With all that’s going on in the world right now your videos are so much appreciated. They offer a respite for the brain and a tonic to the soul & spirit. Thank you!
Great video and reminder for me to get started with my winter sowing! I have been watching your videos for a couple of years now I have to thank you for all the inspiration and motivation you've given.
@perennial-garden I'm in Visby, Gotland not to far from you so - same 😁 It's been a mild winter so far with only a handful of days with snow and below freezing. As you said real spring is still a couple of months away. Winter sowing is such a great way to scratch the gardening itch and get lots of seedlings and plants in spring and summer.
Okay... so I am so glad to see this video. It's reminded me to get started. There are so many things that I'm planning for... now it's just a matter of starting. Thanks again for another great video full of great info!
I add your beautiful list with different types of Malvia,Astilbe,some Bellflowers,Lunaria,Phlox,Saponaria,Orlaya,Iberis,Rudbeckia Deamii,Viola,Forget-me-not,Lathyrus sylvestris,Ysop,Betonia,Delphinium,Alchemilla,Sanguisorba,Pulmonaria,Verbascum...Have a nice week and hugs from Germany
thank you so much! For some reason I have not been able to grow Joe Pye weed or Bleeding Hearts Heliopsis, but I keep trying! Do you have a video about plants that you like that bloom in the springtime? My garden in New Mexico USA is really lacking in springtime. I have lots of flowers in summer and fall. I have very hot summers and can get some very cold nights in the winter. Usually only down to -7c but this winter we got down to -13c I'd rather spend time with you two in the garden (via video) than anyone!
Great video. I live in S. of Sweden. You have inspired me! Question about planning the young seedling. Will they survive the next winter? Or should I keep them in the pot for a year then transplant? I have not been successful sowing perennial.
Ideally they’ll get planted out this season (spring). As soon as they have the 2nd set of leaves, you can plant them in your garden (or in a pot on the terrace, etc). From there, they’ll use the spring and summer to establish and then die back in winter and come again year after year. ❤️
I have a question if you know the answer: I planted a ton of seeds in my house. (verbena, monkshood, oriental poppies and many more species) The seeds were either left outside over the frosty winter, on the plants, or left in my unheated garage which can also see frost. Is this enough for the stratification, or does it only count if they get the cold after they are sown? I have had them on a heated propagator in my warm living room, and nothing has happened, so now I'm thinking I could have ruined them by making them warm and damp. Would it be too late to now put them outside?
That’s a great question. Some seeds need a specific length of time in cold conditions-usually 4-8 weeks. If they were left on the plant over winter, that might not always match the exact duration required for successful germination. If you didn't leave them on the plant long enough, or the cold period wasn't consistent, they might not have experienced the full stratification they needed. Do you have any more seeds? Maybe start again. If not, take what you’ve already sown and move them to somewhere with these fluctuating temperatures - like nature provides. And of course… the warm and damp might have ruined them - but we don’t know until we try 🥰… if it was me, I’d move them outdoors and see what happens when the weather warms up naturally. And hopefully they’ll get more of the cold that they need to break dormancy.
With all that’s going on in the world right now your videos are so much appreciated. They offer a respite for the brain and a tonic to the soul & spirit. Thank you!
You are so welcome! Thank you so much for your heartfelt comment ❤️❤️
Great video and reminder for me to get started with my winter sowing! I have been watching your videos for a couple of years now I have to thank you for all the inspiration and motivation you've given.
Thank you! We still have a good month plus of winter here. How about where you are?
@perennial-garden I'm in Visby, Gotland not to far from you so - same 😁 It's been a mild winter so far with only a handful of days with snow and below freezing. As you said real spring is still a couple of months away. Winter sowing is such a great way to scratch the gardening itch and get lots of seedlings and plants in spring and summer.
Okay... so I am so glad to see this video. It's reminded me to get started. There are so many things that I'm planning for... now it's just a matter of starting. Thanks again for another great video full of great info!
There’s always something to do, right?! Who says gardening is only a warm weather sport 😂
I add your beautiful list with different types of Malvia,Astilbe,some Bellflowers,Lunaria,Phlox,Saponaria,Orlaya,Iberis,Rudbeckia Deamii,Viola,Forget-me-not,Lathyrus sylvestris,Ysop,Betonia,Delphinium,Alchemilla,Sanguisorba,Pulmonaria,Verbascum...Have a nice week and hugs from Germany
Love those! And speaking of Verbascum, we have more sown and ready for spring too ❤️
Thank you. I enjoy you both & your information so much. So very helpful. Have a wonderful day.
Thank you for commenting ❤️. Hope you’re having a great weekend.
thank you both for another cheerful video, you are a joy to watch . I will be sowing some of your suggestions (in south UK ) also adding antirrhinum
Thank you bought 🙏🏼💐🐝. You always have so lovely birds song to🕊️🌷... Wish you all the best🌹🐞 🌸🦋🥀
So nice of you! Big hello to you from Denmark ❤️🇩🇰
I love your videos
So great to hear 🥰❤️
Lupin are the easiest plant I have tried to grow from seed. I would recommend as a starter for anyone not sure about starting from seed. 😄
100% agree! And it doesn’t take long to sprout at all.
thank you so much! For some reason I have not been able to grow Joe Pye weed or Bleeding Hearts Heliopsis, but I keep trying! Do you have a video about plants that you like that bloom in the springtime? My garden in New Mexico USA is really lacking in springtime. I have lots of flowers in summer and fall. I have very hot summers and can get some very cold nights in the winter. Usually only down to -7c but this winter we got down to -13c I'd rather spend time with you two in the garden (via video) than anyone!
I am in the US south and I long for Lupines. Our conditions are just too hot and humid.
I want the Heliopolis bleeding heart! Thanks for the inspiration…it’s my first time to do winter sowing, wish me luck!
Wishing you a great sowing experience!
And really, that Heliopsis is one of our favorites too ❤️
I also had amazing results winter sowing in water jugs with Penstemon barbatus Mystica, Rudbeckia triloba, Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm, Heliopsis Burning/Bleeding Hearts, Filipendula rubra, Baptisia australis, blue perennial Linum, Helenium Helena Red/Gold, Salvia azurea, Gaura lindheimeri, Monarda didyma, Veronica spicata, Leucanthemum Crazy Daisy, Hibiscus coccineum, Agastache rugosa...
Totally Love that list! We do a lot more than these too ❤️.
@@perennial-garden I know. You can never have enough. I want to invade my neighbors' yards and expand the garden. They don't use theirs anyway.😅
We’ve said the same thing here 😂😂
Great video. I live in S. of Sweden. You have inspired me! Question about planning the young seedling. Will they survive the next winter? Or should I keep them in the pot for a year then transplant? I have not been successful sowing perennial.
Ideally they’ll get planted out this season (spring). As soon as they have the 2nd set of leaves, you can plant them in your garden (or in a pot on the terrace, etc). From there, they’ll use the spring and summer to establish and then die back in winter and come again year after year. ❤️
I have a question if you know the answer: I planted a ton of seeds in my house. (verbena, monkshood, oriental poppies and many more species) The seeds were either left outside over the frosty winter, on the plants, or left in my unheated garage which can also see frost. Is this enough for the stratification, or does it only count if they get the cold after they are sown? I have had them on a heated propagator in my warm living room, and nothing has happened, so now I'm thinking I could have ruined them by making them warm and damp. Would it be too late to now put them outside?
That’s a great question. Some seeds need a specific length of time in cold conditions-usually 4-8 weeks. If they were left on the plant over winter, that might not always match the exact duration required for successful germination. If you didn't leave them on the plant long enough, or the cold period wasn't consistent, they might not have experienced the full stratification they needed.
Do you have any more seeds? Maybe start again. If not, take what you’ve already sown and move them to somewhere with these fluctuating temperatures - like nature provides. And of course… the warm and damp might have ruined them - but we don’t know until we try 🥰… if it was me, I’d move them outdoors and see what happens when the weather warms up naturally. And hopefully they’ll get more of the cold that they need to break dormancy.