing, usually they just do their thing but not this year. I am keen to have another go at Runuculus. It was too cool and wet in the spring for them and then too hot! I have collected the corms and will try again next year. Love the videos. Best wishes.
I’m in the central belt and have never tried this and was wondering how everyone had such stronger gyp! And ammi majus it never dawned on me thank you so much!! 🌺🌸🌺
Thanks Christine. I hope you give it a try growing some seeds now and get lots of lovely large blooms next year x
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm certainly will thank you 🌺🌸🌺
I have sow sweetpeas in autumn previously with good success. You have inspired me to sow a greater selection and over winter in the greenhouse. Have you considered soil blocks. I have had great success with early spring sowing which I'm going to sow so Sept 23.
Hello and thanks for watching. Yes sweet peas can very successful from an autumn sowing with much earlier flowers the following year. That’s good to know you have got on well with the soil blocks. It is something I have not tried but other growers do seem to like them. What mix of soil do you use? Do you make your own mix for them?
Your videos are so helpful! Thank you! How did you get into growing flowers and how did you learn so much about it? I normally grow vegetables in my garden but I'm really trying to grow more flowers for cutting. I actually just started doing this mostly from seed this last spring so I'm still learning. And I did find out that the snapdragons do take a long time to bloom but they are beautiful when they do! And that you need to give them some kind of support or they will fall over 😊
Thanks for watching Teresa. Snapdragons are beautiful and my autumn sown ones always are the best of the ones I grow. I got into growing flowers by accident really! I was a renal dietitian in the NHS and then my husband got relocated with his job to Scotland. I had my girls and was a stay at home mum and then we bought an old house with an acre of land. It was a big garden but with no flowers and I loved flowers so I started to digging it up and growing. No knowledge whatsoever! After a few disasters I started reading as much as I could, I love books! and I started to teach myself to grow. I thought in October I might do a video on my favourite books that I have learned about flower growing from x
Always look forward to watching your very-informative videos. Im just wondering if I could use seeds that are formed this year?
Hi, thanks for watching Linh. Yes I use seeds that are formed this year to grow with. They normally do really well with good germination rates.
ANother really helpful video, thank you! I was wondering is there benefits from using vermiculite? Why is it your preference? Thanks so much!
Hi Patience, thanks so much for watching. I like vermiculite as it is not as heavy as putting compost on top so I feel it’s easier for seeds to germinate and some seeds like a bit of light to germinate too so the vermiculite lets that through more than a layer of compost would. If it is a seed that prefers dark to germinate I will put seed compost on instead.
Love your informative videos. Do you find vermiculite better to cover seeds than seed raising mix?
Thanks so much for watching. I do find vermiculite better for covering seeds in most circumstances. I feel it’s lighter so allows some light through and easier for seeds germinating. Also less damping off in winter/early spring. I would use seed compost instead though when a seed prefers to germinate in darkness.
This is a really helpful video, and has inspired me to sow some seeds now. You mentioned Rudbeckia but it didn’t appear on your list. Is Rudbeckia one you’ve had success with from sowing now?
Hello, thanks so much for watching. I must add rudbeckia to the list as I missed that off accidentally. Yes I do have success sowing it now. I just find it very slow to grow from seed in the early spring so I get a head start sowing it now for a stronger plant.
Thanks Catherine. I'm definitely going to try your early sowing method but I worry about energy costs. I don't have fancy heating lights or trays, but I have a greenhouse. Would it be ok to bring them in the house if the temp drastically drops?
Hi Kim, thanks for watching this week. That is a very good question as we are all worried about energy bills at the moment. Sowing hardy seeds now actually really helps with this as you need no propagators or lights to get them germinating at this time of year whereas in late winter we will need those things. I have an unheated greenhouse and my seedlings survive just fine. Anytime the weather is forecast below freezing I just lay some horticulture fleece over the seedlings and then take it off when the temps rise. I also have taken my seedlings in the house before for short periods when my greenhouse turns into my Christmas shop. The main thing to do if you are taking them in the house is put them in an unheated room with lots of light and only for shorts periods during a really cold spell. If you out them in a heated room or one with little light they will get really leggy and also could go into shock when put back out in the greenhouse.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Your quick reply is much appreciated, especially the bit about putting the plants in an unheated space. Thankyou 🙂
What USDA Zone would you be similar to?
Hi Thanks for watching. We are in zone 8b here in the Scottish Borders.
If we sow them in situ outside, will they die in the frost?
Thanks for watching 😊 Hardy annuals can cope with a little cold weather and slight frost. They will look a bit ragged but come spring will put on lots of lovely new growth because of the great root system you have developed underneath the soil. But if you have a hard winter with lots of below freezing weather you could lose them. To help with this you can put floating row cover/fleece over them in very cold spells.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm brilliant, thank you for the in depth advice. Will sow some and try! Really appreciate it xx
Generally what kills them is the wet more than the cold.
What’s the zone?
Hi, thanks for watching. We are in zone 8b in the Scottish Borders.
A great video to encourage fall sowing. Many people think seed sowing is over for the season. The 2 books by Lisa Mason Ziegler regarding cool flowers are my bibles. “Cool Flowers” and “Vegetables Love Flowers”. The take home message for me was that which cool flowers work for you are very dependent on your growing zone.
Hi thanks for watching 🙂 it is such a good thing when you realise you can sow seeds now and gives such a good head start on flowers next year. I really enjoyed the ‘cool flowers’ book but hadn’t seen the other ‘vegetables love flowers’. That looks a really interesting read too.