March is a key month for seed sowing with the majority of our summer flowers being started over the next few weeks. Most of the cut flower varieties we grow belong to the group of plants known as Annuals. This includes Snapdragons, Cosmos, Zinnias, Scabious, Statice, Ammi and many, many more. They complete their life… Read More MARCH 2020: PROPAGATING FROM SEED
This week I’ve been constructing the frame for my sweet peas to grow up in the polytunnel. I use the cordon method which involves pinching out all the side shoots and tendrils and training just one stem up a support. The sweet peas are sown in root trainers, one per cell and allowed to grow… Read More SWEET PEAS – THE CORDON METHOD
In February, I start to prepare our Dahlia, Chrystanthemum and Pelargonium stock plants for propagation. Dahlias I propagate our Dahlias in two main ways, by divisions and cuttings. Dahlias are incredibly productive plants and are capable of growing from a rooted cutting taken in the spring into a fully flowering plant with a tuber the… Read More FEBRUARY 2020: PROPAGATING DAHLIAS, CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND PELARGONIUMS