Hello Liz and Niall . 😊 I’ve been growing those particular snapdragons in my garden. They are a gorgeous addition. Great choice Niall! The globe thistles look amazing! Happy gardening.
Thanks so much for being part of the video Liz! Yeah the Antirrhinum is really a bit special looking isn't it?! I'll get you a packet of that Agastache seed too! ❤️
I love globe shaped flowers. My drumstick alliums lasted several months and I saved TONS of seeds. Now I have garlic chives that have buds on them so I'll have tiny little white globes. Shapes and textures are just as important as color, in my opinion. Oh, calendula and poppies together are quite beautiful and both self seed so-bonus! Once again, excellent video, Niall. Thank you so much for all your hard work.
I'm the same actually when it comes to globe-shaped flowers. I love that shape and form. That's a great idea to grow calendula and poppy together - like you say the combination would be great!
Thank you, Niall. I signed-up for Liz's channel immediately after you mentioned it. This video of yours is just excellent; I could not enjoy them more. Your presentation is riveting - even your commercials for Skillshare are superb! Thank you for sharing your talent and your marvelous knowledge. I hope you have a great summer. DA
Thank you for all the seed recommendations. Your garden is so lush and Beautiful. I'm in Zone 8 North Texas extremely dry and hot this year but I'm still trying for a fall garden. If we could only get some rain.
You're welcome, thanks Donna! Glad you like the garden - we're so fortunate to own it. We've been exceptionally dry here in Ireland too which the landscape really isn't designed for. Hopefully you get the rain you need!
@@niallgardens We broke a 61 days of no rain and temperatures over 100. Only received a small amount of needed rain. 40% chance of rain tonight. Can't wait. I hope you are receiving rain.
@@niallgardens great! It’s pretty overgrown at the moment, but it is every summer! I have 2 pumpkin plants growing & it’s my first time growing them. Hoping to get some actual pumpkins too. Got a few sweetcorn plants doing well also. Only got into vegetable gardening in the last few years & it’s awesome. 😀 have been growing flowers & house plants, since I was about 9, so it’s lovely to see your videos with new suggestions to try. Thank you
Good morning, Niall, from Windermere Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 Super Hot 🔥 August here 😱 This is our Hide Inside month. But a great time to get tomato seeds started so that when our weather gets cooler by October the plants are ready to flower. Of course, I am seeding Marigolds with them to ward off the Tomato Horn Worm. Have a great day 💓 Hi Liz, Love your Pansy suggestion 👍
Hiya Peggy! Hope you're keeping well! ❤️ I can well imagine it's a 'hide inside' month and actually it's usually hot and dry here in Ireland... I can imagine it's going to cause us issues in a few weeks time. Glad you enjoyed the video! Take care!
Always amazes me the money retailers get for biennials every year for something that can be easily started the summer before in your own garden and will always have more vigor than store bought plants. I've found with home grown you can usually get a 3rd and possibly a 4th year out of them.
I totally agree Jeffrey! I think it's because biennials often have that 'perennial' look that people fall for, without realising that they won't come back year after year. But like you say, tough hardy well-grown plants can often out-perform them!
Thank you for the brilliant information and professional videos! I’m off to create a seed folder and start my seeds for next year….. have over 30 packs of seeds (inc Chelsea flower show delphiniums and digitalis !). Will be using your monthly recommendations to keep me on track this next season … Wish me luck!
Do these recommendations hold true for those of us in zone 8 and higher? We're dealing with the 'dog days' of summer - hot & humid with hot humid nights as well.
good video again Naill! Just when I think I have stuff planned you add more for me to think about! Forgot about the alliums and as I forgot to plant the cornflower seeds earlier this year then perhaps need to do that this month! Also need to find some pansies now too.......
@@niallgardens all good thanks! Trying to get someone to come along to the Malvern Autumn Show with me as not sure my partner is that keen but he may have to 🤣🤣
Oh dear I'm so late,was working,and was over on Danny's channel. Off to watch. Great video Niall,so much variety ,and so many seeds,all look superb. Can I say, I never knew one could eat pansies,wow thanks Liz for that info. Thanks for all the recommendations.
That's alright... I'll forgive you! 😂 Not at all, don't be worrying! Glad you enjoyed the video. Hope you're getting on ok at your place - it's so dry here that I can see it's going to be a problem in a few weeks time
@@niallgardens ah sure I was minding Danny ha ha. I'm doing extra volunteering this summer, and four jobs, so it's a bit crazy and all our kids working too,mom's taxi light on alot. Isn't it so dry, I got up to do a good clear out, got loads of potatoes from the Ruth Stout method. Changes to our garden at home, so kitchen garden had to be moved. This week going to be extra dry. I have used beanstalk straw that was given,it holds in moisture for the plants. Hope all well Niall, and you are enjoying the sunshine
I like the sound of the beanstalk straw... I'm using anything I can to mulch things at the min and spot watering to keep things going. You know our Wedding Cake Tree in the front garden? That's my current worry because of the dry conditions - it's showing some die-back! I'd be distraught if I was to lose it!
@@niallgardens oh nooooo,please I do hope it gets through it. It was a farmer who gave us so much,it's how I did the potatoes this year. Its superb for keeping moist,eg,I couldn't get up to my allotment,and my tomato plants and lettuce were absolutely fine. Lifted the beanstalk straw and still wet under it. See if can source it. How about, digging a slight hole and make holes in a 2 litre bottle cap, fill bottle with water,to get the water to go down to the roots.
Thank you for all your tips, Niall. To sow calendula and cornflowers can you sow them directly in the ground (I did this with Nigella last year) or do you sow them indoors, pot up and plant out in the spring?
Great video, feeling the urge to get out in the garden. I’m wondering though, are all of these flowers sown in a greenhouse and left to grow on over winter? Then planted out in spring? Apologies but I’m a veg person, very new to flowers 🌸
You can sow them outdoors at this time of year and they should overwinter. Alternatively, you can sow them in trays and pots so that you can move them either to somewhere a little more sheltered, or under cover, if you want to have that little bit of an insurance policy! Hope this helps!
I love your channel Niall, im fairly new to growing since buying our terraced house and now absolutely hooked with growing from seed flowering plants & veg. I'm still learning and do get overwhelmed with wether to sow in the ground or grow in pots. I have a mini greenhouse packed with things and 2 raised veg beds that are doing fab. I'm worried I'm going to run out of space for all I want to grow in my kitchen/cottage garden 😂
Well... August where I live. Which is Ireland. Which I point out at the start of every video. Also, all of my time-specific video titles include the season too for this very reason. So if you go back and re-read them, you'll find that your issue was already solved before you commented.
I had lovely black cornflowers this year. Do I pull the plant out at the end if this season? Cerinthe … fell in love with them this year. I’ve collected all the seed in preparation for next year 💜
Hi! Not a dumb question at all - glad you asked! I would personally either sow them out in beds direct, or you can sow them in pots and trays and grow them under cover when the weather gets worse if you want a little bit more certainty that they'll make it through!
Is there anything I could grow in the greenhouse now (august) and it’ll mature and develop a flower by October/November or is that impossible? Does everything sown in August only mature and develop in May or June?
Oh tricky! It depends where you're living, but I think you might find it difficult to get something sown, grown and flowering in the space of a month or two, even in a greenhouse. My only suggestion, and it would be experimental, would be to try sowing some annuals now and seeing how well they get on with a life in the greenhouse... you might just be lucky! Let me know what you do and how you get on!
Btw! I’ve just come across something! Ever heard of a smart garden? Apparently such things have LED lights to keep the plants growing AND some of them even have apps to go with them! Ever heard of such a thing?
