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Let's plant our fox gloves. Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. And in today's
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video, we're going to be planting our
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fox gloves. Now, we started these seeds
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off around September, October time, why
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I shared a video before, as if you sew
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them then, they'll possibly flower the
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next year. So, they'll probably flower
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hopefully this summer and hopefully get
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some great blooms on them. Now, fox
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gloves are easy to grow from seed. If
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you're wanting to try them, give them a
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try. But if you sew them in spring this
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year, then they'll probably flower next
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year. So, you've got to be early with
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sewing them in September, October time
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if you wanted them to flower that coming
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summer. So, yeah, they're pretty easy to
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grow and we've sewn some and they look
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absolutely amazing. So, these plants
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look good enough and big enough to
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handle themselves. They're pretty hardy
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plants, but if there's frost or snow
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coming, you're best off waiting until it
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gets a bit warmer. But these are using
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up space in my shed. So I need to get
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them out because we're going to be
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sewing all our seeds next month. So we
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need to get them out of the shed and get
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them into the ground. And I've got a
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perfect spot for planting them. So let's
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have a look at what they look like and
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where we're going to be planting them.
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So these are our fox gloves that we've
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sewn from seed. They look absolutely
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amazing. They look healthy. They look
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brilliant. And yeah, I'm really proud of
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them as I'm wanting to learn more and
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more about growing flowers because
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they're a great addition to the garden.
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They attract the pollinators and yeah, a
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great add of color to the garden as well
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amongst all the green vegetables. So
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yeah, we've got lots of plants,
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absolutely loads. So we're going to get
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these out and get them in the ground.
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So this is our new area that we made the
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end of last year and as you can see it's
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looking absolutely amazing. Loads of
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daffodil bulbs coming up at the moment.
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So we put a load in there. We did put
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tulips in all these but the bloody
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squirrels got them. So, we're going to
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have to fill this space in and get them
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sorted. I definitely won't be planting
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tulips, I don't think, next year. Wasted
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a lot of money on them. But yeah, we're
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going to plant the fox gloves in these,
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I believe. And we'll see how they get on
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and if they take, we may even plant some
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at the back of them daffodil as well.
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There were tulips in the back of them as
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well. So, we'll see where we get them
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all and hopefully get them in the
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So, there we are. I've planted them
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around the edges of the flower beds. So,
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I'll probably put like a feature plant
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in the middle of each one. That's the
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idea. Possibly a little shrub or
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something that's got flowers on it to
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make it look nice as well. So, if
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anybody's got any suggestions of a great
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little shrub that can be a centerpiece,
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let me know and I'll have a look around
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and see what we can get for in these
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centerpieces cuz I want something that's
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bright and colorful and hopefully
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So, thanks for watching today's video.
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We'll be back with more videos. And make
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date with how well they grow. Until next
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time everyone, remember keep smiling,
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keep shining and keep gardening with bed
