"Pinot Grigio" wrote in message
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Thanks for replying.
Polemonium - a new name for me but I've looked it up and I like it.
Is it a
name not often seen in the garden centre? I will check it out next
time.
Astrantia - I have a variegated variety that does very well.
Violas - they do well and seed themselves around. They mostly seem
to be
early flowering though.
Anemone - They do ok in my garden. I have a few spring varieties
and the
japanese anemone that will flower around July.
Eurphorbia - I have one type that grows like a weed! The deer don't
eat it
though.
Penstemons - I like these and usually buy a few plants. They don't
often
survive till the following year though.
I don't have a greenhouse (yet) and for now have given up trying to
grow
plants from seed unless they seed themselves or the seed can be sewn
in the
garden. Probably why the early plants do well is that they have had
a
chance to grow before the slugs and snails have taken over.


I've tried to mail you off-group with the offer of a polemonium to
try, but the mail has been returned. I cannot see any spam trap. If
you are interested please mail me off-group.

Iris McCanna