Phlox

Perennial Phlox...

Seed failures

None of the Phlox or Aster seeds I sowed on 17 April germinated. This may have been because the compost got sodden as a result of the compost bags being left in the garden. I tried to cover the open bag up, but the large amounts of rain leaked in. I have been trying to dry off some of the compost, and today I sowed some more Phlox and Aster. Also, none of the marigold seed came up, so I sowed some more of those a few days ago.

The French bean plants have been growing well, but I've been reluctant to plant them out because the nights have been cold. As a result I'm a little concerned that the plants have gone a bit beyond their best, so I sowed some more seed today. Next year I should sow the French beans a little later, around the 1st of May.

More seed sown

Today I sowed some phlox, aster and courgette seeds. I also sowed some of the butternut squash seed I saved a few weeks ago. I sowed another batch of marigold seed as none of the original seed I sowed a few weeks ago came up, and I sowed some more antirrhinum

Seedling updates, and potted up

Phlox

Impatiens

These are the seeds from the packet I bought. None of the seeds I saved from last year's plants (sown in another batch) came up. In the batch above, one seed germinated early, but the remainder of the seedlings above came up much later. Most of the seeds didn't germinate.

Courgettes

Asters

Today I potted up all the seedlings above.

Phlox seed sown

I sowed the phlox later this year, hopefully this will avoid the leggy seedlings I got last year.

Phlox update

A couple of the phlox plants are starting to flower

Leggy phlox

Most of my second batch of phlox seeds have gone 'leggy' because I haven't potted them up. I salvaged those that I could by potting them. Next year I won't plant these seeds so early.

Phlox and rudbeckia potted up

Phlox in the square pots, rudbeckia in the round ones (I potted up more than are shown here).

More phlox sown

Because the first sowing of phlox didn't produce as many seedlings as I expected, today I sowed another batch.

Seed update

Impatiens

Rudbeckia

Phlox - only one seed seems to be germinating

Mystery Plant - those seeds sown flat seem to be doing best

Moneymaker

Marmande

Gardeners' Delight

Antirrhinum

Phlox seed sown