What to do .. Wall Flowers

antw23uk

Hi All,

Im getting such conflicting advice about wall flowers i wonder if you can help me?

I brought a very large bunch of wall flowers months ago, if not last year! (Sorry cant remember) from the local market in town. Covered in bare root mud and rather yukky .. But trying to be a keen gardener i planted them up and low and behold had a beautiful display

They are now going to seed and falling over, looking a bit untidy etc so what now? What do i do with them now?
Do i dig them up and bin them?
Buy them from the market again at the end of the year?
Chop them back after they have seeded?

Any advise would be much appreciated
Thank in advance.

CharlieBilly

Cut the seed off and some of the stems you can grow wallflowers from seeds once they are dried but wont flower until next year

A._Badger

If you leave them (you can take the seed pods, of course) they will usually flower next year, even better than before.

m13r13c13

I have taken some cuttings off mine and they seem to be doing well at the moment. But like antw23uk I would like to know if they can but cut back and survive.

blossomhill_2

m13r13c13 wrote: »

I have taken some cuttings off mine and they seem to be doing well at the moment. But like antw23uk I would like to know if they can but cut back and survive.

Cut them down to the lowest shoots on the stem, water and feed along with the other plants in your border, pinch out the tips until about August, discard in year 3 as they can be prone to a clubroot and get a bit leggy by then, start again with fresh plants

elsien

Mine usually shuffle off this mortal coil if I try to cut them back, plus I generally need to hoik them out to put the summer bedding in.
And tbh at 10p each, I just find it easier to stick new ones in each autumn.

antw23uk

elsien wrote: »

Mine usually shuffle off this mortal coil if I try to cut them back, plus I generally need to hoik them out to put the summer bedding in.
And tbh at 10p each, I just find it easier to stick new ones in each autumn.

Wall flowers are gone and composting. Lupins and Sterntaler in there place :T
Just found a new nursery down the road and they are awesome and so reasonable i couldnt resist

dogstarheaven

it isn't too late to sow them is it? i'm really enamoured by the perennial kind, with the varying colours on the same plant...

antw23uk

dogstarheaven wrote: »

it isn't too late to sow them is it? i'm really enamoured by the perennial kind, with the varying colours on the same plant...

Its the perfect time to sow them for next year :beer: Next year they will be ready and willing and filling your borders with flowers :j

dogstarheaven

i have to find the right variety, tho' there's too many to choose!

antw23uk

Farmers market in town, in a muddy bucket, 2 quid for twenty! .... job done :T