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B3B3 Posts: 26,987
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It must've been autumn 21 when I planted some red wallflowers. They didn't flower last year. Now they are huge and leafy. No sign of flower buds. Is there any chance that they'll flower this spring? They're taking up a lot of space. 
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,913
    My bet is that they'll flower this year 🤞

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 26,987
    Thanks @Dovefromabove. I'll leave them in. They could be spectacular if they flower.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,913
    Maybe a bit of tomato food will give them a nudge ... certainly wouldn't do any harm  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,431
    I've got bits of yellow showing now on the wallflowers I planted in November. They're supposed to be mixed but I'll settle for all yellow. Forgetme nots in between to flower later.
  • B3B3 Posts: 26,987
    That's what I was worried about. Lush green growth no flower buds.   Reminds me of multiple cosmos threads😒
    At least yours aren't going to be the old mixed mucky school plasticene coloured ones. @fidgetbones
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,261
    Mine look just like yours @B3 - but I think it's just too early for them.  They've always flowered for me before...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • B3B3 Posts: 26,987
    edited 6 January
    To be honest, there's not much to replace them anyway. I'm waiting to see what's really dead  before I do anything drastic. Can't even be sure that some of the slimy stuff is dead until I see what, if anything, emerges in the spring. @Liriodendron
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,119
    Ours don't normally flower until we are well into March or nearly April here. The ones I sowed last autumn aren't showing any signs of buds yet but they have always flowered later in the first year but gone on longer, sometimes into June. They aren't as impressive as the older ones which just get cut backed after flowering and go on for a couple of years before they are replaced (people treat them as annuals but they do better as short lived perennials for me).
  • B3B3 Posts: 26,987
    Where there's life, there's hope! Been doing a lot of bark scratching. There's a fair bit of life left in my garden despite the drought, heatwave and frost.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 26,987
    Wallflowers covered in buds! So long as they're not the bottom of the toy box ball of plasticine colour, they should be worth the long wait.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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