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Hanneklaas
Hanneklaas
Dec 2021
10:38am, 31 Dec 2021
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Hanneklaas
At another client yesterday we have a massive rose bush in full flower! And everywhere I have only bern partially cutting back because lots of things simply haven't gone dormant!
jacdaw
jacdaw
Jan 2022
3:50pm, 6 Jan 2022
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Can anybody suggest failproof / foolproof annuals that are reliable, make lots of flower / nectar, good for insects (so probably not doubles), for what is currently a small lawn? I don't want another wildflower meadow, but natives would be fine. Clay soil, neutral to slightly acid, short growing season, reasonably sunny spot.
Columba
Columba
Jan 2022
5:02pm, 6 Jan 2022
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Columba
Marigolds, jacdaw? - Not French marigolds, but the standard "pot marigolds" as I think they're called.

Nigella? Nasturtiums?
Hanneke
Hanneke
Jan 2022
5:08pm, 6 Jan 2022
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Hanneke
Calendula I think you mean?
jacdaw
jacdaw
Jan 2022
5:25pm, 6 Jan 2022
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jacdaw
Yeah, I can grow them. Great for hoverflies. I'm thinking stock, too; both sorts. Possibly nasturtiums.
Hanneke
Hanneke
Jan 2022
5:29pm, 6 Jan 2022
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Hanneke
Nasturtiums are loved by cabbage white caterpillars and self seed with gay abandon. Also: you can eat the peppery flowers and leaves in salads. A win in my view!
Hanneke
Hanneke
Jan 2022
5:30pm, 6 Jan 2022
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Hanneke
Nicotiana is good and easy to propagate from seed. Make sure you get the ones that have scent at night to attract night flying pollinators.
Hanneke
Hanneke
Jan 2022
5:32pm, 6 Jan 2022
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Hanneke
And you can pick them for a vase.
I find opium poppies great too. Lovely flowers, always full of bees, followed by fabulous seed heads decorative in winter and loved by birds.
Don't discount sunflowers: you can get smaller ones that branch out with multiple flowers. I call them my bird feeders and leave them up over winter.
Columba
Columba
Jan 2022
8:19pm, 6 Jan 2022
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Columba
Calendula is indeed what I meant, Hanneke.
Hanneke
Hanneke
Jan 2022
8:19pm, 6 Jan 2022
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Hanneke
:)

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