Dave and Estelle Kenny here in California, USA zone 7-8. We are anxiously awaiting many many plants from seed. We’ve not grown many flowers s from seed. The encouragement from every source like yours is helpful. We’re planting white echinaceas, Love-in- a- mist (African bride) , flax (scarlet of course), lobelia (cascade of color, gotta have trailing flowers), zinnias (giants, variety color), nasturtium ( peach variety and a jewel blend and last but not least marigolds ( any color and size We can get our hands on). The last two flowers from seed we’ve had great success in our gardens, so we’re going with this joy giver. ❤️ We have saved seeds from every live flower arrangement we get and Going to swing for the fences and see what pops up (🙏🏻). Thanks for the video! Love to know we found a mate. 🇮🇪☘️
Hi there, thanks for the video. I'll be growing China Aster in various colours, Phlox Crème Brulee, Nasturtium Lady Bird from seeds along with other flowers from tubers and corms. Lots of them will be flowering into autumn.
You are going to adore growing zinnias. They are stunning and prolific and attract every kind of beneficial pollinating insect you could want. They are gorgeous in the garden but also make long-lasting cut flowers for the vase. Once I grew them I knew I could never be without them! I'm growing at least 10 varieties this year - I hope you fall in love with them like I have. Here's to a great growing season, Audrey.
I have started some nasturtiums, cosmos, lupins and zinnias. I'm really excited because it will be my first year growing them :D I also need to sow the rest of my agapanthus seeds from last year
I've been sowing Sunflower Teddy Bear, Cosmos, Rudbeckia My Joy, Stocks, Papaver somniferum 'Lauren's Grape', Cerinthe, Sweetpeas, Marigolds to name a few. I know this is a lot of seeds, but some of these flowers will be donated to the Worthing Crematorium Memorial Gardens where I volunteer once a week, to brighten up some of the borders around the 42 acre site
Those are some beautiful old trees among the daffodils. 🙂 I'm growing lots and lots of snapdragons. Also, bells of Ireland, zinnias, sunflower, calendula, bachelor's buttons, candytuft and a lot more. 😉
I'm growing a lot of the same, I just want to bring in lots of pollinators. I usually sprinkle wild flower mixes around our small pond and the bees love it. I love calendulas, such a pop of colour. I've started a flower bed on our allotment too.
I am so happy to find your channel! I’m gardening for my 3rd year and I am so thankful to learn from knowledgeable RU-vid gardeners like you. Thank you for sharing your passion, tips and tricks. I have started making garden update videos too, I just need to perfect filming it’s very challenging in the bright sun. I hope we can learn more from each other and that we both have fantastic harvests!
Zone 9. Tucson AZ. We are growing a bit of everything from vegetables, flowers, gourds, and pumpkin.. Everything that might bring us a smile at harvest!
Another wonderful video. I'm in California and the poppies are blooming all around the countryside and in my garden they're mixed with calendula. So vibrant, show stoppers. I sowed wildflowers a few weeks ago around the perimeter of my spiral and they've just sprouted. I so hope its the visual wow I'm going for and that I don't miss it when I'm in Ireland in May. Great ideas from you again, Niall. Thanks so much.
Oh wow I'd love to see the poppies in bloom across the hill and mountains in the Californian countryside! I can't remember whether I've asked you (or you've told me) roughly whereabouts in California you are?
Woo hoo!! My two favourite gardeners in the one vlog...what a fantastic treat! I would really love to see you two boys working together...you are both fab and it would work really well. I don't ask for much lol!! I'm all chuffed Niall because I have chosen a lot of the same flowers you are growing. I too am doing the Velvet Queen sunflower along with Irish eyes...I couldn't not lol. Great info on the wild flower sowing! And I'm definitely going to sow calendula because JB said so haha. Great video as usual Niall. You are both two wee gentlemen xx
Hi Geraldine! Ah I'm so happy that the collab made you happy! JB has been such a good friend for a long time now that we just HAD to do a collab together. Maybe one day we'll meet in person and make a collab for you! Glad you've got some lovely flowers on the go yourself! See you next week, take care! ❤️
I'm adding Calendula this year and am looking forward to direct sowing it in April. Here on Long Island we are waiting for our last frost mid-April, so I've only sown things that can survive a frost - Poppies, Love-in-a-Mist (Persian Jewels) and Sweet Peas. After last frost, I'll sow Dames Rocket, Virginia Stock, Phlox, Swamp Milkweed, Rose Mallow, Verbena Bonariensis, Zinnia, Cosmos etc. Nasturtium, Borage, and Marigold are cooking in the greenhouse. Just subscribed to JB, thanks for the rec!
Really interesting list of plants - some of the names I don't recognise so I'm going to do a little bit of googling! Glad you found JB, he's a really good friend and I just love the style and feel of his channel
Thank you Niall. I will be growing many of the flowers suggested in your video. I’ve increased the amount of flowers in growing this year as they are such a benefit for the allotment and my garden at home. I will be growing asters, sunflowers & calendula and also marigolds, coleus as well, and if you’ve never grown them before try night scented stock, lovely little flowers and the fragrance of an evening is amazing. Thank you once again for the video and suggestions. Kind regards. Gary
Niall great video, lots of great choices. Sunflowers one of my faves. Did you know, im told that there is only one person in Ireland who is legally aloud harvest irish wildflower seeds( forgot his name) i was surprised to hear. You really come alive when you talk about flowers, its a pleasure to watch. Thank you for havung Jb on , he is such a sweet lad,a great recommendation. I watched both his and your vudeos this morn,but wanted to comment later. Your garden is looking superb. I am growing too many flowers to name. I do so because allergies in my family, means cant have indoors, so i grow loads outdoors. By the way, loving my flower lasagne, from your recommendation, they make me smile every day.
Hi Lorraine! I had no idea that there was only one person in Ireland! That's crazy! Yeah the origins of my love of growing definitely started with ornamentals rather than edibles. Glad you enjoyed JB - he's a very good friend and I love the style of his channel. This is just so good that the bulb lasagne is working for you... mine's looking well too!
@@niallgardens i didnt either until speaker Aoife Hum( majors in biodeversity ) told us on a course recently. JB is a sweet lad, bless him,he us so humble. My birthday present from my son was to get them the same as you, he kniws i dont buy online, so was great to see it working out, its flowering for so long,thank you, a great idea.Glad your us too.
Sorry I just can’t stop looking at all those daffodils behind you they are just stunning. I have loads of marigolds and zinnia started and today I’m probably getting my sunflowers started. Thank you for sharing as always 🐝 safe
Great suggestions. The only one I haven't tried was the calendula for some reason it always looked difficult. Glade to hear it's not. By all means grow zinnias, totally failproof and they attract all the pollinators. By the way I always enjoy the background of your apples behind your talks. The moss and ivy growing on the trunks and branches have such a sense of permanence, and they create the perfect backdrop for whatever is in bloom, and their architecture even looks good in the winter.
Hi Jeffrey! Thanks for the lovely message. Yeah certainly I've always found calendula to be incredibly easy so hopefully you'll find the same. Those apple trees are pretty special aren't they? They're not pruned for productivity, the ivy prob shouldn't be there, but I love them that way - it adds real atmosphere!
9b/California and I’m in a bit of a lull. Everything that’s been started for spring/early summer is already planted, including my tithonias, but I have started working on my hanging baskets. Those I fill with low growing/spiller (already growing) + edibles (cucamelons, thyme, oreganos, etc). I think I’m also going to start another set of ornamental oregano. They’re just so beautiful (they look like a gorgeous hops cousin) and I’d love to have oodles of baskets crowning my balcony.
Wow what a fantastic range of flowers. My first year with sowing flowers. I've just sown a lot of different perennials hopefully they do well. Great video👍..chris..🌻
Thank you Niall for great suggestion might try grow some of these. I have Calendula growing. zinnias are growing in cold greenhouse I have few shoots showing.
Oh yeah the daffodils at this time of year are just fab! They were all planted by the previous owners of the house and we didn't know they were there when we moved in.... what an unexpected, surprise gift!
Greetings Niall and JB, Great video. It looks like you are warming up and Spring is March-ing into your gardens. I've just planted tomatoes 🍅, carrots 🥕, onions 🌰 and lettuces 🌿
I've already sown many you listed!! Tfs, I will go to your Website when I'm reading to sow more vegetables, right now I'm sowing every 3 weeks., but Sunflowers every 2 weeks!
🌻 Aha! I had just been wondering about when to sow Sunflowers! I did mine in May last year IIRC. Might get them going a wee tad sooner this year… 🤔 Big fan of NaturallyJB's channel and his 🌶 growing. In fact, I think he was the one that introduced me to YOUR channel ages ago!
good video again Niall! Have added JB to my subscribed! most of the flowers growing have already been sown from seed but particularly spray carnations as this is my mums favourite flower and want to make sure I always have them in my garden! Will be growing marigolds and already sown geraniums as just love the vibrant colours and can keep year after year if looked after well!
Thanks Lisa and thanks for subbing to JB! That’s so good you’ve already got most of these going - you’re going to have such a lovely selection! What a lovely idea to grow spray carnations! 🥰
Great seeds for this month. I'm growing the same sunflowers, I have a few varieties this year, I'm excited about preocut plum. nasturtiums, calendula, Asters, and i do grow bouquet dill, for greenery, and lots of zinnias. Hoping to get some nicotiana from the seed library.
Nasturtiums are kind of peppery, aren't they? It's been awhile since I've grown them. They'll be in my garden this year. I have some beautiful yellow California poppies in my bee mix. I'll let some of my dill flower this year. I *love* calendula. It is also in my bee mix, but I have some especially this year. I'll be making some balm with it later in the year. I had not considered asters, but they may be on my list for next year. I do have zinnias to be planted. I'll get them out in the next couple of weeks.
Yeah they are a bit peppery - not so much to my taste to be honest. You've got loads of things growing which just sounds fantastic! Love the sound of the balm - that'll be so nice.
Coming from JB! - Thank you for the recommendation, I really like the eryngium one, I will look into it as I like 'blue' flowers very much :) - I've had quite a bit of trouble growing echinops last year; if you have any tips, they would be welcome (I'm desperate!) :D ! - You'll love the Agastache! They are bees and butterfly magnets and the leaves are edible, you can make lovely mint-liquorish infusions with them! They grow very easily; one of my top flowers for sure!
(otherwise from seed atm I'm also growing Fuzzy lamb's ears, catmint, calendula, tree mallow (as an experiment - so far no cigar), libertia grandiflora (also no cigar), hostas (idem), aquilegia or columbine (eh... it's still too early to tell) and sweet peas - we'll see how i will go!) :)
Oh fantastic! Thanks for coming across and welcome! With the Echinops I think just make sure that they've got loads of nutrition in the soil, something to really give them energy. I had no idea about the infusion of Agastache - thanks!! Also, your plant list of what you're growing sounds fantastic! Make sure to keep me posted with how you get on!
HI Niall! I am growing most of your selection and loving it. Last year I added Fennel plant, like the dill, just a lot taller. The Spider flower plant and the fragrant giant hyssop. All 3 are tall with sturdy stalks and the bees love them. Happy gardening!
I’m growing a lot of the same and I’ve used the winter sowing method for the first time with the hardy annuals and perennials (water/milk containers outdoors). My earliest seeds to germinate were the sunflowers in early March. I’ve gone with Ms Mars and Ruby Eclipse with my own seeds from Black Magic last year. I love this time of year! I’m on the west coast of Scotland, so a similar climate to yours, I think.
Thanks Julia - glad that the winter sowing method is working for you 👍 Oh yeah for sure, if you're west coast Scotland then you really will be very similar climate-wise
Hi have you try sun flowers call tabby beard they are nice and different to use sunflowers I ms Caroline Barton from Hucknall near Nottingham. My back garden is 10 cross and 10 down and have 7 Raise bed with veg few for veg and fruit plus flowers and pond my partner has made Raise bed and pond it because I old in my 60 middle ok I been doing garden for over 30 year had with my house and did Raspberries jam my mum did for me had plus my children growing up they got kids and don’t do garden at all maybe my youngest she might when twins get big ok
My advice would be to look at planting schemes of long herbaceous borders, or look at photos of them online. That'll give you a good idea of how different gardeners structure they're planting depending on the look and feel you'd like. Hope this helps!
I actually don’t pinch out my Calendula and I don’t think they need it. I’d pinch out most other annuals, but Calendula really seem to do best when they’re doing their own thing 👍
Be careful of planting wildflower seed mixes as they can have invasive plants mixed in. Read the packet carefully and research the type if you are unfamiliar. Also at the end of the video I wish he would have shown the type of Agastahe that he was growing because a picture is worth more than just describing a plant. Also I thought he was going to demonstrate some direct sowing methods.
