Great information again Catherine. Don’t forget you can start Bells of Ireland using the wet kitchen paper germination. They start up easily and then I just place the seed in seed raising mix. Apparently you can start Delphiniums the same way if you have trouble germinating them. I’m going to try Dahlias from seed for the first time too. Love watching your videos I always look forward to them
Thank you for the tip about bells of Ireland. When you put them on the damp paper towel do you put that in the fridge or on a heat mat? I have heard people mention both before but wasn’t sure which worked.
Thanks so much for watching. It’s been lovely to bring on some healthy seedlings over the last few months after losing so many autumn sown ones in the December big freeze. To keep them healthy at the moment I am really conscious of getting them watered enough while we have an unusual dry spell.
I've had huge success with Lupins I set away last year for my cutting bed. They make great cut flowers. I've grown a pink and white variety called The Chatelaine, it's stunning and lasts for ages in a vase. I've supplied my local florist with some too. My Arum lilies are also blooming, and they make good cut flowers too!
Lupins are fantastic cut flowers. My lupins are just starting to bloom this week. Do you ever get bothered by lupin aphids? Arum lilies do they come back every year for you? Thanks so much for watching this week.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Hi, in my home garden there's been aphids, but at the allotment there's been none, I'm not sure why as I haven't treated them any differently. The arums are very hardy and come back every year, they make lovey cut flowers. I really enjoy your videos, they have helped me learn so much, thanks.
If you would like 20-30 Arum tubers posting up, I have lots spare as I'm digging some out a row from my Allotment to make way for other flowers, it would be no trouble whatsoever. The blooms will be for next year now, as they flower May-July.
It's amazing how two slightly different places in a similar area can have differences. I am glad the allotment is aphid free! The arums sound great, especially as they are very hardy, a definite bonus here! I am really glad you are enjoying the videos x
Thanks that's really kind of you and would be lovely to trial growing them here. Very happy to pay the postage too. Do you dig up the tubers and store them over the winter or keep them in the ground?
Guess I’ll put on a few more sunflowers. But I am happy to report I now have most of my cut flower garden planted out. Just waiting for the zinnias to harden off. I am so excited to see how it does this being the first year I am trying a cutting bed.
It’s so exciting when you get to the stage of having it all planted out and you soon get the reward for all your hard work with lots of lovely flowers. I hope your first year with a cutting bed is really successful.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm I cannot wait for stuff to start flowering. I think the cornflowers will be first they really took off once I had planted them out.
I really want to grow the Ravenswing and Astrantia, but I can't find the seeds for it here in the US... Your flowers are amazing! 😄👍 I can't wait for your video on grasses! I have some frosted explosion grass seedlings I'm growing for the first time and I can't wait to see what they look like in arrangements💐
Frosted explosion is fantastic. I think you will love it. That’s a shame you can’t get astrantia and ravenswing though. I hadn’t realised you couldn’t get that easily in the US.
Thanks Susan, there are so many things to do at this time of year that I just don’t have the time to get to them all. So I just prioritise the most important and write a lot of lists!!
As I have just put my garden to sleep for the next few months over here (NZ) , I'm so excited to sit back and watch your summer garden progress and bloom over the next few months.. Gets me through our winter! What do you use as seed raising mix? Last year I noticed the one I usually buy is now very dry and dusty so the water just sits on top of the mix rather than saturate the soil. Any advice would be great, thank you 💐
I hope you enjoy the summer flowers here while it’s winter for you. I am struggling this year with seed starting mix. I am trying to go peat free and there is a huge shift towards this with much better availability this year. The problem has been finding one that works. I have tried a number of different brands this year and none so far I have been that happy with. They are very drying. Don’t absorb or retain moisture well and form a crusty texture around the seedlings. I am hoping as time goes on progress will be made with the peat free composts.
Thanks Hannah, yes the ravenswing just stays in its tray in the greenhouse with the occasional water over the winter and then it germinates away in the spring.
I've grown dahlias from seed - the flowers weren't spectacular but made good filler. Do you grow any of the dianthus Catherine? They're incredibly cold tolerant so unless you really dislike them, Sweet William and carnations are great for cold climates 🎉
Thanks Alison, that’s good to know about the dahlias . I do grow sweet william but haven’t grown carnations before. Sweet william sometimes come back for me a second year well.
Larkspur can be tricky to get to germinate. They definitely take longer than other annuals and do like some cold stratification. Starting the seeds off in early spring often works as the fluctuation in warmer daytime and cooler night time temperatures helps them germinate. If you live in a warmer climate putting the seeds in the fridge for a couple of weeks before sowing helps and then sow them as normal. This year I have had lots of success getting them to germinate from direct sowing as although it’s warm in the day the night time temperatures are still very cool. Indoors I get best results when I don’t put the seed trays on a heated mat. They germinate better just on the staging in the greenhouse.
Thank you so much for this. How you find time to answer our questions I do not know! I love larkspur and I'm determined to grow them from seed. I know what to do now. Thanks.
I've started a cutting patch in my garden. Nothing like the scale of your operation, but your videos have helped and inspired me so much. Thank you.
Thanks so much for watching 😊 I am really glad you are enjoying the videos.
I always look forward to all of your videos. All your information is great and very helpful!
Thanks so much for the lovely feedback. I am really glad you are enjoying the videos each week x
Great information again Catherine. Don’t forget you can start Bells of Ireland using the wet kitchen paper germination. They start up easily and then I just place the seed in seed raising mix. Apparently you can start Delphiniums the same way if you have trouble germinating them. I’m going to try Dahlias from seed for the first time too. Love watching your videos I always look forward to them
Thank you for the tip about bells of Ireland. When you put them on the damp paper towel do you put that in the fridge or on a heat mat? I have heard people mention both before but wasn’t sure which worked.
Fascinating tour thank you and I'm in awe by the obvious health and vigour of your seedlings 🤔
Thanks so much for watching. It’s been lovely to bring on some healthy seedlings over the last few months after losing so many autumn sown ones in the December big freeze. To keep them healthy at the moment I am really conscious of getting them watered enough while we have an unusual dry spell.
I've had huge success with Lupins I set away last year for my cutting bed. They make great cut flowers. I've grown a pink and white variety called The Chatelaine, it's stunning and lasts for ages in a vase. I've supplied my local florist with some too. My Arum lilies are also blooming, and they make good cut flowers too!
Lupins are fantastic cut flowers. My lupins are just starting to bloom this week. Do you ever get bothered by lupin aphids? Arum lilies do they come back every year for you? Thanks so much for watching this week.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Hi, in my home garden there's been aphids, but at the allotment there's been none, I'm not sure why as I haven't treated them any differently. The arums are very hardy and come back every year, they make lovey cut flowers. I really enjoy your videos, they have helped me learn so much, thanks.
If you would like 20-30 Arum tubers posting up, I have lots spare as I'm digging some out a row from my Allotment to make way for other flowers, it would be no trouble whatsoever. The blooms will be for next year now, as they flower May-July.
It's amazing how two slightly different places in a similar area can have differences. I am glad the allotment is aphid free! The arums sound great, especially as they are very hardy, a definite bonus here! I am really glad you are enjoying the videos x
Thanks that's really kind of you and would be lovely to trial growing them here. Very happy to pay the postage too. Do you dig up the tubers and store them over the winter or keep them in the ground?
Guess I’ll put on a few more sunflowers. But I am happy to report I now have most of my cut flower garden planted out. Just waiting for the zinnias to harden off. I am so excited to see how it does this being the first year I am trying a cutting bed.
It’s so exciting when you get to the stage of having it all planted out and you soon get the reward for all your hard work with lots of lovely flowers. I hope your first year with a cutting bed is really successful.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm I cannot wait for stuff to start flowering. I think the cornflowers will be first they really took off once I had planted them out.
Beautiful! Thanks for the tour. Nice columbines.
Thanks for watching. I am glad you enjoyed it 😊
I really want to grow the Ravenswing and Astrantia, but I can't find the seeds for it here in the US... Your flowers are amazing! 😄👍 I can't wait for your video on grasses! I have some frosted explosion grass seedlings I'm growing for the first time and I can't wait to see what they look like in arrangements💐
Frosted explosion is fantastic. I think you will love it. That’s a shame you can’t get astrantia and ravenswing though. I hadn’t realised you couldn’t get that easily in the US.
Gorgeous Catherine. I don't know how you keep track of every thing.
Thanks Susan, there are so many things to do at this time of year that I just don’t have the time to get to them all. So I just prioritise the most important and write a lot of lists!!
As I have just put my garden to sleep for the next few months over here (NZ) , I'm so excited to sit back and watch your summer garden progress and bloom over the next few months.. Gets me through our winter! What do you use as seed raising mix? Last year I noticed the one I usually buy is now very dry and dusty so the water just sits on top of the mix rather than saturate the soil. Any advice would be great, thank you 💐
I hope you enjoy the summer flowers here while it’s winter for you. I am struggling this year with seed starting mix. I am trying to go peat free and there is a huge shift towards this with much better availability this year. The problem has been finding one that works. I have tried a number of different brands this year and none so far I have been that happy with. They are very drying. Don’t absorb or retain moisture well and form a crusty texture around the seedlings. I am hoping as time goes on progress will be made with the peat free composts.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm ahh exactly my problem.. I tune into Monty Don, Gardners World to see what solutions they find.. 👍
That is a good idea, love Gardeners World when I get a minute to sit down and watch it!
For the direct seeded larkspur, linaria, nigella. You won’t be transplanting them to wider spacings but thinning them, is that correct?
Hi Andrew, thanks for watching this week. Yes I would just thin them rather than transplant any from the direct sowing.
Thanks so much for sharing, when you ignore your ravens wing seeds, is it still in the greenhouse? All beautiful
Thanks Hannah, yes the ravenswing just stays in its tray in the greenhouse with the occasional water over the winter and then it germinates away in the spring.
I've grown dahlias from seed - the flowers weren't spectacular but made good filler. Do you grow any of the dianthus Catherine? They're incredibly cold tolerant so unless you really dislike them, Sweet William and carnations are great for cold climates 🎉
Thanks Alison, that’s good to know about the dahlias . I do grow sweet william but haven’t grown carnations before. Sweet william sometimes come back for me a second year well.
Anyone know why I've had such difficulty getting larkspur to germinate?
Larkspur can be tricky to get to germinate. They definitely take longer than other annuals and do like
some cold stratification. Starting the seeds off in early spring often works as the fluctuation in warmer daytime and cooler night time temperatures helps them germinate. If you live in a warmer climate putting the seeds in the fridge for a couple of weeks before sowing helps and then sow them as normal. This year I have had lots of success getting them to germinate from direct sowing as although it’s warm in the day the night time temperatures are still very cool. Indoors I get best results when I don’t put the seed trays on a heated mat. They germinate better just on the staging in the greenhouse.
Thank you so much for this. How you find time to answer our questions I do not know! I love larkspur and I'm determined to grow them from seed. I know what to do now. Thanks.