Mimi Codd

February, Week 1

Soaked sweet peas for 24 hours and then placed them in damp kitchen towel, on a plate, in a bag. Placed in porch to sprout.

February, Week 2

Made a start on some flower sowing with Bean. Sowed the partially (50%) sprouted Sweet Peas that have been in the porch for a week, along with 10 seed tray cells each of Aster Duchess Mixed, Echinacea Bravado, Echinops Ritro, Hollyhock Chaters Double Icicle & Double Apricot, Malope Vulcan, Mesembryanthemum, Pansy Swiss Giants Mixed and Phlox Cherry Caramel.

February, Week 3

I have sown some calendula and marigolds. I always get mixed up with these two flowers as in my first year growing I had some seeds labelled both marigold and pot marigold, and when I later went and bought marigold seeds the seed type was markedly difference. Later, I found out that pot marigold is another name for calendula, and the seeds labelled simply marigold had been mislabelled. However, I shall endeavour to remember that Calendula seeds look like the letter ‘C’, as a handy mnemonic to myself.

All seeds are rather old so I am unsure whether any will germinate, but if I am successful I will save seeds for next year.

Marigold Variety Sown
Orange/Yellow	Own saved seeds 2021
Red/Orange	Own saved seeds 2021
Honeycomb	Gift, saved seeds 2020
French Dwarf Double (mixed)	Shop bought

Calendula Variety Sown
Triangle Flashback Zeolights	Mandy 2021
Unknown	Mandy 2021
Dwarf Pot Marigold	Mandy 2021
Indian Prince	Mandy 2021

February, Week 4

I’ve bought a selection of 8 pick ‘n’ mix plug plants from Dobbies to get a head start on flowers this year. The selection I bought last year grew really strongly. I’ve bought flowers for three different planter situations:

Fuchsia	Southern Belle (Wendy’s Beauty)	Trailing
Fuchsia	Southern Belle (Deep Purple)	Trailing
Petunia	Tumbelina (Susanna)	Trailing

Osteospermum	Serenity (Sunshine Beauty)	Bush
Calibrachoa	Can-Can (Double OrangeTastic)	Trailing

Osteospermum	3D (Steel Blue)	Bush
Osteospermum	3D (Purple)	Bush
Verbena	Showboat White	Spreading

March, Week 2

I bought eight more plug plants from Dobbies on Mothers Day because I am a sucker for those healthy little plants, and it satisfies my pick n mix addiction without ruining my teeth.

Geranium	Bulls Eye (Light Pink)	Bush
Geranium	New Century (Salmon)	Bush
Verbena	Showboat (Light Pink)	Spreading
Verbena	Sparkle (Dark Pink)	Spreading

Brachycome	Royal Blue	Bush
Helichrysum	Silver	Spreading
Bacopa	Megacopa (white)	Spreading
Scaevola	Blue Print (P)	Spreading

March, Week 3

Sown seeds in seed modules:

March, Week 4

Sunflowers sown, four seeds each of the following varieties, sown two seeds to a pot:

April, Week 1

Sweet Peas have been planted out next to arch with a length of netting over the arch for them to climb. I have planted 12 sweet peas in each pot: Three rows of four, with pea sticks at the front for the furthest ones to climb to reach the structure.