If you've arrived here somehow and DON'T yet have a February Flower Kit - this link will take you to them in the store - if we have any left!
If you'd like to join us to all grow together - we'll all be sowing our February Flower Kits together in our Catch-Up Cut Flower Patch Weekend on 13th and 14th February.
See this post inside our Floral Project Facebook Group for more details.
But if you're super-keen - here's everything you need to get ready before you even open a packet of seeds - and then how to sow the February Kit.
And now...the February Kit...
Canterbury Bells
Start under cover any time between January and March by sowing onto the surface of moist compost. Light is needed for germination so do not cover. Prick out when the first two true leaves appear and move into 9cm pots. Plant seedlings into garden in late March when ground has warmed.
Final Spacing: 22cm
Pinch: No
Position: Full sun
Height: 65cm
Harvest: Flowers May - August
Malope
Start under cover any time between January and March by sowing onto the surface of moist compost and covering lightly. Prick out when the first two true leaves appear and move into 9cm pots. Plant seedlings into garden in late May or after last frost.
Final Spacing: 45cm
Pinch: No
Position: Full sun
Height: 90cm
Harvest: Flowers June - September
Lemon Mint:
Start under cover any time between January and March by sowing onto the surface of moist compost and covering lightly. Prick out when the first two true leaves appear and move into 9cm pots. Plant seedlings into garden in late March when ground has warmed.
Final Spacing: 30cm
Pinch: No
Position: Full sun
Height: 70cm
Harvest: Flowers May-August
Phacelia
Direct sow into the ground any time from the end of February through to September. Scatter seeds and cover to 1cm deep. Germinates quickly – thin to final spacing when seedlings established.
Final Spacing: 30cm
Pinch: No
Position: Full sun
Height: 70cm
Harvest: Flowers June - September
Rudbeckia
Start under cover any time between February and October by sowing onto the surface of moist compost. Light is needed for germination so do not cover. Prick out when the first two true leaves appear and move into 9cm pots. Plant seedlings into garden after last frost, around the end of May.
Final Spacing: 45cm
Pinch: No
Position: Full sun
Height: 70cm
Harvest: Flowers August - October
