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Janet Tweedy

2005-07-24, 9:03 pm

What annuals/half hardy annuals can you sow now to fill in gaps?
I have tried cornflowers, Godetia and thought I might try poppies and
cosmos.

Would Osteospermum be quick enough?
I have dug out a new large bed and it would be nice to 'fill in gaps'
until I have planted shrubs.

Janet
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Janet Baraclough

2005-07-25, 2:21 pm

The message <DQymNOKCbB5CFwKs@ukonline.co.uk>
from Janet Tweedy <jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk> contains these words:

> What annuals/half hardy annuals can you sow now to fill in gaps?
> I have tried cornflowers, Godetia and thought I might try poppies and
> cosmos.


> Would Osteospermum be quick enough?
> I have dug out a new large bed and it would be nice to 'fill in gaps'
> until I have planted shrubs.


Bit late to get them to flowering this season, surely? I think I'd
compromise, sow some red and green lettuce to fill a late summer space
in an ornamental way, for this year, and some biennials such as daisies,
foxgloves and sweet XXXXXXXX or wallflowers for next season.

Janet
Kay

2005-07-25, 7:21 pm

In article <DQymNOKCbB5CFwKs@ukonline.co.uk>, Janet Tweedy
<jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk> writes
>What annuals/half hardy annuals can you sow now to fill in gaps?
>I have tried cornflowers, Godetia and thought I might try poppies and
>cosmos.


Calendula? Flowers quite quickly and is reasonably cold tolerant so
would last quite well into autumn.
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Kay
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