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What are the top 10 flowers to grow from
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seed for the garden? Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. And today we're
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going to tell you about the top 10 seeds
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that we think are the best flowers to
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grow for the garden. Now, we're going to
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be growing all of these ones. We've got
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most of them sewn already. We've still
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got one left to sew, but yes, we've got
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most of them sewn. So, what are the top
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10 flowers to grow from seed? The first
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one being sunflowers. Now, I don't sew
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mine till April as I'm up north. So, my
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sunflowers, I'll be waiting until then.
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We're going to grow many different
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varieties of them and hopefully get lots
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of color down here. You can get red
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ones, you can get black ones, you can
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get white ones, you can get yellow ones,
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and yeah, there's lots of different
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varieties of sunflowers out there. So,
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have a look around, choose a bit of
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variety, and have some sunflowers
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growing in your garden cuz they look
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absolutely beautiful and the bees will
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love them. Next up are sweet peas. Now,
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you'll have seen my videos that we are
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growing a lot of sweet peas down here.
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We've just pinched some of them out
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recently. If you've not seen how to
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pinch them out, check my videos out and
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you can see how to pinch the sweet peas
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out to make them more bushier and
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produce more flowers. So, we've got lots
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of them growing this year. Next up is
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marolds. Another easy one to grow from
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seed and with great rewards and great
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color. And yeah, they add a lot of color
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into the garden. and they're also
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beneficial for tomato plants. So yeah, a
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great addition to any garden. Next up is
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a first time one that I've grown from
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seed. I've never grown this before,
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which is nersiums. Now, there's plenty
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of varieties out there with different
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colors around. So have a look around and
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see what variety that you want to grow.
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And yes, you can use them for salads as
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well. So we may be giving them a try and
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seeing how well they actually do taste.
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Next one, another great color for the
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garden, which is cosmos. So easy to grow
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from seed. And yeah, you'll be adding
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lots and lots of color into the garden.
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Now, obviously, growing flowers from
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seed is a lot cheaper than buying them
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yourself, and you get more seeds in a
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packet than you would do if you bought
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the plants yourself. So, you're saving
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yourself lots of money with growing them
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from seed. Next up is Zenas. Another
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great color to the garden. many
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varieties out there and a great addition
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Next up is colundula. Now another one
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that you can use in salads and yeah is
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more of if you not don't control it, it
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can be like a weed because it pops its
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seed heads everywhere and it can grow
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anywhere and everywhere. But if you've
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got an aotment and you don't mind
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everything popping up everywhere,
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certainly do that. And I love them.
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Absolutely so easy to grow and this adds
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so much color to the borders. Absolutely
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great addition to the garden. Next up is
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poppies. Another one which can spread
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and pop up everywhere like wildflower,
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but they are beautiful and yeah, the
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bees love them and there's many
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varieties out there, weird and wonderful
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looking ones. So, don't just stick to
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the originals. Have a look around and
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see what varieties you can grow. Next up
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are corn flowers. You can get these in
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whites, pinks, purples. Beautiful
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colors. great addition and another easy
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one to grow from seed. And last up is
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aas. Another great blooming flower that
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will add plenty of color into the garden
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and cheap and easy to buy from seed
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packets and you'll have some great
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color. Now, all these seeds are easy to
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grow and I recommend them. I'm growing
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them all myself from seeds. So, stay
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tuned for how we get on with growing
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these. Drop us a follow. Until next time
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everyone, remember keep smiling, keep
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shining and keep gardening with Ben
