This is all so true ❤ Autumn absolutely feels like a start, I plan my garden, the wild flowers self seed, I help them self seed and so the deep rest can settle in.
Hi Erica, I grew two varieties of aquilegia years ago and because of cross pollinations I have ended up with about 10 different varieties now.. I find that aquilegias need the least care and stay green for the longest time. They are of course perennials.
Really nice video I have already started hollyhocks, lupins, foxgloves, canterbury bells in July. They are ready now to be planted outside. It's fun time to see these seeds and many people don't have the idea that they can start perennial plants so easily from seeds instead of buying them.
Yes, I will be able to save these seeds going forward, thank you for watching. I can't wait to see these grow and flower next year. Sorry for the late reply, I am getting so far behind with my comments.
Foxgloves are amazingly easy to get going, will be covered in bees and provide you with thousands of seeds so they would be my top choice. There is a book called Success with Seeds that gives good advice on planting flower seeds.....
That's a great cold frame you have. That's given me ideas. Your labelling did look a little haphazard ; I hope you don't lose them.Nice video from a confessed amateur.Oh dear I've just noticed I'm two years late.
Good luck with the flower seeds, once you have aquilegia and holly hocks growing they will self seed. I save lots of seeds, vegetables and flowers , and we have a little seed swap box going on in our library, people can bring and swap or take for a donation to library funds .
Great choice of bulky perennials Erica. I sowed Lupins in March and planted them out in June and some of them are flowering now! You will have a lovely cottage garden in no time 😊
Hi Erica, I sowed some Aquilegia a few weeks ago and with a very good success rate by just scattering them on the surface of the compost and lightly watering regularly .... Thanks for another video!
I will be trawling through my flower seeds today after watching this. Nice change from sowing veg seeds.I have a narrow bed at tbe plot which I call my flower bed but this year it was left to go weedy..I hope to get it back to its former glory next year.
Lovely video Erica...you asked for ideas...try autumn sown sweet peas, they are stronger than spring sown ones and always come up (you can start them indoors between sheets of damp kitchen roll to be sure! That’s fun! And to stop labels fading, I’ve just heard that if you spray the labels with clear varnish on the marker pen writing, it works! Have yet to try myself....or use pencil, as ‘soft’ one, 2A, is best. Good luck
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden I never buy plant labels and instead cut strips from plastic milk bottles which do the job and use a fine permanent marker pen to weite names on the labels. I also use plastic milk bottles cut in half to start my autumn sowings, put them in the plastic mini greenhouse and just water now and again during winter. Usually get good results with plants ready to pot on.
Great video and it's excellent that Erica's growing plants for wildlife to encourage pollinators & predators of pests which help with pest control. I have a busy day tomorrow putting lime in my soil to reduce the ph from 7(neutral) to around 6.5-6.7 (alkaline).
although many gardeners have mentioned growing veg from seed, now, i've mentioned to them it is not about veg alone, well done, erica, you are the first i've found to cover the subject. we need to attract the predators..........................brian
Thank you for this video, you answered my question - I can now go ahead and plant my seeds in autumn. Lupins coincidentally I also bought them from The Range @ 49p. Nice informative video which is relevant to me as I live just over the border in the West Midlands region.
Rudbeckia, if my memory serves me correctly, can get to a sizable clump after a couple years. I really like them but I have to stick with food and medicinal plants for now. Holyhocks are edible!
Watched your video tonight and to go with your flowers try Calendula, they are so easy to grow and thanks for the info as I want to start early next year. I grew fox gloves early 2022 and had a fabulous setting this year.
one of my favourite flowers to sow at this time of year are different types of poppy. even from a young age, my daughter was mesmerised at the amount of bees that regularly visited the plants. sweet peas are also a " must " for me. i found aquilegias are buggers to grow from seed yet the seeds readily germinate from seed dropped from the plant. it must be the winter stratification in the soil........................brian
Oh nice I am making a herb and flower bed specifically for pollinators next year. I am also doing bee balm they self seed like crazy and the columbine ask neighbour for seeds they are easy to collect. Looking forward to seeing your flowers next year 🇨🇦🙏🥬☮️🌶🌻🌻🌻
I have had an amazing success this year with a £1.99 packet of mixed bedding dahlias. Dwarf rudbeckias also good but no luck with poppies down in modules
Hello Erica, I too am going to be planting more flowers next year too, I sowed a lot of Dahlia seeds in 30 ltr tubs this year & they've been absolutely fantastic, I've bought a variety of British wild flower seeds to sow for next year & one particular favourite is Dark Mullein verbascum nigrum. Thanks for the tip about sowing bi-annual seeds in Autumn I didn't know that. I believe a trip is on the cards to Wilkco's as they are having a sale on seeds/bulbs, I shall be getting my onion sets if there are any left. Great video thank you.
Erica I've never grown anything from seed but earlier this year, couldn't get to the garden centre because of the C-word(!) and then remembered I'd saved a few free packets of seeds from gardening magazines a month or so earlier. One of them was rudbeckias so I gave them a try, just by sprinkling them where I wanted them. They are beautiful, yellow outside with a reddy-brown centre. I'm assuming they're perennials so I'll just keep them till next year and see what happens. Someone also suggested sewing sunflower seeds from wild bird seed - so I tried that and they were beautiful, not big and didn't really last long but all these things were so useful when I couldn't get to a garden centre. Thank you for this video, I've just subscribed.
Thank you its now November and lm sowing my seeds as lve just got my compost but l have a poly and greenhouse so lets hope some come though including sweetpeas
Bulb by Anna Pavord is a really nice book. Obviously not about seeds but a great book for a collection. I first heard about it from Ben Dark, the gardeners log podcast. Also highly recommended
Doing the same this year ... got so many packets of flower seeds. I bought a magazine sub 6 for£5 or similar & got like 20 packets plus... 🐝💐🌼 I struggle when it comes to watering tho. Usually too little followed by too much
Hi Erica -- just discovered your channel - I will be back for more. How did these seed sowings turn out ? How was your germination ? ....and have you planted any of them out by now ? Failures also helpful I want to know whether its worth trying again!-- I have always been unsuccessful as I usually forget about my seedlings once they come up over the winter and I don't have a cold frame or greenhouse -- so thinking of getting one of those types of frames like you have. I live in central scotland, fairly sheltered so maybe similar to your climate in Wales. Did you do a follow up video on this -- if so have looked all through your channel and can't find it! Thanks
Hi Susan, I think I did do a video of where I potted them on but I can't find it to share the link. The Lupins did the best, they all grew well and flowered this summer but the other stuff got slugged.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden did they all survive till they were planted out ? I am such a novice and it always seems impossible to me that little plants can survive in an unheated cold frame in the depths of Jan and Feb -- do you need to harden them off before planting out ?
While watching your video - I was noticing all the hard work you put in renovation your patio area. Love the colour of the wall. The floor looks really clean to. You have created the perfect work area. - Well Done - Glad to see you using it so productively. I have a piece of ground behind the house that has wild lupins and fox gloves, which are self seeding now. not sure if I should go and borrow a few seeds or let them grow there and borrow a couple of small plants next spring.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden for an easy yet stunning plant, i just had 15ft tall Harlequin and Chocolat Helianthis ( sun flowers) that give so much insect food. Especially moths.
Great video Erica. You have inspired me. Once planted, how long did you leave your hardy annuals in the cold frame. Did you prick them out and re-pot them before planting out or did you just leave them in the seed trays/modules.
Thanks Erica - great video! I've been watching videos on Winter sowing and I'm going to give it a try this coming Jan, Feb, March Have you tried it? Bless you mxxx
Hi Erica. I planted my wild blue lupin seeds individually in those cell trays and they’re now producing their true leaves. Can I keep them in the cell or do I need to put them in a small pot?
I'm sure they will be fine, but I guess in an ideal world we should get them potted up into something a little bigger so they have room to spread out a bit before winter hits (if you're in the UK). Then they have room also when spring comes. They extra soil in the pot will also give them extra food. 🙂
Hi Erica! It would be lovely to see more autumn sowing videos. There is so little information and inspiration about that on youtube 🌸🙏
This is all so true ❤ Autumn absolutely feels like a start, I plan my garden, the wild flowers self seed, I help them self seed and so the deep rest can settle in.
You're a natural on video. I enjoyed it very much and wish I had seen you before now.
Hi Erica, I grew two varieties of aquilegia years ago and because of cross pollinations I have ended up with about 10 different varieties now.. I find that aquilegias need the least care and stay green for the longest time. They are of course perennials.
I love how they cross with each other, and yes they're so easy to grow and keep.
Really nice video
I have already started hollyhocks, lupins, foxgloves, canterbury bells in July. They are ready now to be planted outside. It's fun time to see these seeds and many people don't have the idea that they can start perennial plants so easily from seeds instead of buying them.
Yes, I will be able to save these seeds going forward, thank you for watching. I can't wait to see these grow and flower next year. Sorry for the late reply, I am getting so far behind with my comments.
I must send you my lupin seeds. In fact going to do it now Cheers Ray ✅🌸🥕
Thank you Ray!
Did you do a follow up of this video? Interested to see the outcome of your seeds ☺️
No but they're flowering now. 😊
love perennials on the plot
Me too, let's hop these grow really big.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden hope so
Foxgloves are amazingly easy to get going, will be covered in bees and provide you with thousands of seeds so they would be my top choice. There is a book called Success with Seeds that gives good advice on planting flower seeds.....
I just did an autumn sowing calendula and foxglove! Looking forward to having them in my garden next spring!
Ohh great idea. Hope they grow well, I love a foxglove.
How did they work out? Did they flower ? ☺️
Perfect video on sowing perennial flowers great video Erica.
Thank you Tony. 😃
Aquilegia! My State flower of Colorado! They’re beautiful. I planted some bare roots and they’re coming up great!!!
They are so pretty!
I am planning to have more flowers in the garden next spring. Enjoyed hearing about the seeds you started today. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Patricia, thank you. Don't think we can never have to many flowers.
I agree.
That's a great cold frame you have. That's given me ideas. Your labelling did look a little haphazard ; I hope you don't lose them.Nice video from a confessed amateur.Oh dear I've just noticed I'm two years late.
Very interesting thank you.... from cork ireland😃
Thanks for watching.
Good luck with the flower seeds, once you have aquilegia and holly hocks growing they will self seed. I save lots of seeds, vegetables and flowers , and we have a little seed swap box going on in our library, people can bring and swap or take for a donation to library funds .
I work in a library and a seed swap box is something I really want to get off the ground.
Great choice of bulky perennials Erica. I sowed Lupins in March and planted them out in June and some of them are flowering now! You will have a lovely cottage garden in no time 😊
That's very lucky to get flowers in the first year! 😍
Hi Erica, I sowed some Aquilegia a few weeks ago and with a very good success rate by just scattering them on the surface of the compost and lightly watering regularly .... Thanks for another video!
snapdragons, liatris spicata (gayfeather), moss rose (portulaca), saffron crocus, iris, hibiscus (rose of sharon) and violets
Had to pause the video and see if the neighbours cat was visiting again, thank god you said it was yours or I’d still be looking 😂
Hehe, nope it's just my noisy cat!
Good luck with your flowers, I been doing the same over the last couple of weeks.
Thanks so much! I had no idea I could get the flowerless season out of the way in the autumn- am so impatient!!
Yes you can, and it saves time! Thanks for watching! Sorry for the late reply! 😊
That’s great getting some flowers on the go . It’s all I have time for!
It's something I have wanted to do for ages... Finally getting round to it.
You video is very informative thank you I have learn a lot
I will be trawling through my flower seeds today after watching this. Nice change from sowing veg seeds.I have a narrow bed at tbe plot which I call my flower bed but this year it was left to go weedy..I hope to get it back to its former glory next year.
creating a flower haven at the plot is so good. Have you sown any seeds yet?
So sorry for the late reply.
Absolutely love growing sunflowers!
I haven't grown any this year.
Lovely video Erica...you asked for ideas...try autumn sown sweet peas, they are stronger than spring sown ones and always come up (you can start them indoors between sheets of damp kitchen roll to be sure! That’s fun! And to stop labels fading, I’ve just heard that if you spray the labels with clear varnish on the marker pen writing, it works! Have yet to try myself....or use pencil, as ‘soft’ one, 2A, is best. Good luck
Good shout! Thank you
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden I never buy plant labels and instead cut strips from plastic milk bottles which do the job and use a fine permanent marker pen to weite names on the labels. I also use plastic milk bottles cut in half to start my autumn sowings, put them in the plastic mini greenhouse and just water now and again during winter. Usually get good results with plants ready to pot on.
I must look at my flower seed collection to see what can be sown!
Yay, hope you find some nice seeds.
Great video and it's excellent that Erica's growing plants for wildlife to encourage pollinators & predators of pests which help with pest control. I have a busy day tomorrow putting lime in my soil to reduce the ph from 7(neutral) to around 6.5-6.7 (alkaline).
Nice, you sound like you're busy. Thank you for watching.
although many gardeners have mentioned growing veg from seed, now, i've mentioned to them it is not about veg alone, well done, erica, you are the first i've found to cover the subject. we need to attract the predators..........................brian
Thank you.
Thank you for this video, you answered my question - I can now go ahead and plant my seeds in autumn. Lupins coincidentally I also bought them from The Range @ 49p. Nice informative video which is relevant to me as I live just over the border in the West Midlands region.
Yes you can plant them now. 😃
Rudbeckia, if my memory serves me correctly, can get to a sizable clump after a couple years. I really like them but I have to stick with food and medicinal plants for now.
Holyhocks are edible!
Well last year my Rudbeckia completely died! Yes I have heard Hollyhock is edible. A little sprout.
Watched your video tonight and to go with your flowers try Calendula, they are so easy to grow and thanks for the info as I want to start early next year. I grew fox gloves early 2022 and had a fabulous setting this year.
Oh I love calendula!
I love ur videos and how REAL you are with life as well as gardening! 😁🌿
Thank you for the lovely comment but thanks for watching too!
one of my favourite flowers to sow at this time of year are different types of poppy. even from a young age, my daughter was mesmerised at the amount of bees that regularly visited the plants. sweet peas are also a " must " for me. i found aquilegias are buggers to grow from seed yet the seeds readily germinate from seed dropped from the plant. it must be the winter stratification in the soil........................brian
I have never had much luck with poppies, I will have to try harder next year.
If I were you I would write the names in chalk on the wood. Chalk can easily be removed
Yep, probably the best idea.
Some rudibeckia are annuals, others are perennials. Hirta are annual.
Thanks for watching. 😊
Thanks!
Thank you for watching
Grow zinnias! Stunning, colourful annuals. No effort and make the most wonderful cut flowers!
Yes, I grew those last year, the flowers are so interesting.
Oh nice I am making a herb and flower bed specifically for pollinators next year. I am also doing bee balm they self seed like crazy and the columbine ask neighbour for seeds they are easy to collect. Looking forward to seeing your flowers next year 🇨🇦🙏🥬☮️🌶🌻🌻🌻
Nice! I also picked up some herb seeds too.
I have had an amazing success this year with a £1.99 packet of mixed bedding dahlias. Dwarf rudbeckias also good but no luck with poppies down in modules
Sounds great, might have to have a go at Dahlias next year.
hi i sow my columbine this june, they have foliage now, ready for next year, hope u can try it next time. regards
Hello Erica, I too am going to be planting more flowers next year too, I sowed a lot of Dahlia seeds in 30 ltr tubs this year & they've been absolutely fantastic, I've bought a variety of British wild flower seeds to sow for next year & one particular favourite is Dark Mullein verbascum nigrum. Thanks for the tip about sowing bi-annual seeds in Autumn I didn't know that.
I believe a trip is on the cards to Wilkco's as they are having a sale on seeds/bulbs, I shall be getting my onion sets if there are any left. Great video thank you.
I always miss the seed sale at Wilko. Must have a look for some Dahlias next year. How they keep growing well.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden D'oh! I missed out too, I went into town this morning to Wilkco's & the shelves had been cleared out, Too late.
I'll have to look through my tin see what I have and get some sown. Think I have hollyhocks in pink I'll have to try. Hope the lupins come through 😁 x
The lupin seeds you gave me are doing so well! I will deffo have some for you.
I planted pansy seeds .. lovely little flowers
Lovely, when will they flower?
Erica I've never grown anything from seed but earlier this year, couldn't get to the garden centre because of the C-word(!) and then remembered I'd saved a few free packets of seeds from gardening magazines a month or so earlier. One of them was rudbeckias so I gave them a try, just by sprinkling them where I wanted them. They are beautiful, yellow outside with a reddy-brown centre. I'm assuming they're perennials so I'll just keep them till next year and see what happens. Someone also suggested sewing sunflower seeds from wild bird seed - so I tried that and they were beautiful, not big and didn't really last long but all these things were so useful when I couldn't get to a garden centre. Thank you for this video, I've just subscribed.
Sounds fabulous. Also it's so much cheaper and you can pick up rare and interesting types that aren't always available as small plants.
Thank you its now November and lm sowing my seeds as lve just got my compost but l have a poly and greenhouse so lets hope some come though including sweetpeas
Whoop whoop. I'm wishing them luck 🤞
Hopefully they germinate quickly for you. 😊
Bulb by Anna Pavord is a really nice book. Obviously not about seeds but a great book for a collection. I first heard about it from Ben Dark, the gardeners log podcast. Also highly recommended
I will have to take a look, thank you for the recomendations.
Doing the same this year ... got so many packets of flower seeds. I bought a magazine sub 6 for£5 or similar & got like 20 packets plus... 🐝💐🌼 I struggle when it comes to watering tho. Usually too little followed by too much
Haha, I never seem to get it right either.... Hehe, as long as some survive that's all I care about.
I wish i could get David to let me but i keep giving it a go
Keep trying. 😃
Hi Erica -- just discovered your channel - I will be back for more. How did these seed sowings turn out ? How was your germination ? ....and have you planted any of them out by now ? Failures also helpful I want to know whether its worth trying again!-- I have always been unsuccessful as I usually forget about my seedlings once they come up over the winter and I don't have a cold frame or greenhouse -- so thinking of getting one of those types of frames like you have. I live in central scotland, fairly sheltered so maybe similar to your climate in Wales. Did you do a follow up video on this -- if so have looked all through your channel and can't find it! Thanks
Hi Susan, I think I did do a video of where I potted them on but I can't find it to share the link. The Lupins did the best, they all grew well and flowered this summer but the other stuff got slugged.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden did they all survive till they were planted out ? I am such a novice and it always seems impossible to me that little plants can survive in an unheated cold frame in the depths of Jan and Feb -- do you need to harden them off before planting out ?
A great video keep up the great work
Loved your video Erica, I have just subscribed! Thank you.
Thank you. 😉
I've already sowed some seeds from flowers that have finished.. Rudbeckia, Foxgloves and Lavender. I must get some Lupins and find some space 😂
I love Lupins, so pretty.
While watching your video - I was noticing all the hard work you put in renovation your patio area. Love the colour of the wall. The floor looks really clean to. You have created the perfect work area. - Well Done - Glad to see you using it so productively.
I have a piece of ground behind the house that has wild lupins and fox gloves, which are self seeding now. not sure if I should go and borrow a few seeds or let them grow there and borrow a couple of small plants next spring.
I think that's ok to borrow a few. Thanks so much for the kind comments.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Spot on, due to common-law foraging-laws...:wink: :wink:
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Forgot to say - Sweet peas No1 for me...oh & Granny's Bonnets grow like weeds here. I'm forever pulling them out of the gravel paths 😄
Good planning 👌
Yes, I have thought about something at the right time for once.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden for an easy yet stunning plant, i just had 15ft tall Harlequin and Chocolat Helianthis ( sun flowers) that give so much insect food. Especially moths.
That sounds really interesting.😃
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden A must try plant with corn in front
Great idea... going to do this
Yay, hope yours grow well.
Great video Erica. You have inspired me. Once planted, how long did you leave your hardy annuals in the cold frame. Did you prick them out and re-pot them before planting out or did you just leave them in the seed trays/modules.
Hello, they got potted one once and then went out into the garden in early spring.
Great video Erica, I love hollyhocks and will be planting a few more seeds
And... you can eat Hollyhock heads, taste like little sprouts aparently.
hi, thx for ur videos, have u ever sow or try to plant lavatera? they germinate quiet easily. you can start sowing them in march.
No but I saw a plant the other day and I loved it!
Brilliant video 👌🏻
Thanks Jody 💗
Great thanks. Love your cold frames, where did you get them ?
I got them from Homebargains a few years ago. 😊
Gotta have some good re-seeders. Less work cause I'm lazy.
It isn't so much about being lazy, if we have more time to get on with other fun hgardening projects I will be happy.
I want to do this, I have the perfect spot to grow them but now thinking of using it for garlic & onions. I don't know what to do.
A bit of each? You can always plant flowers in little gaps.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden That's an idea, garlic & onions aren't permanent.
Exactly 😊
Thanks Erica - great video! I've been watching videos on Winter sowing and I'm going to give it a try this coming Jan, Feb, March Have you tried it? Bless you mxxx
Once these seeds have been put in the cold frame, will they need to be watered over winter please?
I have talked about this in my video tonight but I'm really sorry that I forgot your name when I was talking about it. 😊
Great video. Just wondering when would you pot these on into bigger pots? Thanks
Have you seen any issues with cheaper packets ?
Great video 👌
No I haven't I would Imagine they all come from the same farmer.
What is the name of the gardening magazine? (PS I love hollyhocks too.)
Oh, I have forgotten. I have just gone to look for the magazine's and I can't find where if have put them! I'm going mad...
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Amateur Gardener
Hi Erica. I planted my wild blue lupin seeds individually in those cell trays and they’re now producing their true leaves. Can I keep them in the cell or do I need to put them in a small pot?
I'm sure they will be fine, but I guess in an ideal world we should get them potted up into something a little bigger so they have room to spread out a bit before winter hits (if you're in the UK). Then they have room also when spring comes. They extra soil in the pot will also give them extra food. 🙂
I’ve just seen this video so thank you for inspiring me! ☺️
How did these turn out, Erica? Did they flower?
Yes, the Lupins and Hollyhocks did really well.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden that’s great! ☺️ I’ve got my lupin seeds ready ! X
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Thank you for watching.