Free seeds

alansharpe

April's magazine came with free Poppy Pandora and Cosmos Polidor seeds. I planted them. They've both come up looking exactly like Aquilegia ! Anyone else had this problem?

Lyn

Oh well, Aquilegia are a lovely flower😀

Brexiteer

I once planted some Thompson and Morgan sweet peas and they wasn't sweet peas at all. It was some sort of climbing garden pea 

Grannybee

Interesting to see these comments. I thought it was my error when my first tray of the free cosmos seeds proved to be phacelia. I sowed a second tray, very carefully with new compost and making sure the cosmos packet was in my hand. I have 50% phacelia and the other seedlings look a bit like tagetes. Oh well, I like them all but it is frustrating!

josusa47

Maybe they're free because the producers have discovered their mistake and can't sell them.   Disappointed customers can't ask for a refund when they haven't paid anything.

Guernsey Donkey2

Free seeds in this month's G. World magazine - foxgloves.  I am assuming that I can sow them in trays to overwinter in the GH?

AnniD

@Guernsey Donkey2, re: the foxgloves, they are tough plants and would be fine in an open coldframe or by a sheltered wall. I plant mine out in the autumn and they have survived and are flowering away. 

Lizzie27

Thanks  @AnniD, I was thinking the same as GD, so will do as you suggest. I do hope they are foxgloves though after previous comments!

BONE MEAL

No problem with the Cosmos but have ONLY one Poppy Pandora germinated !!!

AnniD

@Lizzie27, it will interesting to see what appears ! 

Novice23

I planted the free cosmos seeds and only two germinated, whilst none of the poopy seeds did anything.  So disappointing.