Cougettes, Coleus and Rudbeckia seed sown

Hardening off commenced

Good weather is forecast for the next few days so a good opportunity to start hardening  off.

Rudbeckia and Coleus potted up

Tomato and Coleus seed sown

Tomato varieties Gardener's Delight, Alicante and Marmande

Coleus and courgettes sown

Coleus sisyrinchium and sweet william update

I have been keeping some coleus, sisyrinchium and sweet william in the porch up until recently, but a couple of days ago I put them in the garden.

Hardening off

Today is the first day of hardening off the tomatoes. It's been a cold spring, but the temperature is up a bit today and is supposed to continue to rise as the week progresses. Also enjoying the sun are the coleus seedlings, but they have been out during the day for a while.

Coleus seedlings potted up

Yesterday I potted up 40 coleus seedlings (sown on 16 March).

Coleus and Gaillardia sown

Courgettes and Coleus sown

Coleus sown on the surface of the compost with no covering, as per instructions on the packet.

Coleus update

The coleus I sowed on 20 March are looking a bit dodgy...

I think I may have put them out in the day too early. Have moved them into the shade.

Sowed some more...

Lupin, Tagetes, Agastache, Spinach, Coleus and Sweet William sown

Sowed these yesterday. I ran out of elastic bands at the time of this photo but I've now put clingfilm on all of them.

Coleus ideas

The beds at Eltham Pleasaunce show how coleus should be planted!

Front garden update

Front garden looking very sparse - I didn't take enough pelargonium cuttings. I used some spare coleus plants in an attempt to fill the gaps.

Also some of the rudbeckia are very small - sow more and earlier next year - maybe in February - or maybe red achillea as well/instead

Coleus update

Coleus update

Updates

None of the Polemonium or Heuchera seeds I sowed at the beginning of April have germinated, so I have sown some more. Decided to try them under clingfilm this time.

Only a couple of Coleus have germinated, so I sowed some more of those as well.

Coleus from original sowing

I sowed some seed from the Winter Cherry berries I collected in the winter. I was surprised how many seeds there were inside.

Five Gaillardia seedlings have appeared.

Coleus seeds sown