Bedding Flowers

How to Start Rudbeckia Seeds

rudbeckia

Rudbeckia seeds transform into a beautiful flower for the cutting garden or the flower bed. They’re easy to start indoors, but they are also great to save seeds from or spread their seeds in the fall for next year’s blooms. Some varieties are annuals while others are perennials. Either way, they are a great beauty …

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How to Start Marigold Seeds

Starting marigold seeds indoors is an easy way to produce massive quantities of these beautiful flowers. Marigolds were the first flower seed I started from seed. As backyard chickens are the gateway to homesteading, marigold seeds are the gateway to sowing all your flower seeds. I find marigolds absolutely beautiful, especially in their shades of …

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Salmon Peony Poppy

pink flower in vase

Double bomb peonies remind me so much of double peonies. One of my favorites is salmon peony poppy from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. It has a sweet scent, with loads upon loads of pinkish cream petals. Seed Cost is Inexpensive When ordering seeds from Baker Creek, the first thing to consider is that these are …

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Growing Pansies in Containers

Blue Pansy

I love how pansies are one of the first bedding flowers to bloom in the spring. They can handle cold temperatures more than any other bedding flower. Nevertheless, it warms up in spring enough to plant petunias to bloom from planting throughout the entire growing season. Thus, I never like pansies in flower beds. They …

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Growing Petunias from Seed

Petunia Seedling

Flower shopping with my mom and grandmother, petunias were a must to have in our gardens every year. Flower centers start these from plugs to then continue growing for their customers. Most petunias from the store are started from cuttings, which use an asexual method of reproducing the plant. With Baker Creek offering heirloom seeds, …

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