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Planted some native - wildflowers and drought tolerant plants (flowers) today. Using the green house primarily for the misting irrigation during germination and not not so much for warmth. Most of these plants should look forward to cool temperatures, low 40's as lowest probably. A few are supposed to be in peat pots as they don't like transplanting, but I'll be trying that later. I tried many of these last year but planted late and didn't do a good job with them.
I'll be watching the Papaver rhoeas especially as they are the ones covered, darkness for germination. Both trays are the same, once things are germinated one tray will go outside and one might stay in the greenhouse, something like that, that was the point of two like trays, variation with growing location.
Many are very small seeds (annual wildflowers) that are pressed into the surface and not really sub-surface. Last year I planted too lightly and thinly, this year more of a through sprinkling all over the surface. With the native - wildflowers it's typically it's large area and fairly heavy broadcasting so heavy sprinkling in the little pots. Salvia and Lupinus subcarnosus (mostly the perennials) were typically larger seeds and far fewer seeds were used, 5 maybe.
These are the (in mild climates) sow in fall native - wildflowers and drought tolerant plants. In a couple weeks I'll be working on more typical 6 - 8 before last frost plants in the greenhouse.
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Also planted some sweet peas and my wife planted some freesias.
Common Name - Botanical Name
I'll be watching the Papaver rhoeas especially as they are the ones covered, darkness for germination. Both trays are the same, once things are germinated one tray will go outside and one might stay in the greenhouse, something like that, that was the point of two like trays, variation with growing location.
Many are very small seeds (annual wildflowers) that are pressed into the surface and not really sub-surface. Last year I planted too lightly and thinly, this year more of a through sprinkling all over the surface. With the native - wildflowers it's typically it's large area and fairly heavy broadcasting so heavy sprinkling in the little pots. Salvia and Lupinus subcarnosus (mostly the perennials) were typically larger seeds and far fewer seeds were used, 5 maybe.
These are the (in mild climates) sow in fall native - wildflowers and drought tolerant plants. In a couple weeks I'll be working on more typical 6 - 8 before last frost plants in the greenhouse.
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Also planted some sweet peas and my wife planted some freesias.
Common Name - Botanical Name
- White Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
- "Summer Pastel Yarrow" - Achillea
- Plains Coreopsis - Coreopsis tinctoria
- Tidy Tips - Layia platyglossa
- Scarlet Flax - "Linum grandiflorum rubrum"
- Blue Bedder Sage - Salvia
- Gaillardia - Gaillardia Grandiflora
- "Gaillardia Mixed Colors" - Gaillardia Grandiflora
- Texas Bluebonnet - Lupinus subcarnosus
- "Dwarf Toadflax (Dwarf Snapdragon)" - Linaria maroccana
- Lewis Flax (Blue) - Linum lewisii
- "Shirley Poppy 'Diane's Mix” - Papaver rhoeas
- Purple Coneflower - Echinaceae
- "Showy Eve Primrose"- Oenothera speciosa
- Desert Marigold - Baileya multiradiata
