A real gem in the garden
So easy. Just pop the seeds in the ground and they are away on there own. You get loads of flowers.
Snowf1975
Glasgow
So easy. Just pop the seeds in the ground and they are away on there own. You get loads of flowers.
Snowf1975
Glasgow
Every seed I planted germinated into a healthy, lovely little plant, with really pretty flowers
AJB
Reading
Made a great easy to grow trailing plant in tall pots it draped down the pot sides and produced lots of flowers for some summer salads
JohnB
Surrey
An unusual nasturtium, very attractive and eye catching. I had many comments on these and they have self-seeded. Excellent
dhiagelev
Mid-Wales
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Companion planting is a method of growing different plants adjacent to one another for the benefit of one or both of the companions. Some plants are thought to confuse or act as a decoy to potential pests, while a few provide food for the pest's natural
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Fast-maturing annuals, such as calendula, candytuft, clarkia, cosmos, godetia and nasturtium, can still be sown now for a succession of colour throughout the summer months. If you live in a mild area, make three or four sowings spaced two weeks apart from
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Fast-maturing annuals, such as calendula, candytuft, clarkia, cosmos, godetia and nasturtium, can still be sown now for colour in late summer if you live in a mild area.
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There is still plenty of time to raise hardier annuals from seeds sown now and these include cosmos, zinnias and marigolds. However it's often easier to opt for ready-grown plugs of these, as well as the more-tender begonias petunias, antirrhinums and ni
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I used to be a bit sceptical about all this new-fangled fashion for eating flowers. All a bit Guardianista, I thought. Looks nice and all that, but what about the flavour? Well. Then I ate a rosemary flower. And found out about the flavour, and why people
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If you are wanting to have a go at growing seeds then the easiest of all are the annuals because they are programmed to germinate, flower and set seed within one year - therefore they pop up easily because there’s no time to waste. Most will provide necta
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