Wallflower, Perennial wallflower
Wallflowers are a popular choice for cottage gardens. Young plants should be available to purchase from the garden center or by mail-order from late August through to late September. Planted in autumn, they will bloom in the spring, and again in autumn. They are hardy and a cold winter will encourage them to flower more profusely.
Wallflowers prefer alkaline, well-drained soil in full sun, but they can tolerate partial shade. They are perennials, so cut them back if they become leggy or untidy. To encourage new shoots to grow from the old wood, dig them up and replant them deeper, this can be in a new or the same position.
Plant new plants 30 centimeters apart.
Seeds to sow now:
Indoors or in a heated greenhouse
Coriander
Cress
Forget-me-not
Ornamental pepper
Outside
Antwerp hollyhock, Fig-leaved hollyhock, Hollyhock
Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia
Basil
Beet, Beetroot, Chard
Beetroot
Beetroot, Garden beet
Borecole, Kale
Bristly hollyhock
Broccoli
Cabbage
Candytuft
Cardoon
Carrot
Cauliflower
Celery
Cornflower
Delphinium
French bean, Fine bean
Italian beetroot, Beetroot, Garden beet
Kohl rabi
Love-in-a-mist
Marrow
Nasturtium
Normandy sorrel
Ornamental winter kale
Radish
Spinach
Spinach, Summer spinach
Spring onion
Sweet pea
Sweetcorn
Swiss chard, Ruby chard, Rhubard chard
Turnip
Outside under cover
Sweetcorn
What else to plant now:
