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Your quickest to bloom?
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christie_sw_mo Z6 (
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Thu, Jun 7, 12 at 16:12
| I winter sowed gaillardia seeds this year in January and one had a flower before the end of May. I think it was from the Grandiflora mix that I got from Swallowtail Seeds. The bloom looks sort of like 'Fanfare' with tubular petals. I have several more from the mix that haven't flowered yet but also planted some gaillardia aristata seeds and I don't know which is which. They have both grown fast.
I only got three seedlings from my gaillardia 'Arizona Apricot'. The other gaillardias came up thickly but that one was almost a dud. They're smaller too but I think they'll do ok, and if all three live, still worth the price of a pack of seed I guess.
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RE: Your quickest to bloom?
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| Well gailardia is the fastest for me to bloom also. They reseed nicely in the beds also. I guess the second fastest to bloom is alpine strawberry. Last year it shocked me how fast it bloomed after growing. This year it was blooming in mid march. I guess that is from such a warm winter. Not sure but I have been picking strawberries since april. Yumm!! |
RE: Your quickest to bloom?
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| I just got my first bloom a week ago on dwarf poppies. They are about 6" tall and have teeny tiny yellow flowers. Everything else i sowed this year is still between half inch and 4 inches tall- i gotta LONG way to go before i see blooms! |
RE: Your quickest to bloom?
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| Clarkia are always my first wintersown annual blooms. Martha |
RE: Your quickest to bloom?
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| Cornflowers AKA Bachelor Buttons were the first. Also have Baby's breath and California poppies blooming now too. |
RE: Your quickest to bloom?
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| The quickest perennial for me this year was gaillardia. |
RE: Your quickest to bloom?
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| This year was Tidy Tips and Poached egg plant. Now the Calendula is up an running. |
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