Saturday, November 14, 2009

Will all these perannuals that I am planting next year, bloom up the same year i plant them?

I bought a booklet and how to make a perannual flower bed, it has flowers like Adam's needle, salvia, bluebell, peranual phlox, Tree mallow, delphinium, prarie mallow, sweet willian, and a couple others. I will be sowing all the perannuals indoors first at around march. Then plant them out in may. Will they all bloom in the summer time? Or will i have to wait until the year after? Thanks in advance.

Will all these perannuals that I am planting next year, bloom up the same year i plant them?
Most if not all of them will bloom the same year they are grown. Some could be biennial, blooming every other year. Some could be early bloomers, meaning you would have had to start them before march and have them adult and out by march. It should be a simple task to look each up online and find out which to start when or, you could continue with the plan and do it all at once as like I said most of them will bloom the 1st year.
Reply:They will probably all bloom the same year but they will be so much prettier the following year. My delphiniums and sweet williams were so much sturdier the second year. The blooms were also so much better than the year before. Just make sure that you mulch if you live in a cooler climate ( like MI). They seem to weather better and come through the cold without any problems.
Reply:The word is perennial. I don't know adam's needle but the salvia phlox mallow delphinium and sweet william will bloom in the first year if you plant them in march. The bluebell will not bloom till the next year.





Why are you planting them indoors and not going out till may. Do you live in a very cold climate. If not most of them could go into the soil directly or go out sooner.


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