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| So I'm wondering if I can sow seeds of bee balm and seeds of coneflowers and hollyhocks now so that I can get blooms next spring or summer of 2012?
Will they have enough time to establish roots? The bee balm I want to produce is the Monarda I think -- it's red and they are beautiful. Thanks,
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- Posted by northerner_on Z5A ONCanada (My Page) on Fri, Jul 8, 11 at 3:23
| Yes, Lesa, you can plant now. As a matter of fact there are several things that I plant now including hollyhocks because I do not have space for them 'doing nothing' over a whole summer. I usually sink the pots in the ground over the winter and plant them out in spring. Others I am growing now are lupines, and dianthus barbatus. I will plant them out in the fall. I am not sure about the Monarda though as I have only winter-sown them. You may want to check to see if anyone has started them indoors. |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 5b/6a N CT (My Page) on Fri, Jul 8, 11 at 6:00
| Lesa - I'm so glad you asked this question. I summer sowed Shasta daisy & helenium yesterday plus Cupid's dart last week. I set the milk jugs in the shade on my breezeway. The Shasta daisy seeds already sprouted so I'm pretty excited about those--I got very little germination from the ones I winter sowed. I'd like to start more dianthus barbatus too so I get flowers next year. northerner_on - thanks for the info on hollyhocks. Mine that I WS last year & wintered over in a pot in the ground is blooming but I just have the one plant. I have seeds from last year's blooms I could sow now too. Yippee!! |
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| I do a lot of summer sowing, but mostly annuals: zinnia, mexican sunflower, moss rose. I did collect seed from a very short perennial Lynchis today. Like rose campoin but pale pink flowers and petite size (maybe 10"). Liked it so much (no I can remember if I gre it or bought it..) that I decided to summer sow the seeds right away. I've got all my jugs put away for the season. I summer sow in "topless" plastic cookie boxes from BJ"s. I hope they germinate! |
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