Help with Sowing Annual Poppies in Zone 5
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When to sow annual poppies and sweet peas
Comments (6)I agree with Ken, in principle. However, the longer the seeds sit out on the ground, the more chance they have of being eaten or washed away or forgotten and mulched over and dug into. I'd try to wait until at least late fall. Though, if you have plenty of seed, planting them now might allow some to germinate immediately and put down enough roots to have a head start next spring. I'm not being very helpful, am I? There's probably no absolutely correct answer. Martha...See MoreWinter Sowing Annuals in Zone 5
Comments (18)laurelin, where do you normally get the white heliotrope? I didn't find any last year around here. You can email me off line or post here. Like laurelin, I normally do my annuals in early to mid March. Last year I did petunias, alyssum, godetia, marigolds, celosia, calendula, salvia, lobelia, hyacinth bean, and amaranthus with great success. I tried heliotrope last year but they didn't start to bloom until the end of the season so I will start mine inside real soon. I think it's good to experiment - I've tried almost all my hardy annuals in Jan and Feb and had success and some not. I just find it easier to do the annuals in March since I'm doing perennials earlier and feel I'm guaranteed to have success with the annuals when wintersown in March. Last year I did not buy any annuals except for Proven Winners Diascia 'Flying Colors Coral'. I still plan to purchase this since I can't find these seeds (not sure there is). However I am wintersowing a few other types of diascia - I hope it works since it's my all time favorite annual(tender perennial)! :)...See MoreTime to sow annuals in zone 5?
Comments (23)But I'm not worried :) I had great sprouting successes last year with my annuals. dirtbert - I'm really looking forward to sprouts. Like a lot of newbie's I think we're going on faith here this year (LOL). Having the 'knowing' not just the 'believing' will certainly make next year's WS season a lot less 'angsting'. ;-D qm - I got lasagna pans at a dollar store 2/$ (no lids but cling wrap w/holes work fine). I'm going to sow most of my annuals in them, though probably will compartmentalize them into 2). Hope you snare some containers soon. A laugh: I went to Sam's Club the other day to buy some ground turkey. My Mom says "Wow, look at that!" I said "Wow, yeah!" She was ticked that the price had gone up. I was elated that the turkey now came in a square plastic 2.5" deep container instead of on a styrofoam tray! Look what you guys are doing to my poor brain...!! :-P Kris...See MoreFall sowing hardy annuals zone 5/6
Comments (14)I sow a lot of hardy annuals - some are sown in pots to overwinter in a coldframe - especially if I do not have many seeds. Others are sown directly where I want them to grow. There is an enormous difference between autumn sown annuals and spring sown ones - a cornflower (centaurea annua) will flower a month earlier but will make an enormous plant - easily 4feet tall with hundreds of blooms. I frequently do a sowing under cover, a direct autumn sowing and another one in spring as I like a succession of flowers and am idle at deadheading. I am growing nigella bucharica, ammi majus, godetia, cerinthe, iberis, larkspur (consolida ajacis), gysophila kermesina, centaurea, red flax, echium plantagineum, eschscholzia, calendula, legousia, orlaya, phacelia, linaria, omphalodes linifolia, succisa pratensis, catananche, sweet peas and chicory. They germinate quickly (cornflowers and echium in 4 days) and will overwinter slowly, ready to explode into bloom when daylight hours permit. Half-hardy annuals (ipomea, cosmos, cleome, cobaens, tagetes are sown in March/April and as late as May/June for zinnia and salpiglossis....See Moremariana2007
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