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Hanneklaas
Hanneklaas
Dec 2021
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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
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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
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Marigolds, jacdaw? - Not French marigolds, but the standard "pot marigolds" as I think they're called.

Nigella? Nasturtiums?
Hanneke
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Jan 2022
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Calendula I think you mean?
jacdaw
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Yeah, I can grow them. Great for hoverflies. I'm thinking stock, too; both sorts. Possibly nasturtiums.
Hanneke
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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
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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
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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
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Calendula is indeed what I meant, Hanneke.
Hanneke
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:)

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