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Bedding plants
Feeling very foolish and I hope someone can help me out...
I was out at the weekend and saw some bedding plants on sale very cheaply, so I bought them.
Having got them home I've looked up where is best to plant them, and everything I can find talks about planting them in April, and now I don't know what to do with them!
I have one tray of petunias and one of pansies - what should I do with them over winter, or could I plant them now?
Think I may just have wasted my money! :rolleyes:
I was out at the weekend and saw some bedding plants on sale very cheaply, so I bought them.
Having got them home I've looked up where is best to plant them, and everything I can find talks about planting them in April, and now I don't know what to do with them!
I have one tray of petunias and one of pansies - what should I do with them over winter, or could I plant them now?
Think I may just have wasted my money! :rolleyes:
When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present....we experience heaven on earth. Sarah Ban Breathnach
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Pansies will overwinter OK, may be a bit straggly by spring but will recover and give nice show, do you know the variety?
Petunias, not really tough enough to survive winter outside, can you cosset them until spring?Member of "Rubbish at Radishes" club0 -
Oh, good news on the pansies, no idea what variety they are unfortunately.
How would I go about cosseting plants? Afraid I'm a total novice and google isn't being as helpful as it usually is!When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present....we experience heaven on earth. Sarah Ban Breathnach0 -
You'll need a frost-free greenhouse/conservatory really.0
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They should not have been selling them so late. I have noticed that Willkinsons continue selling plant up to Oct but they are
the more hardy ones except for bulbs of course. They had sacks of daffodils at half price and some more unusual bulbs.0 -
Thanks for those responses, cross with myself for spending money on something I didn't research first!
So, could I put them in a pot indoors and transplant in spring? Will a warm window ledge be ok for them?
Think I need to buy a gardening for complete dummies book before srping...When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present....we experience heaven on earth. Sarah Ban Breathnach0 -
Nementai you'll need to find a really cool windowsill for those petunias if they are going to live indoors with you, and even then the results might be uncertain.
For pansies, well I'd pop them into pots and put them outside for a nice winter display. Don't worry if they atop flowering as they will pick up again in the spring.
As for perhaps losing money with the petunias - well you're new to gardening, it was deceitful of the gardening centre to sell them to you, but if you can get them to make it through the winter then you can sit back happy in the knowledge that you have VERY green fingers. Just go steady and gentle on the watering as I have a feeling they might rot easily.0 -
There was a hardy petunia introduced this year, some details about it are at
http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/graham_rice/archive/2009/03/23/the-world-s-first-winter-hardy-petunia.aspx
How hardy it is no one really knows yet, but if your petunia is this one you might be lucky with it outside.0 -
Yes, I agree. Your pansies will be OK outside. They will start to look a bit grotty if it gets very cold, but as soon as things start to warm up again in Spring, you often find that they perk up & come into bloom again. I think that if even one petunia survives, you can give yourself a pat on the back, as they are true summer bedding plants. I think shops are a bit naughty to be selling those now. This is something that it's easy to get caught out with. I consider myself an experienced gardener but I've been caught like this too. I bought a beautiful flowering plant at an autumn plant fair. I didn't know anything about it (can't remember what it was) but assumed it would be a perennial as it was being sold well into Autumn, but it turned out to be an annual and it carked it the first frosty night we had. I'd cosset those pansies and if you get a surviving petunia, it's a bonus.2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
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Remember....if you have to put it on a credit card, extend your overdraft or take out a loan to buy whatever it is, you probably can't afford it, as that's not your money, it's somebody else's!0
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