Dave and Estelle Kenny here in California, USA zone 7-8. We are anxiously awaiting many many plants from seed. We’ve not grown many flowers s from seed. The encouragement from every source like yours is helpful. We’re planting white echinaceas, Love-in- a- mist (African bride) , flax (scarlet of course), lobelia (cascade of color, gotta have trailing flowers), zinnias (giants, variety color), nasturtium ( peach variety and a jewel blend and last but not least marigolds ( any color and size We can get our hands on). The last two flowers from seed we’ve had great success in our gardens, so we’re going with this joy giver. ❤️ We have saved seeds from every live flower arrangement we get and Going to swing for the fences and see what pops up (🙏🏻). Thanks for the video! Love to know we found a mate. 🇮🇪☘️
Hi there, thanks for the video. I'll be growing China Aster in various colours, Phlox Crème Brulee, Nasturtium Lady Bird from seeds along with other flowers from tubers and corms. Lots of them will be flowering into autumn.
You are going to adore growing zinnias. They are stunning and prolific and attract every kind of beneficial pollinating insect you could want. They are gorgeous in the garden but also make long-lasting cut flowers for the vase. Once I grew them I knew I could never be without them! I'm growing at least 10 varieties this year - I hope you fall in love with them like I have. Here's to a great growing season, Audrey.
I have started some nasturtiums, cosmos, lupins and zinnias. I'm really excited because it will be my first year growing them :D I also need to sow the rest of my agapanthus seeds from last year
I am so happy to find your channel! I’m gardening for my 3rd year and I am so thankful to learn from knowledgeable UA-cam gardeners like you. Thank you for sharing your passion, tips and tricks. I have started making garden update videos too, I just need to perfect filming it’s very challenging in the bright sun. I hope we can learn more from each other and that we both have fantastic harvests!
Thank you Niall. I will be growing many of the flowers suggested in your video. I’ve increased the amount of flowers in growing this year as they are such a benefit for the allotment and my garden at home. I will be growing asters, sunflowers & calendula and also marigolds, coleus as well, and if you’ve never grown them before try night scented stock, lovely little flowers and the fragrance of an evening is amazing. Thank you once again for the video and suggestions. Kind regards. Gary
I've been sowing Sunflower Teddy Bear, Cosmos, Rudbeckia My Joy, Stocks, Papaver somniferum 'Lauren's Grape', Cerinthe, Sweetpeas, Marigolds to name a few. I know this is a lot of seeds, but some of these flowers will be donated to the Worthing Crematorium Memorial Gardens where I volunteer once a week, to brighten up some of the borders around the 42 acre site
I'm growing a lot of the same, I just want to bring in lots of pollinators. I usually sprinkle wild flower mixes around our small pond and the bees love it. I love calendulas, such a pop of colour. I've started a flower bed on our allotment too.
Zone 9. Tucson AZ. We are growing a bit of everything from vegetables, flowers, gourds, and pumpkin.. Everything that might bring us a smile at harvest!
Another wonderful video. I'm in California and the poppies are blooming all around the countryside and in my garden they're mixed with calendula. So vibrant, show stoppers. I sowed wildflowers a few weeks ago around the perimeter of my spiral and they've just sprouted. I so hope its the visual wow I'm going for and that I don't miss it when I'm in Ireland in May. Great ideas from you again, Niall. Thanks so much.
Oh wow I'd love to see the poppies in bloom across the hill and mountains in the Californian countryside! I can't remember whether I've asked you (or you've told me) roughly whereabouts in California you are?
Woo hoo!! My two favourite gardeners in the one vlog...what a fantastic treat! I would really love to see you two boys working together...you are both fab and it would work really well. I don't ask for much lol!! I'm all chuffed Niall because I have chosen a lot of the same flowers you are growing. I too am doing the Velvet Queen sunflower along with Irish eyes...I couldn't not lol. Great info on the wild flower sowing! And I'm definitely going to sow calendula because JB said so haha. Great video as usual Niall. You are both two wee gentlemen xx
Hi Geraldine! Ah I'm so happy that the collab made you happy! JB has been such a good friend for a long time now that we just HAD to do a collab together. Maybe one day we'll meet in person and make a collab for you! Glad you've got some lovely flowers on the go yourself! See you next week, take care! ❤️
Those are some beautiful old trees among the daffodils. 🙂 I'm growing lots and lots of snapdragons. Also, bells of Ireland, zinnias, sunflower, calendula, bachelor's buttons, candytuft and a lot more. 😉
I'm adding Calendula this year and am looking forward to direct sowing it in April. Here on Long Island we are waiting for our last frost mid-April, so I've only sown things that can survive a frost - Poppies, Love-in-a-Mist (Persian Jewels) and Sweet Peas. After last frost, I'll sow Dames Rocket, Virginia Stock, Phlox, Swamp Milkweed, Rose Mallow, Verbena Bonariensis, Zinnia, Cosmos etc. Nasturtium, Borage, and Marigold are cooking in the greenhouse. Just subscribed to JB, thanks for the rec!
Really interesting list of plants - some of the names I don't recognise so I'm going to do a little bit of googling! Glad you found JB, he's a really good friend and I just love the style and feel of his channel
Sorry I just can’t stop looking at all those daffodils behind you they are just stunning. I have loads of marigolds and zinnia started and today I’m probably getting my sunflowers started. Thank you for sharing as always 🐝 safe
Great suggestions. The only one I haven't tried was the calendula for some reason it always looked difficult. Glade to hear it's not. By all means grow zinnias, totally failproof and they attract all the pollinators. By the way I always enjoy the background of your apples behind your talks. The moss and ivy growing on the trunks and branches have such a sense of permanence, and they create the perfect backdrop for whatever is in bloom, and their architecture even looks good in the winter.
Hi Jeffrey! Thanks for the lovely message. Yeah certainly I've always found calendula to be incredibly easy so hopefully you'll find the same. Those apple trees are pretty special aren't they? They're not pruned for productivity, the ivy prob shouldn't be there, but I love them that way - it adds real atmosphere!
Niall great video, lots of great choices. Sunflowers one of my faves. Did you know, im told that there is only one person in Ireland who is legally aloud harvest irish wildflower seeds( forgot his name) i was surprised to hear. You really come alive when you talk about flowers, its a pleasure to watch. Thank you for havung Jb on , he is such a sweet lad,a great recommendation. I watched both his and your vudeos this morn,but wanted to comment later. Your garden is looking superb. I am growing too many flowers to name. I do so because allergies in my family, means cant have indoors, so i grow loads outdoors. By the way, loving my flower lasagne, from your recommendation, they make me smile every day.
Hi Lorraine! I had no idea that there was only one person in Ireland! That's crazy! Yeah the origins of my love of growing definitely started with ornamentals rather than edibles. Glad you enjoyed JB - he's a very good friend and I love the style of his channel. This is just so good that the bulb lasagne is working for you... mine's looking well too!
@@niallgardens i didnt either until speaker Aoife Hum( majors in biodeversity ) told us on a course recently. JB is a sweet lad, bless him,he us so humble. My birthday present from my son was to get them the same as you, he kniws i dont buy online, so was great to see it working out, its flowering for so long,thank you, a great idea.Glad your us too.
Oh yeah the daffodils at this time of year are just fab! They were all planted by the previous owners of the house and we didn't know they were there when we moved in.... what an unexpected, surprise gift!
Wow what a fantastic range of flowers. My first year with sowing flowers. I've just sown a lot of different perennials hopefully they do well. Great video👍..chris..🌻
Greetings Niall and JB, Great video. It looks like you are warming up and Spring is March-ing into your gardens. I've just planted tomatoes 🍅, carrots 🥕, onions 🌰 and lettuces 🌿
Thank you Niall for great suggestion might try grow some of these. I have Calendula growing. zinnias are growing in cold greenhouse I have few shoots showing.
I've already sown many you listed!! Tfs, I will go to your Website when I'm reading to sow more vegetables, right now I'm sowing every 3 weeks., but Sunflowers every 2 weeks!
9b/California and I’m in a bit of a lull. Everything that’s been started for spring/early summer is already planted, including my tithonias, but I have started working on my hanging baskets. Those I fill with low growing/spiller (already growing) + edibles (cucamelons, thyme, oreganos, etc). I think I’m also going to start another set of ornamental oregano. They’re just so beautiful (they look like a gorgeous hops cousin) and I’d love to have oodles of baskets crowning my balcony.
🌻 Aha! I had just been wondering about when to sow Sunflowers! I did mine in May last year IIRC. Might get them going a wee tad sooner this year… 🤔 Big fan of NaturallyJB's channel and his 🌶 growing. In fact, I think he was the one that introduced me to YOUR channel ages ago!
Great seeds for this month. I'm growing the same sunflowers, I have a few varieties this year, I'm excited about preocut plum. nasturtiums, calendula, Asters, and i do grow bouquet dill, for greenery, and lots of zinnias. Hoping to get some nicotiana from the seed library.
Nasturtiums are kind of peppery, aren't they? It's been awhile since I've grown them. They'll be in my garden this year. I have some beautiful yellow California poppies in my bee mix. I'll let some of my dill flower this year. I *love* calendula. It is also in my bee mix, but I have some especially this year. I'll be making some balm with it later in the year. I had not considered asters, but they may be on my list for next year. I do have zinnias to be planted. I'll get them out in the next couple of weeks.
Yeah they are a bit peppery - not so much to my taste to be honest. You've got loads of things growing which just sounds fantastic! Love the sound of the balm - that'll be so nice.
I’m growing a lot of the same and I’ve used the winter sowing method for the first time with the hardy annuals and perennials (water/milk containers outdoors). My earliest seeds to germinate were the sunflowers in early March. I’ve gone with Ms Mars and Ruby Eclipse with my own seeds from Black Magic last year. I love this time of year! I’m on the west coast of Scotland, so a similar climate to yours, I think.
Thanks Julia - glad that the winter sowing method is working for you 👍 Oh yeah for sure, if you're west coast Scotland then you really will be very similar climate-wise
good video again Niall! Have added JB to my subscribed! most of the flowers growing have already been sown from seed but particularly spray carnations as this is my mums favourite flower and want to make sure I always have them in my garden! Will be growing marigolds and already sown geraniums as just love the vibrant colours and can keep year after year if looked after well!
Thanks Lisa and thanks for subbing to JB! That’s so good you’ve already got most of these going - you’re going to have such a lovely selection! What a lovely idea to grow spray carnations! 🥰
Hi have you try sun flowers call tabby beard they are nice and different to use sunflowers I ms Caroline Barton from Hucknall near Nottingham. My back garden is 10 cross and 10 down and have 7 Raise bed with veg few for veg and fruit plus flowers and pond my partner has made Raise bed and pond it because I old in my 60 middle ok I been doing garden for over 30 year had with my house and did Raspberries jam my mum did for me had plus my children growing up they got kids and don’t do garden at all maybe my youngest she might when twins get big ok
HI Niall! I am growing most of your selection and loving it. Last year I added Fennel plant, like the dill, just a lot taller. The Spider flower plant and the fragrant giant hyssop. All 3 are tall with sturdy stalks and the bees love them. Happy gardening!
Coming from JB! - Thank you for the recommendation, I really like the eryngium one, I will look into it as I like 'blue' flowers very much :) - I've had quite a bit of trouble growing echinops last year; if you have any tips, they would be welcome (I'm desperate!) :D ! - You'll love the Agastache! They are bees and butterfly magnets and the leaves are edible, you can make lovely mint-liquorish infusions with them! They grow very easily; one of my top flowers for sure!
(otherwise from seed atm I'm also growing Fuzzy lamb's ears, catmint, calendula, tree mallow (as an experiment - so far no cigar), libertia grandiflora (also no cigar), hostas (idem), aquilegia or columbine (eh... it's still too early to tell) and sweet peas - we'll see how i will go!) :)
Oh fantastic! Thanks for coming across and welcome! With the Echinops I think just make sure that they've got loads of nutrition in the soil, something to really give them energy. I had no idea about the infusion of Agastache - thanks!! Also, your plant list of what you're growing sounds fantastic! Make sure to keep me posted with how you get on!
My advice would be to look at planting schemes of long herbaceous borders, or look at photos of them online. That'll give you a good idea of how different gardeners structure they're planting depending on the look and feel you'd like. Hope this helps!
I actually don’t pinch out my Calendula and I don’t think they need it. I’d pinch out most other annuals, but Calendula really seem to do best when they’re doing their own thing 👍
Be careful of planting wildflower seed mixes as they can have invasive plants mixed in. Read the packet carefully and research the type if you are unfamiliar. Also at the end of the video I wish he would have shown the type of Agastahe that he was growing because a picture is worth more than just describing a plant. Also I thought he was going to demonstrate some direct sowing methods.
Make sure to leave me a comment with what you’re sowing and why! Let’s make a great collection of ideas to share!
Dave and Estelle Kenny here in California, USA zone 7-8. We are anxiously awaiting many many plants from seed. We’ve not grown many flowers s from seed. The encouragement from every source like yours is helpful. We’re planting white echinaceas, Love-in- a- mist (African bride) , flax (scarlet of course), lobelia (cascade of color, gotta have trailing flowers), zinnias (giants, variety color), nasturtium ( peach variety and a jewel blend and last but not least marigolds ( any color and size We can get our hands on). The last two flowers from seed we’ve had great success in our gardens, so we’re going with this joy giver. ❤️ We have saved seeds from every live flower arrangement we get and Going to swing for the fences and see what pops up (🙏🏻). Thanks for the video! Love to know we found a mate. 🇮🇪☘️
Calendula if i can find them. Haven't seen that type. Lots more seeds i will be planting.
Hi there, thanks for the video.
I'll be growing China Aster in various colours, Phlox Crème Brulee, Nasturtium Lady Bird from seeds along with other flowers from tubers and corms. Lots of them will be flowering into autumn.
@@Heidi-Beth Hi Heidi. I've got my Calendula seeds from Lidl.
You are going to adore growing zinnias. They are stunning and prolific and attract every kind of beneficial pollinating insect you could want. They are gorgeous in the garden but also make long-lasting cut flowers for the vase. Once I grew them I knew I could never be without them! I'm growing at least 10 varieties this year - I hope you fall in love with them like I have. Here's to a great growing season, Audrey.
Hi Audrey! I was watching you on the live stream the other evening! Yeah I can't wait to have the Zinnias!
I’ve always loved dill in the garden and the fact that it’s a host plant for swallowtail butterflies makes it even more magical!!……❤️💫🦋🦋🦋💫❤️
It's just super isn't it
I am growing calendula for the first time this year. My nasturtiums are already planted out, just love love love them! Thanks so much.
Good luck with the calendula - I think you're going to enjoy them!
I have started some nasturtiums, cosmos, lupins and zinnias. I'm really excited because it will be my first year growing them :D
I also need to sow the rest of my agapanthus seeds from last year
Oh if it's your first year - enjoy! And I hope you get loads of flowers!
I am so happy to find your channel! I’m gardening for my 3rd year and I am so thankful to learn from knowledgeable UA-cam gardeners like you. Thank you for sharing your passion, tips and tricks. I have started making garden update videos too, I just need to perfect filming it’s very challenging in the bright sun. I hope we can learn more from each other and that we both have fantastic harvests!
So nice of you, thanks!
Thank you Niall. I will be growing many of the flowers suggested in your video. I’ve increased the amount of flowers in growing this year as they are such a benefit for the allotment and my garden at home. I will be growing asters, sunflowers & calendula and also marigolds, coleus as well, and if you’ve never grown them before try night scented stock, lovely little flowers and the fragrance of an evening is amazing. Thank you once again for the video and suggestions. Kind regards. Gary
Thanks Gary, great that you're growing lots of the same things
I've been sowing Sunflower Teddy Bear, Cosmos, Rudbeckia My Joy, Stocks, Papaver somniferum 'Lauren's Grape', Cerinthe, Sweetpeas, Marigolds to name a few. I know this is a lot of seeds, but some of these flowers will be donated to the Worthing Crematorium Memorial Gardens where I volunteer once a week, to brighten up some of the borders around the 42 acre site
Great video as always Niall, not sure about your choice of guest this time round though...
JB, a good recommendation, a perfect choice guest.
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You’re way too modest mister! 😃
I'm growing a lot of the same, I just want to bring in lots of pollinators. I usually sprinkle wild flower mixes around our small pond and the bees love it. I love calendulas, such a pop of colour. I've started a flower bed on our allotment too.
That's so good that you've made a lot of the same flower choices! Great!
I have echinops sprouted in my windowsill right now.
Bronze fennel is also really good Garden plant.
Zone 9. Tucson AZ.
We are growing a bit of everything from vegetables, flowers, gourds, and pumpkin..
Everything that might bring us a smile at harvest!
Sounds fantastic!
Another wonderful video.
I'm in California and the poppies are blooming all around the countryside and in my garden they're mixed with calendula. So vibrant, show stoppers. I sowed wildflowers a few weeks ago around the perimeter of my spiral and they've just sprouted. I so hope its the visual wow I'm going for and that I don't miss it when I'm in Ireland in May. Great ideas from you again, Niall. Thanks so much.
Oh wow I'd love to see the poppies in bloom across the hill and mountains in the Californian countryside! I can't remember whether I've asked you (or you've told me) roughly whereabouts in California you are?
Monterey County, that's about an hour and a half south of San Francisco
Woo hoo!! My two favourite gardeners in the one vlog...what a fantastic treat! I would really love to see you two boys working together...you are both fab and it would work really well. I don't ask for much lol!! I'm all chuffed Niall because I have chosen a lot of the same flowers you are growing. I too am doing the Velvet Queen sunflower along with Irish eyes...I couldn't not lol. Great info on the wild flower sowing! And I'm definitely going to sow calendula because JB said so haha. Great video as usual Niall. You are both two wee gentlemen xx
Hi Geraldine! Ah I'm so happy that the collab made you happy!
JB has been such a good friend for a long time now that we just HAD to do a collab together. Maybe one day we'll meet in person and make a collab for you! Glad you've got some lovely flowers on the go yourself! See you next week, take care! ❤️
Takeaway quote, "I make it seed o'clock." Genius! 🌱🌱🌱
Swell collab! Guys are starting to get their flower game, i know I am. Thanks for sharing Niall!
Yay! Delighted to liked the collab - JB is just great!
Those are some beautiful old trees among the daffodils. 🙂
I'm growing lots and lots of snapdragons.
Also, bells of Ireland, zinnias, sunflower, calendula, bachelor's buttons, candytuft and a lot more. 😉
Yeah I adore those old trees! You're growing a lovely selection of things
I am really staring to love growing flowers, the more i grow them and the older i get the more happy they make me lol
I'm doing Nasturtiums this year.
You'll love them!
I'm adding Calendula this year and am looking forward to direct sowing it in April. Here on Long Island we are waiting for our last frost mid-April, so I've only sown things that can survive a frost - Poppies, Love-in-a-Mist (Persian Jewels) and Sweet Peas. After last frost, I'll sow Dames Rocket, Virginia Stock, Phlox, Swamp Milkweed, Rose Mallow, Verbena Bonariensis, Zinnia, Cosmos etc. Nasturtium, Borage, and Marigold are cooking in the greenhouse. Just subscribed to JB, thanks for the rec!
Really interesting list of plants - some of the names I don't recognise so I'm going to do a little bit of googling! Glad you found JB, he's a really good friend and I just love the style and feel of his channel
@@niallgardens I bet some are just American names for plants you know. Damned Yankees lol
A bulb to start now is ranunculus and gladiolus here in Pennsylvania. You want to make sure you start them early to get good flowers.
Very good! Yeah we'd be getting gladiolus going too at this time of year!
Sorry I just can’t stop looking at all those daffodils behind you they are just stunning. I have loads of marigolds and zinnia started and today I’m probably getting my sunflowers started. Thank you for sharing as always 🐝 safe
Glad you like them! They're looking lovely at the minute aren't they!
Great suggestions. The only one I haven't tried was the calendula for some reason it always looked difficult. Glade to hear it's not. By all means grow zinnias, totally failproof and they attract all the pollinators. By the way I always enjoy the background of your apples behind your talks. The moss and ivy growing on the trunks and branches have such a sense of permanence, and they create the perfect backdrop for whatever is in bloom, and their architecture even looks good in the winter.
Hi Jeffrey! Thanks for the lovely message. Yeah certainly I've always found calendula to be incredibly easy so hopefully you'll find the same. Those apple trees are pretty special aren't they? They're not pruned for productivity, the ivy prob shouldn't be there, but I love them that way - it adds real atmosphere!
Niall great video, lots of great choices. Sunflowers one of my faves. Did you know, im told that there is only one person in Ireland who is legally aloud harvest irish wildflower seeds( forgot his name) i was surprised to hear. You really come alive when you talk about flowers, its a pleasure to watch. Thank you for havung Jb on , he is such a sweet lad,a great recommendation. I watched both his and your vudeos this morn,but wanted to comment later. Your garden is looking superb. I am growing too many flowers to name. I do so because allergies in my family, means cant have indoors, so i grow loads outdoors. By the way, loving my flower lasagne, from your recommendation, they make me smile every day.
Hi Lorraine! I had no idea that there was only one person in Ireland! That's crazy!
Yeah the origins of my love of growing definitely started with ornamentals rather than edibles. Glad you enjoyed JB - he's a very good friend and I love the style of his channel. This is just so good that the bulb lasagne is working for you... mine's looking well too!
@@niallgardens i didnt either until speaker Aoife Hum( majors in biodeversity ) told us on a course recently. JB is a sweet lad, bless him,he us so humble. My birthday present from my son was to get them the same as you, he kniws i dont buy online, so was great to see it working out, its flowering for so long,thank you, a great idea.Glad your us too.
Excellent seed collections to sow this month 💕 but your gorgeous daffodil display in the background is breathtaking Niall 🌸🦋🌸
Oh yeah the daffodils at this time of year are just fab! They were all planted by the previous owners of the house and we didn't know they were there when we moved in.... what an unexpected, surprise gift!
Happy mother's day to you mum ,loves that velvet queen sunflower 🌻
Thanks!
Wow what a fantastic range of flowers. My first year with sowing flowers. I've just sown a lot of different perennials hopefully they do well. Great video👍..chris..🌻
Oh good luck with all the flowers - I'm sure it's going to look great!
Greetings Niall and JB, Great video.
It looks like you are warming up and Spring is March-ing into your gardens.
I've just planted tomatoes 🍅, carrots 🥕, onions 🌰 and lettuces 🌿
Thanks Peggy, you too! Yeah Spring is well-and-truly here! Phew!
Thank you Niall for great suggestion might try grow some of these. I have Calendula growing. zinnias are growing in cold greenhouse I have few shoots showing.
You're more than welcome Ami! Enjoy the growing!
I've already sown many you listed!! Tfs, I will go to your Website when I'm reading to sow more vegetables, right now I'm sowing every 3 weeks., but Sunflowers every 2 weeks!
Wonderful! That's so good you've already got loads of these going! Make sure to keep me posted with how you get on!
Perfect calendula I make balms from this beautiful flower, I also use German chamomile great for many skin conditions. ❤
Sounds great! Lovely to use fresh plants in your own creations!
This flower is beautiful and beautiful.. thank you for sharing the knowledge 👍🙏🏻🌹😍
It's my pleasure! Thanks!
9b/California and I’m in a bit of a lull. Everything that’s been started for spring/early summer is already planted, including my tithonias, but I have started working on my hanging baskets. Those I fill with low growing/spiller (already growing) + edibles (cucamelons, thyme, oreganos, etc).
I think I’m also going to start another set of ornamental oregano. They’re just so beautiful (they look like a gorgeous hops cousin) and I’d love to have oodles of baskets crowning my balcony.
I'm jealous of you getting a little bit of a lull - at the minute it's full steam ahead! Ornamental oregano is a great idea - nice one!
🌻 Aha! I had just been wondering about when to sow Sunflowers! I did mine in May last year IIRC. Might get them going a wee tad sooner this year… 🤔 Big fan of NaturallyJB's channel and his 🌶 growing. In fact, I think he was the one that introduced me to YOUR channel ages ago!
Howdy! Glad you enjoyed the collab and I think you're right.... I think you came across from JB's channel. He's such a gent isn't he?
Hi! from Canada zone 5b. I'm grow mostly perennials but I'm adding a few annuals this year. Sunflower, zinnias, sweet peas and cosmos.
Hi Rich! I'm a big fan of perennials myself!
Just watched this now a year on from when it was published, looking forward to this years equivalent!
Good info growing calendula for the first time this year. 🌸🐝
So nice of you, thanks!
Hi Niall, obsessed with your videos! Would many of these flowers suggested be okay for large pots? Thank you! ☺️
Aww that's very kind! Most of them will be perfect for large pots also!
I am starting eryngium, but from roots! ☀️ And your daffodils are putting on such a show!!!!
Oh brilliant - starting things from roots is a great way to do it!
Still not started on my seeds,will get there eventually,I save them from year before,cosmos sunflowers,ageratum,godetia,marigolds, so lots to do 🌼🌻
You'll have loads of flowers - gorgeous!
Great seeds for this month. I'm growing the same sunflowers, I have a few varieties this year, I'm excited about preocut plum. nasturtiums, calendula, Asters, and i do grow bouquet dill, for greenery, and lots of zinnias. Hoping to get some nicotiana from the seed library.
Hello you! I love hearing the different things that everyone's growing! You've got a lovely list of things!
@@niallgardens thank you! Variety is the spice of life!
I've sown too many to list but Coleus is the one i'm looking forward to the most.
Coleus isn't something I grow, but that's a good suggestion!
Nasturtiums are kind of peppery, aren't they? It's been awhile since I've grown them. They'll be in my garden this year. I have some beautiful yellow California poppies in my bee mix. I'll let some of my dill flower this year. I *love* calendula. It is also in my bee mix, but I have some especially this year. I'll be making some balm with it later in the year. I had not considered asters, but they may be on my list for next year. I do have zinnias to be planted. I'll get them out in the next couple of weeks.
Yeah they are a bit peppery - not so much to my taste to be honest. You've got loads of things growing which just sounds fantastic! Love the sound of the balm - that'll be so nice.
@@niallgardens Can you tell I was commenting whilst I watched your video? 😂
@@robinscontainergarden I can! And actually I love that!
Brilliant and fabulous info
I’m growing a lot of the same and I’ve used the winter sowing method for the first time with the hardy annuals and perennials (water/milk containers outdoors). My earliest seeds to germinate were the sunflowers in early March. I’ve gone with Ms Mars and Ruby Eclipse with my own seeds from Black Magic last year. I love this time of year! I’m on the west coast of Scotland, so a similar climate to yours, I think.
Thanks Julia - glad that the winter sowing method is working for you 👍 Oh yeah for sure, if you're west coast Scotland then you really will be very similar climate-wise
good video again Niall! Have added JB to my subscribed! most of the flowers growing have already been sown from seed but particularly spray carnations as this is my mums favourite flower and want to make sure I always have them in my garden! Will be growing marigolds and already sown geraniums as just love the vibrant colours and can keep year after year if looked after well!
Thanks Lisa and thanks for subbing to JB! That’s so good you’ve already got most of these going - you’re going to have such a lovely selection! What a lovely idea to grow spray carnations! 🥰
Excellent vidio, I like how you cut thru the chase!
Thanks Karen! Yeah I like to make my info enjoyable but concise! Glad you appreciated it!
Hi have you try sun flowers call tabby beard they are nice and different to use sunflowers I ms Caroline Barton from Hucknall near Nottingham. My back garden is 10 cross and 10 down and have 7 Raise bed with veg few for veg and fruit plus flowers and pond my partner has made Raise bed and pond it because I old in my 60 middle ok I been doing garden for over 30 year had with my house and did Raspberries jam my mum did for me had plus my children growing up they got kids and don’t do garden at all maybe my youngest she might when twins get big ok
HI Niall! I am growing most of your selection and loving it. Last year I added Fennel plant, like the dill, just a lot taller. The Spider flower plant and the fragrant giant hyssop. All 3 are tall with sturdy stalks and the bees love them. Happy gardening!
I love fennel plants! So statuesque!
Coming from JB! - Thank you for the recommendation, I really like the eryngium one, I will look into it as I like 'blue' flowers very much :) - I've had quite a bit of trouble growing echinops last year; if you have any tips, they would be welcome (I'm desperate!) :D ! - You'll love the Agastache! They are bees and butterfly magnets and the leaves are edible, you can make lovely mint-liquorish infusions with them! They grow very easily; one of my top flowers for sure!
(otherwise from seed atm I'm also growing Fuzzy lamb's ears, catmint, calendula, tree mallow (as an experiment - so far no cigar), libertia grandiflora (also no cigar), hostas (idem), aquilegia or columbine (eh... it's still too early to tell) and sweet peas - we'll see how i will go!) :)
Oh fantastic! Thanks for coming across and welcome!
With the Echinops I think just make sure that they've got loads of nutrition in the soil, something to really give them energy. I had no idea about the infusion of Agastache - thanks!! Also, your plant list of what you're growing sounds fantastic! Make sure to keep me posted with how you get on!
I have yellow californian poppies that seed themselves ,very pretty
Oh stunning! They're just so lovely!
Would Daffodils poke through rocks?
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lol #seedoclock ! I just sowed nasturtium today :)
Actually maybe I should use it as a hashtag! lol hahahahaha!
@@niallgardens Absolutely a good idea!
I live on 1/4 acre and I want to have flowers all over. How do I set up from tall to small .
My advice would be to look at planting schemes of long herbaceous borders, or look at photos of them online. That'll give you a good idea of how different gardeners structure they're planting depending on the look and feel you'd like. Hope this helps!
Hi Niall,do calendula need to be pinched.
Regards Anthony
I actually don’t pinch out my Calendula and I don’t think they need it. I’d pinch out most other annuals, but Calendula really seem to do best when they’re doing their own thing 👍
@@niallgardens Thanks Niall
Be careful of planting wildflower seed mixes as they can have invasive plants mixed in. Read the packet carefully and research the type if you are unfamiliar.
Also at the end of the video I wish he would have shown the type of Agastahe that he was growing because a picture is worth more than just describing a plant.
Also I thought he was going to demonstrate some direct sowing methods.
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Thanks!
…. And I’m off out to buy a packet of calendula seed…. 😎😎
You totally should! They are just fantastic!