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What flowers and bulbs and seeds are
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best to plant in October? Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. We're going to tell
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you the best flowers and bulbs to plant
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and also what seeds to sew in October
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for flowers. So sit back, relax, and get
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your notepad out and let's crack on. So
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first up are bulbs. What bulbs can you
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plant in October? First up is daffodil.
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Absolutely fantastic. Now you can get
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tata ones, you can get tall ones, you
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can get centered ones, all different
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colors now. Absolutely gorgeous. Great
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addition to the garden and they'll add
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some great springtime color.
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Next up are tulips. But don't plant
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these till towards the end of October
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into November as you can get tulip fire
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which you don't want. You want some
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great results from them. So leave them
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till the end of the month if you're
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going to be planting tulips. Next up,
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crocuses. One of the first flowering
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bulbs of the springtime. Absolutely
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great addition. They'll multiply and
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you'll get Mar every single year. A
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great addition and a great first
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flowering bulb of the year. Next up is
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aliums. Now these flower towards the end
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of springtime after all the tulips,
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after all the daffodils, so it keeps
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that spring color going. And the bees
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absolutely love aliums. They absolutely
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adore them. Iris, another late flowering
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bulb as well. but great color and a
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great addition to any garden. Snow
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drops. Now, be careful with snow drops
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because they can spread. So, if you
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don't mind them spreading, add some snow
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drops and add them into the garden for
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some great springtime color, especially
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when the snow's around it. They look
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absolutely fantastic. Muscari, another
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one that can spread and go wild, but
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make sure that you plant it where you
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want it to be. Again, like I said, it
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can go a bit wild. Next up, Arfellia.
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Another great flower and it smells
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amazing as well and looks astonishing.
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Now, this usually comes as one big bulb.
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So, have a look around, have a look, see
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what you can get and get one of those
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planted in the garden. So, next up are
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what flowers to plant in October for
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that great autumn, winter into
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springtime color in the garden. First up
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are winter pansies. Now, I've planted
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lots of winter pansies and hopefully get
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some great addition. Keep deadheading
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them on a regular basis so that they
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keep flowering. you don't want them to
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go to seed and yeah, they'll keep
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flowering all the way through into
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springtime. Same goes for violas.
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They're a smaller variety, little heads,
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but a great addition to any garden. Wall
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flowers, another great addition. And you
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can get some scented ones. I've just
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planted some as well. I'm looking
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forward to seeing how well they get on
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and hopefully add some color from autumn
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into springtime. Prim roses, not one of
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my favorites. I'm not too keen on them,
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but I have got some prim roses because
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it does add some color into the garden.
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Cyclman are one of my favorite ones. But
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make sure that you find the winter hardy
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variety, not the indoor variety if
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you're going to be planting them
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outside. Again, keep deadheading them
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and they'll keep flowering and add some
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great color to the garden. You can get
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reds, you can get whites, absolutely
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gorgeous Christmy colors and it'll look
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great in the garden in a display. Forget
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me knots and sweet williams. the plants
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established in the autumn for flowering
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next year. So, if you want in some great
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color next year, plant some of those and
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you'll have some great color next year.
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Next up are what flower seeds to sew in
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October for great blooms next year. So,
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you can still plant plenty of seeds this
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time of year and some plants do need to
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be sewn this year ready for next year.
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So, first up are sweet peas. You can
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actually sew these in March, April time.
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But if you sew them now, you can
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sometimes get stronger and better plants
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from um coping with a bit of a cold
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snap. But make sure that you sew them in
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a greenhouse or in a poly tunnel. And
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when they get to about 6 to 8 in, pinch
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out the tops so that they bush out and
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produce more flowers next year. Next up
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are corn flowers. Another one you can
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sew a mara, but you can be ahead of the
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game and get earlier blooms. So if
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you're wanting that, sew some so corn
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flowers for some great produce next
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year. Next up are colundulas. Another
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variety what I absolutely love. I've
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sewn some myself and they've started
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growing already and you need to watch
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them because they selfseed and they can
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pop up everywhere. But if you don't mind
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that like myself because I've got an a
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lotment and more flowers as a better sew
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some colundula and they're absolutely
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Next up are hardy annual poppies. Now,
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if you're wanting some great poppies
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next year, again, they can selfseed and
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pop up everywhere and you can be
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inundated and they can be worse than
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weeds. But I love poppies. They're
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absolutely gorgeous. So, if you wanted
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some poppies, sew some now for great
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ones next year. I've got plenty of
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poppies sewn and I need to start um
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planting them into individual pots soon.
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But yeah, I've got some great poppies to
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grow ready for next year. So, if you're
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wanting to sew some seeds, try them and
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give them a go. So, I hope you found
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this useful of what flower seeds to sew
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