Sowing plan 2024

Sowing and cultivating need to take into account that I will be in Australia for three weeks in Sept-Oct.

Seed available:

  • from left over seed of last year

  • harvested as seed

  • plants growing on in greenhouse and cold frames

  • plants self seeding and need transplanting

  • bulbs in storage

  • from Dobbies order

  • from RHS order

Carry forward

  • Achillea - not sowing - well distributed now in garden

  • Aqualegia - not sowing - various varieties spread in the garden

  • Coriander - not sowing - Mari does not like the taste

  • Wild geranium - not sowing - well distributed in the garden

  • lovage - not sowing - growing in pot, Mari does not like the taste

  • Antirrhinum Apple Blossom, tetra mix - not sowing - well distributed

  • Geam Blazing sunset - not sowing - three sets of plants from last year to be planted out

  • Cabbage - not sowing - no space to grow cabbage

  • Dianthis little maiden - not sowing - well distributed, in several pots

  • Agastache apricot - not sowing - 2023 sowing to plant out.

  • Carnations - not sowing - 2023 sowing to plant out

  • Maltese Cross - not sowing - in several places in garden

  • Coreopsis - not sowing - 2023 sowing to plant out

  • Knautia - not sowing - 2023 sowing to plant out

  • Eucomis - not sowing - 2023 sowing to plant out

  • Spinage - not sowing

  • Romanesco

  • Hollyhocks

  • Calendula cactus

  • Ammi Majus

  • Centaurea

  • Eranthis

  • Helleborus

  • Chinese forget me nots

  • Aubrieta

  • Pansy

  • Motherwort

  • Berkeya

  • Betoni

  • Primula Candelabra

  • Primula Pulverulentra

  • Aruncus

  • Lunaria

  • kniphofia

  • Holyhocks - pink

  • Alchemelia Mollis

  • Francoa

  • Cosmos

  • Anemone Nemerosa

  • Yunan Licorice

  • Digitalis grandiflora

  • Digitalis Laevigata

  • Digitalis white

  • Eurphorbia spurge (harvested)

  • Tomatoes

  • Chives

  • Lettuce

  • Celery

  • Rocket

  • spring onions

  • Fennel

  • salad rocket

  • Parsley

Harvested

  • Caper Spurge seed harvested in January 2024.

  • Cyclamen

Plants to find a place for

  • Echinops ( 3 plants) is overwintering and must be planted out

  • Angelica ( 1 plant) is overwintering in the greenhouse, ready to go out

  • Agastache (white and peach) is ready to go out in the greenhouse

  • Knautia - ready for transplant

  • Coreopsis - ready for transplant

  • Caper Spurge self seeded and a few plants is coming up in the garden. They must be transplanted to pots to grow on and place in next to the stairs in front.

  • Geum in pots to be transplanted

  • Antirrhinum in pots - some to be transplanted

  • Carnations to be transplanted

  • Aqualegia received from Rachel is growing on in the greenhouse. To be planted out.

  • Coreopsis 2 plants to plant out.

  • Eucomis - 6 plants to plants out.

Bulbs

  • Arum lily - purple. Bulbs is in storage.

  • Tigridia. 3 bulbs for plant out

Dobbies

  • Bellis Seeds - Giant-Flowered Mixed

  • Sunflower ‘Gummy Bear’

  • Poppy ‘Royal Wedding’

  • Zinnia ‘Macarenia’

  • Cornflower ‘Tom Pouce Pink’

  • Leaf Salad - Winter Mix

  • Sweet Pea - Old Fashioned Mixed

  • Cosmos - Sonata Mixed

  • Allium cernuum

  • Calendula - Orange King

  • Beetroot - Bulls Blood

  • Basil - Lettuce Leaf

  • Beetroot ‘Golden Eye’

  • Tomato ‘Big Mama’ F1

  • Tomato - Gardener’s Delight (Indeterminate)

RHS

  • Actaea pachypoda (white baneberry)

  • Actaea cordifolia (heart-shaped-leaved actaea)

  • Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia (eastern bluestar) 2*

  • Cenolophium denudatum (Baltic parsley)

  • Cephalaria gigantea (giant scabious)

  • Chelone obliqua (twisted shell flower)

  • Erigeron karvinskianus (Mexican fleabane)

  • Francoa ramosa (bridal wreath)

  • Geum rivale (water avens)

  • Lobelia x speciosa (cardinal flower)

  • Maianthemum racemosum (false spikenard)

  • Myrrhis odorata (sweet cicely)

  • Cyclamen hederifolium (ivy-leaved cyclamen)

  • Eranthis hyemalis (winter aconite)

  • Watsonia mixed (bugle lily)

  • Amaranthus caudatus (love-lies bleeding)

  • Ammi majus (false bishop’s weed)

  • Berkheya purpurea (purple berkheya)

  • Helleborus x hybridus (hybrid Lenten rose)

  • Eranthis hyemalis (winter aconite)

  • Watsonia mixed (bugle lily)

  • Camassia leichtlinii subsp. leichtlinii (Californian white-flowered quamash)

  • Lilium regale (regal lily)

  • Crocus mixed (mixed crocus)

  • Anemone x hybrida (Japanese anemone)

  • Angelica archangelica (angelica)

  • Betonica officinalis (betony)

  • Anemone hupehensis (Chinese anemone)

Seed from Gardenersworld

  • Tomato - Sun Baby - Heavy cropping cherry tomato (yellow)

  • Xerochrysum - Double Mixed

Plants bought during the season

  • Cape daisy osteospernum (3 plants) - annual

  • Geum Pink Petticoats - perenial, hardy, 45cm, sunny or partial shade

  • Geum Totally Tangerine - perenial, hardy,90cm sunny or partial shade

  • Sweet Pea (athyrus odoratus Alan Williams - mid blue

  • Sweetpea (athyrus odoratus sweetheart ) annual pink

  • Sweet Pea (athyrus odoratus Air Warden - red

  • Sweetpea spencer mixed

  • Marjoram French - herb Origanum Vulgare - suitable for tubs and pots 45 cm flower in summer

  • Lysimachia Nummularia - Goldilocks - sun partial shade trailing

  • Black eyed Susan - Thunbergia Terracotta - half hardy - full sun - climber

  • Passiflora Caerulea - passionfruit - hardy- sun or partial shade - climber

  • Fennel - Foeniculum vulgare - 1.5m perennial - mid summer flowering

  • Barred horsetail - Equisetum Japonicum - pond plant. Planting depth zone 2,3; half or full sun; evergreen

  • French marigolds mixed - annual

  • Fuchsia - half shade - not hardy

  • Verbena Hybrida - deep purple

  • Verbena Sparkle Purple blues

  • Mosaic plant - house plant - warm Room

  • Hyacinth Delft Blue bulbs

  • Delphinium Dark Blue & white (plugs)

  • Doronicum Little Leo (plugs)

  • Leuranthemum Crasy Daisy (plugs)

  • Verbena Buenos Aires (plugs)

  • Salvia Salvatore Deep Blue (plugs)

  • Achillea Cerise Queen (plugs)

  • asperagus Fern

  • Hazel tree (portsmouth tree planting for D-day celebrations)

  • Gaura Sparkle White - Whirly Butterfly bush

Vegatable and herbs sowing plan

  • Lettuce sow sparingly every two weeks from february in 15 cm pots to allow for approx 5 plants per pot to mature

  • Tomatoes - 3 different varieties. Sow in february inhouse, transplant when two leaves and grow under lights to and plant out in may/june when first flowers showing. Pinch out. Plant out in large pots or tubs, 2 plants in each container.

  • Beetroot - (dobbies seed) multiple sowings of two rows each March, April, May, June

  • Rocket - sow direct in Veggy boxes. every 3 weeks from March until June.

  • Basil - Dobbies seed) Sow March indoors. Second sowing in June.

  • Parsley - sow and grow in 15cm pots

coldframe sowing

  • Digitalis (3 varieties)

  • Primula (2 varieties)

  • Eranthis

Flower Sowing plan by month

Sowing will start in mid February inhouse with growing on under lights

Febr

  • Calendula (cactus)

  • Sweetpeas

  • Lettuce

  • Zinnia

  • Tomatoes

  • foxgloves

  • Primula

  • Cephalaria

  • Eranthis

  • Cenolophium (baltic parsley)

  • Geum

  • Rocket

  • Chelone

  • Allium

  • Lobelia

  • Amsonia

very little of the February sowing made it through March. a) I attempted to transplant too early. Slugs and birds got what was left. The following is showing no sign of germination: Foxgloves (grandiflora); Primula; Cephalaria; eranthis; Chelone, Allium; Amsonia.

some Rocket, Geum, Tomatoes,lobelia, foxgloves, lettuce and sweetpeas made it to the end of March.

March

  • Calendula cactus (second sowing) and Orange King (Dobbies)

  • Ammi Majus (carry forward and RHS seeds)

  • Centaurea (carry forward and Dobbies seed)

  • Eranthis - sow in cold frame (carry forward and RHS seeds)

  • Aubrieta - sow to fill gaps into pots and garden

  • Motherwort - soak seed for 24h then put in plastic bag with soil and put in fridge for two weeks, then prepare bed under trees and scatter.

  • Betony - sow in prepared bed area, semi shade. Also sow in pot. cover with fine layer of grit.

  • Eurphorbia spurge (harvested) - sow indoors

  • Alchemelia Mollis - Tompson Morgan seed carried over

  • Beetroot - golder eye from dobbies

  • Xerochrysum - from gardenersworld

  • Erigeron (fleabane) - RHS

  • Kniphofia - carry forward

  • Tomatoes - Sun baby

  • Chinese forget me not - harvested

  • French marigold - Dobbies

  • sunflower - gummy bear - dobbies

  • Poppies - dobbies

  • Basil

  • Angelica

  • Amaranthus

  • Spring onions

  • Chives

  • Lettuce

  • Rocket

  • Some more Zinnias (february sowing lost)

  • Some more sweetpeas

  • Francoa

  • Fennel

  • Myrrhis Anise

  • Wood Anemone

  • Large sunflowers

  • Bull Blood beet

  • Cosmos

  • Italian Parsley

I am doing a second sowing of the following at the end of march

Lunaria, Helleborus, foxgloves, Baltic parsley, Tomatoes, Xerochrysum, Poppies; Ammi Majus; Centaurea, calendula, fleabane; lettuce.

April

  • Hollyhock: sow indoors. mix seeds from dobbies (single flower mixed), Lizette (single flower pink), single flower white; double red. (select 2 of each colour for next year)

  • Sunflower: targeted to be planted into the wild flower bed in front.

  • Berkeya - sow in late spring in pots where it need to grow. likes sunny dry spot. need winter protection.

  • Iris Bulbs

  • Amarine Bulbs

Planted all the sweetpeas out in the garden to grow onto the new obelisk.

Second sowing of the following in April : lettuce, Tomatoes, Baltic Parsley, Poppies, Xerochrysum, Ammi Majus.

May

  • Hollyhock - plant out 3 mature plants from 2023 sowing

  • Pansy - sow for winter flowering

  • Eurphorbia spurge (harvested) - sow outdoors in pots for next year

June

  • Bellis

Sept

No sowing - due to Australia visit

October

After return from australia

  • Calendula -Sow direct

  • Ammi Majus, sow for overwintering

  • Centaurea, sow for overwintering

  • Bellis, for overwintering