Seeds 2022

Seeds 2022

Borage

Echium Blue Bedder

Betony (Stachys Officinalis), Chiltern Seeds

Balloon Flower 'Florist'  (Platydodon grandiflorus), Chiltern Seeds

Blue Denim Clary (Salvia horminum), Mr Fothergill's

Blue Spires Verbena (Verbena hastata), Chiltern Seeds

Cornflower Blue Ball, Mr Fothergill's, completely eaten by slugs

Giant Knapweed (Centaurea macrocephala), Chiltern Seeds

Hollyhocks

Little Dorrit Sunflower, Mr Fothergill's

Nepeta

   Blue Cloud Lesser Calamint (Calamintha nepeta), Chiltern Seeds 

   Catmint / Catnip (Nepeta nervosa), Chiltern Seeds

   Hairless catmint (Nepeta nuda), Chiltern Seeds

   True catmint / catnip (Nepeta cataria), Chiltern Seeds

Pink dandelion / Red-flowered Hawk's-beard (Crepis rubra), Chiltern Seeds

Poppies

  collected seed from last year

  Bread Seed Poppy, Mr Fothergill's

  Hen and Chickens (Papaver somniferum), Chiltern Seeds

  Poppy Amazing Grey (Papaver rhoeas), Mr Fothergill's

  Lauren's Grape (Papaver somniferum), Chiltern Seeds

 

Tobacco Plant (Nicotiana sylvestris), Chiltern Seeds

 

 

 

previous year's experiements with seeds

21-4-2022 I had the impulse to buy more seeds (borage, cerinthe and echium Blue Bedder, amongst others) which I sowed in these pellets.

I grow echium Blue Bedder every year so I don't know why I forgot to get seeds this year but I bought some a couple weeks ago. I have one self-seeded borage so thought, I should have more borage, I usually do so bought more seeds. I often have cerinthe self-seeding but don't see any so got more seeds.

12-5-2022 there's been variable germination and lots of slug damage but I ended up with about 6 of each, cerinthe, borage and echium Blue Bedder

13-5-2022 I repotted the larger seedlings into larger pots, I left a few of the very slug-damaged seedlings to see if they would still survive

26-5-2022

30-5-2022 5 cerinthe seedlings, 3 echium Blue Bedder seedlings

30-5-2022 5 borage seedlings, 2 echium Blue Bedder seedlings

3-6-2022 I potted up 2 pots with 2 each of borage, cerinthe and echium Blue Bedder

I didn't have enough seedlings for a third pot so I put 1 each of echium Blue Bedder, cerinthe and borage in smaller pots

echium Blue Bedder on the right is the same as the one above right

I also bought some seeds at Sainsburys

I forgot to label the trays or to note the date I planted them - both against my rules. I will try to do better next time.

seedlings as of 21-4-2022 and not sure if Bee or Butterfly, will take a photo of the other tray today

the slugs seriously attacked them and I just left them on the ground as I had nowhere else to put them, now (June 2022) completely gone

Betony (Stachys Officinalis), Chiltern Seeds

Balloon Flower 'Florist'  (Platydodon grandiflorus), Chiltern Seeds

Blue Denim Clary (Salvia horminum), Mr Fothergill's

I broke my own cardinal rule with seed sowing - I didn't label! although I meant to. I think one of these trays is the clary which was a free packet and the other tray is verbena and the giant knapweed and maybe something else, it all went wrong recently.

and a few seedlings in these pots

Blue Spires Verbena (Verbena hastata), Chiltern Seeds

I think these might be the verbena seedlings, only 3 have appeared

Cornflower Blue Ball, Mr Fothergill's, completely eaten by slugs

Giant Knapweed (Centaurea macrocephala), Chiltern Seeds, see above

*** update *** 2024 these were not Centaurea macrocephala but Centaurea cyanoides "Blue Carpet" which flowered well and quickly, I need to find a photo of them in bloom and see where my giant knapweed notes are

20-6-2022

6-7-2022 seedlings just before repotting

8-7-2022 repotted in one large and 2 medium pots

Hollyhocks, seeds sown 19-3-2022

seedlings 21-4-2022

31-5-2022 small plants looking good but a bit slug eaten

12-6-2022 looking good, should plant them out soon but I'm worried about the slugs getting them

Little Dorrit Sunflower, Mr Fothergill's, seeds sown 20-3-2022

seedlings 21-4-2022

the sunflower seedlings 12-5-2022 before repotting

sunflowers repotted, sadly lots of slug damage

the plants are larger, unfortunately savage slug attacks, some plants have been completely destroyed

25-6-2022 first sunflower in bloom, 14 weeks from seed sowing to flowers

Morning Glory Heavenly Blue (Ipomoea tricolor), Mr Fothergill's, didn't sow until w/c 31-5-2022

12-6-2022 some germination, some pots no germination but we'll see

 

Nepeta

   Blue Cloud Lesser Calamint (Calamintha nepeta), Chiltern Seeds 

   Catmint / Catnip (Nepeta nervosa), Chiltern Seeds

   Hairless catmint (Nepeta nuda), Chiltern Seeds

   True catmint / catnip (Nepeta cataria), Chiltern Seeds

Pink dandelion / Red-flowered Hawk's-beard (Crepis rubra), Chiltern Seeds, I think I planted these but didn't label so wasn't sure which tray/ pot they were in

21-4-2022

23-5-2022

8-6-2022

 

I found them, as they bloomed today (14-6-2022), I finally realised which they were.

Poppies

I think these are the collected poppy seed from last year. I should have sown it a lot sooner. These trays are from 21-4-2022.

13-5-2022 half the seedlings are in this pot

23-5-2022

lots of buds now (12-6-2022), a mixture of poppies, will be interesting to see what kind

the other half still need to be repotted

   Bread Seed Poppy, Mr Fothergill's, seeds sown 19-3-2022

31-3-2022 some small seedlings have appeared

21-4-2022 more seedlings, larger leaves have fallen in

12-5-2022

13-5-2022 repotted

12-6-2022 2 pots of poppies, not sure if they're bread seed, labels became unreadable

Hen and Chickens (Papaver somniferum), Chiltern Seeds, seeds sown 19-3-2022

31-3-2022 seedlings have appeared

21-4-2022

12-5-2022

I think this is those Hens and Chickens poppy seedlings but things have gotten a little confused

this might be the Hens and Chickens but I do have various pots of slug-eaten poppies and I can read the label although I did label

   Lauren's Grape (Papaver somniferum), Chiltern Seeds, seeds sown 19-3-2022

12-6-2022 I don't see any poppies that look like Lauren's Grape that I sowed, only those that had self-seeded

Poppy Amazing Grey (Papaver rhoeas), Mr Fothergill's, seeds sown 20-3-2022

31-3-2022 some seedlings

21-4-2022

12-5-2022

13-5-2022 repotted

12-6-2022

another pot of poppies in a terracotta pot so will just have to see

Tobacco Plant (Nicotiana sylvestris), Chiltern Seeds

unknown seedlings

this has been around for a little while, not sure if it's leftover from last year, might be a centaurea montana

I don't know if these are from something I sowed (this year or last year) or something self-seeded, if self-seeded, curious that there are two

and those repotted and another I'm not sure of on the right, below are a red deadnettle and verbena bonariensis

June 2022 I now think the two upper left, are sheepsbit, self-seeded from flowers I had last year

sadly these have slug slime so I worry about them but they've survived so far

now thinking Guizotia abyssinica (nijer seed) self-seeded from bird seed