Hello group,
Today I bought 2 packs of seeds - one was aquilegia(150 seeds), the
other lobelia(2500 seeds). I don't know anything about these flowers
and I only chose them because I liked the pictures on the packets :-)
On the back of the lobelia pactet, it says "a half hardy annual" - does
this mean it will only flower once and then I'll have to replant, or
will the flowers pollinated each other and create more flowers.
The aquilegia packet says "a hardy perennial" - does this mean it will
flower year after year? Also will they pollinate each other and spread
beyond the area in which I plant them?

I am going to plant these indoors on a sunny window sill soon, but I
don't know how densely I should plant the seeds - does one seed create
one flower?

Can anyone give an estimate as to how much area I can cover with these
flowers?

Sorry for the long post, and thanks in advance for any answers.
JohnnyJ

"JohnnyJ" wrote
Hello group,

Hi JohnnyJ,
Welcome to URG :~)

Today I bought 2 packs of seeds - one was aquilegia(150 seeds), the
other lobelia(2500 seeds). I don't know anything about these
flowers
and I only chose them because I liked the pictures on the packets
:-)
On the back of the lobelia packet, it says "a half hardy annual" -
does
this mean it will only flower once and then I'll have to replant, or
will the flowers pollinated each other and create more flowers.

Half hardy means exactly that. They might survive the winter, but
probably won't :~)
More info at: http://www.seymourseeduk.com/growingtips.cfm
and http://www.thompson-morgan.com/guide..._initials.html


The aquilegia packet says "a hardy perennial" - does this mean it
will
flower year after year? Also will they pollinate each other and
spread
beyond the area in which I plant them?

They will come back every year and seed themselves about. Some people
regard them as a weed because of this. They can get VERY prolific :~)

I am going to plant these indoors on a sunny window sill soon, but I
don't know how densely I should plant the seeds - does one seed
create
one flower?

Yes, but they might not all come up.

Can anyone give an estimate as to how much area I can cover with
these
flowers?

Phew, that's a hard one. Does it not give recommended planting spacing
on the packets ??

Sorry for the long post, and thanks in advance for any answers.
JohnnyJ

Happy gardening, Jenny

JennyC wrote:
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Happy gardening, Jenny

Thanks for all the help. Those lobelia seeds were *tiny*! I spread
each packet of seeds over 2 trays (each about 1 sq. ft.) each, and when
the sprout I'll move some to other pots and try to spread them about as
best I can.
Thanks again for the help.
JohnnyJ

"JohnnyJ" wrote in message
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JennyC wrote:
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Happy gardening, Jenny

Thanks for all the help. Those lobelia seeds were *tiny*! I spread
each packet of seeds over 2 trays (each about 1 sq. ft.) each, and
when
the sprout I'll move some to other pots and try to spread them about
as
best I can.
Thanks again for the help.
JohnnyJ

Tip for the future : mix very fine seed with some sand. It makes it
easier to spread out :~)
Jenny

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:00:31 +0100, "JennyC" wrotc:


Tip for the future : mix very fine seed with some sand. It makes it
easier to spread out :~)
Jenny

Hi, Jenny - welcome (I'm new here too).

For some inextricable reason your advice conjured in my mind the
cinematic image of those who plant out rice seedlings in the Far East.

Woosh into the mud, woosh into the mud, woosh into the mud.

It's about one a second isn't it? Must hold the record anyway.

With your little seeds what you need is an army of trained ants.

Hussein
a post à le "Heavenly Smoke" (- but he seems to me even more
fantastical {delightfully} ).
Grow a little garden

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from Hussein M. contains these words:

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:00:31 +0100, "JennyC" wrotc:


Tip for the future : mix very fine seed with some sand. It makes it
easier to spread out :~)
Jenny

Hi, Jenny - welcome (I'm new here too).

???? JennyC has been a frequent poster here for years !

a post à le "Heavenly Smoke"

Something certainly seems to have clouded your memory and grammar.

Janet

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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Hi, Jenny - welcome (I'm new here too).

???? JennyC has been a frequent poster here for years !

Perhaps he was referring to me as the other new poster here when he said
"too"? If so, then he'd be correct.
JohnnyJ

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 00:13:47 -0000, "JohnnyJ"
wrotc:

Perhaps he was referring to me as the other new poster here when he said
"too"? If so, then he'd be correct.
JohnnyJ


Yep. You got it. Sorry about that Jenny!

Huss

Grow a little garden

"Hussein M." wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 00:13:47 -0000, "JohnnyJ"
wrotc:

Perhaps he was referring to me as the other new poster here when he
said
"too"? If so, then he'd be correct.
JohnnyJ


Yep. You got it. Sorry about that Jenny!
Huss

That's OK :~)
Jenny