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SEEDS TO SOW IN SEPTEMBER

September is an ideal time to start sowing seeds for a beautiful display of flowers in the seasons ahead.

Here are some of the Make It Flourish favourite varieties to sow this month, including biennials, perennials and annuals.

BIENNIALS

Foxgloves — ‘Foxy’, ‘Bubbly’

Hesperis — ‘Dame’s Violet’

Hollyhock — ‘Giant Single Mixed’

PERENNIALS

Achillea — ‘Double Diamond’, ‘Summer Berries’

Delphinium — ‘Pacific Giants’, ‘Centurion Sky Blue F1’

Wallflower — ‘Bowles Mauve’

Echinacea — ‘White Swan’, ‘Magnus’

Lythrum salicaria — ‘Purple Loosestrife’

Lychnis — ‘flos-cuculi alba’

ANNUALS

Ammi majus

Antirrhinum majus — ‘Appleblossom’

Bunny Tails

Calendula — ‘Orange Flash’, ‘Snow Princess’

Candytuft — ‘Fairy Mixed’

Cornflowers — ‘Blue Ball’

Clarkia — ‘Choice Double Mixed’

Gypsophila — ‘Covent Garden’

Orlaya grandiflora

Lavatera trimestris — ‘New Dwarf Pink Blush’

Larkspur — ‘Giant Pacific Mixed’

Lupins — ‘Pixie Delight’, ‘Avalune Mixed’

Scabiosa — ‘Field’, ‘Summer Fruits’

Nigella — ‘Miss Jekyll Alba’, ‘Miss Jekyll’

Sweet Peas — ‘Frills and Blushes’, ‘Charlies Angels’, ‘Gwendoline’, ‘High Scent’, ‘Tiller Girls’

Poppies — ‘Candyfloss’, ‘Manzaad’, ‘Shirley’

A little preparation now can bring months of colour and joy to the garden next year.

If you’re sowing any of these varieties this September, we’d love to see what you’re growing. Share your flourishing joy and tag @makeitflourish.

For more seasonal gardening inspiration, tips and advice, follow Make It Flourish. I host online and in-person workshops and events, designed to inspire, teach and help you flourish in the garden.

Happy sowing! x