self seeding flowers

celjaci · « **on:** May 25, 2009, 14:05 »

delighted to find self-sown cosmos seedlings in the flower bed today
They join :- antirrhinum
amaranthus
borrage
calendula
nasturtium
nigella
opium poppy
All used for cut flowers or as edible flowers
All have self-seeded so well that I haven't bought seed for years
Works well in a no-dig bed that is hand weeded in spring rather than hoed

Anyone else use this system? What else can I add?

tam · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2009, 14:18 »

We have aquilegia popping up all over our garden in various shades from dark red through purple and pink. They look great right now.

sunshineband · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2009, 14:24 »

We had a veritable forest of foxgloves last year. This year we have a really unusual peachy coloured self set

Goosegirl · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2009, 17:25 »

Try Welsh poppies, Escholzia poppies, poached egg plant (Limnanthes douglasii), forget-me-nots, Campanula latiflora, Bowle's golden grass, Alliums, Cyclamen neopalitanum, Geranium phaeum, pansies, linaria and primulas. All work for me.

Trillium · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2009, 18:02 »

Lychnis chaldeconia (Maltese Cross) will freely seed itself and the bees and hummers love it.

mumofstig · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2009, 18:17 »

I like the pale yellow/green flowers of Alchemilla Mollis, and the leaves are pretty as well specially if there's been a little rain so that they hold the drops in their middles

oldbean · « **Reply #6 on:** May 26, 2009, 07:57 »

Quote from: celjaci on May 25, 2009, 14:05

opium poppy

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All used for cut flowers or as edible flowers
All have self-seeded so well that I haven't bought seed for years
Works well in a no-dig bed that is hand weeded in spring rather than hoed

Anyone else use this system? What else can I add?

Honesty, primroses, hazel, yew, holly, ash, esp dandelions, all grow here. :blink:

sclarke624 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 27, 2009, 00:23 »

callendula (pot marigold).

oops silly me you said that already.

FCG · « **Reply #8 on:** May 27, 2009, 21:35 »

Edible flowers?

Opium poppy?

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