What Flowers To Sow in February | What to Sow in Winter | Seeds for Early Flowers

[@niallgardens]

Hi everyone! Hope this gives you some inspiration to sow some flower seeds for your garden this year. Let me know in the comments what you'll be sowing and growing!

[@kikiluna8235]

Thank you for this video!!! I grow more flowers then veg and any spare one I leave out the front for other people to take for free. I struggle finding videos like this for uk based people, they’re either veg sowing or USA based

[@margaretmccollum2225]

I am trying for the first time ever Dahlia seeds. I’ve started them inside just the other day under grow lights. I’ve planted them with tubers but am terrible at bringing them inside in the fall. They will not last the winters here in KY USA I’m also going to be sowing for the first time some poppies on top of the snow and have them seep into the soil as the snow melts. Wish me luck.

[@sarahyardley1923]

Oh crikey I was so disciplined with my seed buying until I started watching this!

[@niallgardens]

Hahaha! I'm leading you astray!

[@LizZorab]

I've just ordered some snowdrops in the green - yay! I really enjoyed this video Niall, what a great series it is becoming :-)

[@niallgardens]

Thanks very much Liz! I'm going to have to order even more snowdrops so that I can increase my stocks. We have loads already... but I WANT MORE! 😂

[@LeahsLeaves]

I'm growing Snapdragons, Nigella, Zinnia, Red and Purple echinacea, Campfire rudbeckia, Dwarf Pompon Asters, Shasta Daisies and Ranunculus.

[@FarmerGarden]

Wow it's So Amazing🌲 🌲🌱👍🏼

[@marymary5494]

I’ve just come across your channel Niall. I must say this type of content is a winner for new to seasoned gardeners, who doesn’t benefit for seed recommendations. I’m looking forward to binge watching your videos. 👌💕

[@HeirloomReviews]

OMG I loved this video!😁👋 Thanks for sharing my friend!!👍💪💯462

[@niallgardens]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@OksBryk]

I sow mix of poppies, snapdragon cosmos

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

i love flowers and sown a ton this year, i cant wait to see them flower.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Greetings from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 What a wonderful selection of Seeds for early planting. And I've been subscribed to Erica's Little Welsh Garden when she was under 1,000 subs. Such a sweet girl and tenacious gardener. Lovely to see your smiling face. We are having our coldest morning of the year ❄🥶❄ I uploaded a short video on taking care of your tropical plants in Florida. See you next week 👩‍🌾👍

[@niallgardens]

Hiya Peggy! Erica is fantastic isn't she - I was chuffed to bits when she was willing to collaborate with me. I'm a big fan of what she creates on her channel. I can well believe it's the coldest... you're having such a cold storm at the minute - horrible! Hope you're keeping well and staying safe given the conditions!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

@@niallgardens chuffed? I feel like I'm learning a new language. Thanks for sharing your "cool" English 🌿💚💚

[@bernadettesullivan29]

Thanks Niall and Erica for all the flower seed sowing fun ideas 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱for February 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

[@niallgardens]

You're welcome Bernadette! Hope you're keeping well!

[@ecaterinadaniela2579]

I love your presentation

[@dngarden4184]

Thank you for sharing seasonally appropriate seeds

[@margaretmccollum2225]

I just love your show! Cone flowers here in Kentucky in the USA are perennial. They bloom all summer into late fall. In the fall I cut them back to the ground and they come back every year.

[@melissamybubbles6139]

Interesting. In Colorado my coneflowers don't begin to rise until mid-late summer. What's even more odd is that the pollinators mostly ignore them. They produce viable seeds, so I don't think they're a terrible cultivar. I may replace them.

[@niallgardens]

Thanks so much Margaret! I find that our climate is just that bit too cool and wet for a long period in Autumn and Winter which kills them off. But they're totally worth it aren't they?!!

[@niallgardens]

This is cool getting to here the regional variations within your country

[@teresaellis895]

IM IN indiana..coneflower is perennials and come up in spring but don't bloom till later along with another native blackeyed susan..I just leave mine..sometimes throwing seeds random and sometimes seed saving...both work.

[@jennyjohnson9012]

Snowdrops are definitely the first signs of Spring. I have mine in blue pots and they really stand out. So pleased with the amount I have this year, the frst came out on Christmas Eve!

[@niallgardens]

They're just are super aren't they? That little splash of brightness on a cold winter's day

[@missgwills1856]

Great info !!! I’m ready to start sowing !!!

[@niallgardens]

Great! You're more than welcome!

[@GreenSideUp]

I have terrible trouble getting exchinacea to germinate or if I do manage it, something else will happen to them during its early days. Try Foxglove Alba amongst those trees Niall, they will shine out like a lighthouse!...Steve...😃

[@niallgardens]

Aw no, that's such a shame - I've always found them ok, though I have different seeds that I just find tricky every year! Love the white foxgloves for under the apple trees - cheers!

[@melissasullivan1658]

They’d be a great option for winter sowing, probably! I’m in 9b so winter doesn’t last long enough here to be successful. Instead I use vermiculite over the echinacea seeds and make sure to mist them twice a day so they get light and moistness. I’m absolutely covered in echinacea seedlings at the moment.

[@amassing]

I've had success sowing them in Aug/Sep and growing them on under cover to plant out in spring - this better mimics their natural cycle. Ultimately they are plants from the American prairie so not always best suited to the rich clay soil and damp conditions that we often have in the UK.

[@GreenSideUp]

@@amassing I have tried this in the past, before I had any of my polytunnels that I could "winter" them in, they where just in my greenhouse at home and probably neglected though. I may try again this autumn as I now overwinter many plants every year. I have quite a few sown last September that have grown on to plant out in Spring this year...Steve...😃

[@jamiemittermuller6470]

I thought I had my sowing timetable sorted last year until we had the cold spell in May. My petunias I grew from seed suffered and never really recovered, they flowered. I recommend starting a journal/ diary of what you sowed. Most of the seeds you are sowing can handle colder temperatures, I had my sweetpeas out in April and covered them with a bit of fleece during the nights, lasted me well into September but these were started in October/November.

[@LeahsLeaves]

So glad you two teamed up. Two of my favorite gardening channels from over here Stateside (Pennsylvania USA) 🇺🇲

[@TheGrowUpChannel]

Great video Niall! Snowdrops are a favourite of mine at my allotment. Lilies are also a must every year for my garden. Such a great statement.

[@niallgardens]

Cheers Danny! Yeah you can't beat snowdrops at this time of year can you?!

[@TheGrowUpChannel]

@@niallgardens to me it's the sign of spring...Those and daffodils ( I have to say that being welsh haha)

[@niallgardens]

@@TheGrowUpChannel You HAVE to say daffodils, it'd be wrong not to 😂But I do completely agree because I love them too!

[@TheGrowUpChannel]

@@niallgardens me too! All my boundaries of my plot & paths are laced with them this year!! Haha

[@melissasullivan1658]

I had no idea I could buy bulbs where the first years hard work is already done for me! Thanks so much. :)

[@niallgardens]

Yeah it's super handy isn't it!

[@petebartlett2229]

Says January!!! Completely clearing my garden at the moment ,looking forward to this year planting it up.

[@niallgardens]

Pete! You are a legend for letting me know - thank you! I saw your message and went ‘oh no!’ 😂 Title has now been corrected to February!!

[@lisaskilton3746]

ha, I saw that too on a notification on my mobile but by the time I sat down to watch it had been changed!

[@melissamybubbles6139]

Hello from Colorado. I've never seen snowdrops in real life. I accidentally came across pictures of them last year and had to have them. Most of my neighbors had never heard of them either and are now excited to see them poking out my grass this spring. Right now it feels too early for sowing. We're finally getting into the swing of winter. But, it would be nice to have something growing again.

[@niallgardens]

Hi! Snowdrops are just gorgeous aren't they? We're very fortunate to have them dotted through the garden. I think if you get some you'll be delighted!

[@GardenDiscovery]

My daffodils are in bloom and I always love the show they produce- wish I could show you! I've tried echinacea but no luck so far.

[@melissasullivan1658]

Echinacea can be difficult; it reminds me of growing rosemary by seed. The only way I’ve been successful is to use a thin layer of vermiculite over the echinacea seeds and make sure to spray twice a day. This way they stay moist and get some light.

[@niallgardens]

Echinacea is one of those funny plants - from speaking to people, they either find it easy or really really difficult and nothing in between! I had no trouble last year getting mine started, but who knows what this year will bring!

[@niallgardens]

Thanks Melissa - that's a great tip to use vermiculite and the spraying!

[@McNeep]

Fab video! Got some foxgloves planted & some sweet peas, have never grown sweet pea before, gonna give them a try. 😀

[@niallgardens]

Oh I like the sound of that! Thanks Eilish! Hope you're keeping well

[@amassing]

Icelandic Poppies are technically perennial but very short lived so best treated like an annual or biennial. They do best in cooler spring temperatures and don't like mid-summer heat plus they can be slow to get going when started from seed, so I've found it best to treat them like a biennial. I always sow them in June and plant out in Sep/Oct. Mine are already forming their first buds and should be flowering from March if we get a mild and sunny one. I'll then pull them out in early July when it's getting too hot and replace them with Zinnias or Cosmos. Unlike many other poppies you can use them for cut flowers but you have to sear the stems in boiling water to stop them dropping their petals straight away.

[@niallgardens]

This is all really good info - thanks! Hopefully others get to read your comment also 😃

[@Thelmageddon]

I am so impressionable - I'd ordered some snowdrops and bluebells in the green before the video finished! Fingers crossed i finally get some snowdrops in my garden.

[@niallgardens]

Hahahaha! Don't worry, you can always blame me!

[@anorthfacinggarden9045]

Thanks for the ideas, I am off to get lilies !

[@niallgardens]

You're welcome!

[@gokulfromuk]

Definitely agree with poppy 😍❣️

[@niallgardens]

Yeah they're great aren't they!

[@foreversettled9144]

Thank you.

[@niallgardens]

You're welcome!

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

It was really lovely to be involved in this episode! I

[@niallgardens]

You're more than welcome - I was so chuffed that you were up for collaborating with me!

[@PRADIER1]

merci pour tous ces bons conseils Niall

[@niallgardens]

You're more than welcome Roger! I hope you're keeping well!

[@Jeebie81]

Thank you for these wonderful recommendations

[@niallgardens]

You’re very welcome, thanks!

[@ahavarichardson5426]

My 1st sweet peas are coming up in the paper rolls! Pre-sprouted then placed in soil rolls!! Foxgloves I used the winter sowing method. I sowed Mums last year late June, not knowing much. I will have to get some rain drops, and have echinacea in my cart!!

[@niallgardens]

Wonderful! That's so cool that we're growing things in common!

[@ahavarichardson5426]

I love following you! Your temperatures are similar to mine here in North Central Florida!! Thanks for sharing! I have started the process of building my flower and vegetable garden now! I've moved to a new Homestead 1.6 acres! Approximately an acre hasn't been cleared, never lived on land. I love it. It's like a blank canvas for me to create anything and everything! Good luck! Love the Creator and Walk in Beauty AHAVA

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Excellent suggestions and Thank You for sharing 💕 Coneflowers are one of my favourites and Rudbeckia to sow this time of year 🌸🦋🌸

[@niallgardens]

Yeah I'm a big fan of coneflowers too - here's hoping for this year!

[@lanhellman1149]

Nice video, thank you very much for your video. I enjoy watching it. 👍❤️🍞

[@niallgardens]

So nice of you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeffreyrossi5084]

Lots of interesting plants. I've always noticed that on UK and Ireland garden shows they always speak of buying snowdrops in the green from local garden centers. Of course, I've have moved many in the green but never seen them for sale that way. I've always just bought the bulbs in the fall and planted them with good results. I wonder if they only offer the bulbs because when they do emerge in late winter here the ground is usually still half frozen and under snow. Either way they are a welcome nuisance when they spread.

[@summerholiday12]

How do you sow poppies? Direct sow or in modules?

[@niallgardens]

I personally generally sow them direct 👍 For the Icelandic poppies however, I'd be thinking of sowing them in pots first under cover.

[@audreysweeney5338]

Thanks!

[@ksqgardening]

So good sharing

[@niallgardens]

Thanks!

[@LittleIowa]

I have a question about foxgloves. I have seen many packages in my local garden center that says they're perennials,so I thought this plant would bloom the first year.

[@Sach-Truth13]

What are the most fragrant flowers that I can grow? Oh and I love your channel. New subscriber here 🙂

[@carolinegray3150]

I am a subscriber of Ericas Welsh garden

[@niallgardens]

It's just a fantastic channel isn't it!

[@LorraineG123]

Now Niall, what have you done to us, a seed frenzy is going on in my head, ha ha ha,love it,so much fun in one video, sure did majorly get me excited for seed sowing, great recommendations.Snowdrops are my childhood woodland memory, growing back every year.I have been buying some this last two weeks locally. My hubby knows when i start clearing the porch, the growing frenzy will begin. Erica i do agree re poppies, they forever come back, they are a good investment. Niall thank you for so many suggestions, a lovely warm feeling in my heart on this dreary Sunday morning.

[@niallgardens]

Hi Lorraine! Yeah I always know with the seed sowing videos that I'll be getting people fired up to get more (and leading them astray! 😂). I'm going to have to think about where all my seedlings will go this year... The poppies are a great suggestion aren't they! Glad you enjoyed the video - have a super weekend, and the rest of your week!

[@LorraineG123]

@@niallgardens thanks Niall yes indeed fired up. Ha ha love it. Our allotments are meant to open this week whoohooooooooo!!!!!!!! Have a super week.

[@niallgardens]

@@LorraineG123 Oh brilliant! That's going to be so good!!

[@LorraineG123]

@@niallgardens can't wait, new spade bought( last one was borrowed( lets say ha ha) never returned) so hoping a lucky spade. Lots of work to do. Thanks Niall.

[@LorraineG123]

@@niallgardens growing wildflower seeds a abundance,sweetpeas, and lest i say so many more.

[@PierreGunsett]

Thanks! love the channel!

[@niallgardens]

You're welcome! Thanks so much!

[@JP-fd4vf]

Thanks Niall, lots of great information. I'm sowing some verbena for the first time this year - I totally agree with you, they are one of the very best! Do they need light to germinate or should they be placed in the dark? Thanks.

[@niallgardens]

Sounds great! I adore Verbena Bonariensis! They need dark to germinate so that's the way to go with them 👍

[@mindydiaz9015]

Well I just adore your accent.

[@pjmchaleable]

Super videos Niall , snowdrops in the green are hard to source in Ireland, any suppliers you know if, thanks PJ

[@niallgardens]

Hi PJ! I know that the Bella Bloom Plants range that you'll see in garden centres will have potted snowdrops - that might be the best way to go. I know what you mean about things not being available - there's quite a few tricky things at the minute isn't there?

[@pjmchaleable]

@@niallgardens thanks for the information.

[@Pixieworksstudio]

Hi Niall, I hope you've missed the storm there! I always enjoy your videos, and I search for ones from way back too, for inspiration. They always make me feel positive. How about forget-me-nots? I should have put them in around September, but it has been flat out here.

[@niallgardens]

Thankfully it wasn't too bad! I'm so pleased that you enjoy watching the videos - it's comments like this that keep me going! Funny, we have A LOT of forget-me-nots in the garden, but they're all self-sown... I love them!

[@theartisanhomestead722]

I just had that same idea with foxglove, so tried it a few days ago, fingers crossed it will work. Thank you so much for this list!! This is very helpfull, as I want to have much more flowers in our garden (we’re still renovating, so adding flowers will hopefully add beauty while we still have lots of ugly building material mess)!

[@melissasullivan1658]

Larkspur is also one that I find pretty darn hardy. In fact I direct sowed them in the autumn last year and they just kept growing through the winter (we get down to about 25-29F a few days per year). It also reseeds prolifically. Check ‘em out if you’re interested. :)

[@niallgardens]

I think the foxglove seeds will work perfectly for you - they certainly have for me in the past. You're right - all those flowers will really help soften things around the renovation

[@niallgardens]

Great idea Melissa - Larkspur is a good one!

[@myrustygarden]

Morning Niall the only flower I started now is my chocolate cosmo and fingers crossed it goes well as last year they never germinated. Thank you for sharing 🇨🇦🐝 safe ps what no zinnias 😱🥲

[@niallgardens]

I am a Zinnia fan... I could be tempted!

[@myrustygarden]

@@niallgardens I absolutely adore zinnias and as usual went overboard but they self seed I believe so I should be covered for years 😂👍

[@lisaskilton3746]

chrysanthemums! yes! got to go searching for those now. Have 3 in the garden but always room for more! Foxgloves seem to grow wild here in the garden but as we are in the Forest of Dean they are wild flowers here! I may sprinkle some seeds around each of orchard though! Poppies are already in the garden! cant wait to plant some lilies too. am trying to find what the best way to buy alstroemeria (seeds, bare roots, small plants) or can you do the clever tip Liz Zorab does and use from cut flowers? great video again! thanks for sharing...

[@niallgardens]

Yeah I think Foxgloves look gorgeous under apple trees. Great that you've got poppies already. Oh! Good question about the alstroemeria - my immediate thought it cuttings, however I've never grown them personally!

[@BloosSelfReliance]

Tanny got poppies in a few years ago... now they are popping up wild in the cracks in that walls lol I wouldn't mind so much but they are a weird dirty pink colour lol Oh well I figure if they are able to grow in the cracks then they deserve to stay lol

[@niallgardens]

Isn't it funny how some things just really take hold in the garden and make it their home! Sounds like a definite case of 'right plant, right place'! Hope you're keeping well and having a lovely weekend!

[@carolinegray3150]

Good video

[@niallgardens]

Glad you enjoyed

[@imcg]

Hi Niall, great to find an NI gardener on KZbin. Couple of questions for you! If you buy seeds online, where from? Seems hard to get over here. Also do you know anywhere to buy those corrugated steel raised beds locally? Struggling for both since shipping here is hard now. Subscribed btw, great channel. Second year gardening, haven't got any flowers to sow this year yet, but started some veggies on the window sill.

[@larianecostaramos7956]

Where to buy them in Ireland though?

[@v.mishrasart43]

Wow😲🤩😍

[@Raaadome]

I bought a pack of various seeds recently and in it is some foxgloves it tells me on the packet not to plant any untill march is this with various types of foxgloves or just misleading information being printed ?

[@fullgardening]

Wow

[@niallgardens]

Thanks!

[@clarkl4177]

Ok, ok, did anyone else click on for the flowers and STAY for the accent 💕

[@niallgardens]

Mine or Erica's? 😂

[@clarkl4177]

Well, honestly, we Americans love ALL your accents found in the British Isles 🥰

[@anastasiaserwaczek204]

If flowers could only speak with the beautiful Irish accent that you have!

[@cherylhowker1792]

Are the poppies safe for dogs??? As a lot on here are poisonous for dogs. Definitely snowdrops and foxgloves are 100% poisonous sadly. I’d love loads of flowers but must be careful as my last dog died last year coz of snowdrops and I used to love them but they are gone now.

[@HD-gn7xr]

My mother made me terrified of foxgloves growing up. Are they not poisonous?

[@niallgardens]

They very much are poisonous, so take good care not to consume any part of the plant

[@rubynicol7464]

Do you mean just plant these seeds outdoors?

[@debbybrady1246]

Is Foxglove poisonous to dogs?

[@vanessaeden8174]

Yes Debby, all parts of the foxglove is poisonous.

[@niallgardens]

Sadly yes, and to humans also

[@chris-gr7ud]

Are any of these deer resistant 🤔😐

[@niallgardens]

Oh wow! Good question - I think that might call for a google trawl I'm afraid because I couldn't advise you definitively

[@joannbaumann4028]

What zone are you in?

[@niallgardens]

I’m pretty much on the borderline of Zone 8b/9a

[@vanessaeden8174]

I love lillies but have cats so don't plant them in my garden as they are poisonous to them. Great video.

[@niallgardens]

Completely agree with you - good call! 👍

[@SarahMacDonald]

I grew foxgloves, but now finding out they are toxic and can cause severe allergies or death if eaten. I guess I have to destroy them, don't want anything risky in yard/garden where kids play.

[@jackkcedar112]

What the heck is "Monty Don"? must be a place or a famous garden. Sorry for being a clueless, crass American.

[@vanessaeden8174]

Monty Don presents a gardening programme on the BBC called Gardener's World. He owns a huge garden. Personally I prefer to watch gardeners on KZbin.

[@niallgardens]

Monty is a British gardening journalist and broadcaster who presents Gardener's World in the UK. He's a bit of a legend at this stage 😃

[@niallgardens]

That's good for me then if you prefer KZbin gardeners!

[@vanessaeden8174]

@@niallgardens yes I do and you're much better looking!

[@mandolorion8456]

Well this wasn't helpful there's 10" of snow on the ground