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This video explains which flower seeds are best to sow for early blooms and how to get strong, healthy plants from the start. It covers suitable varieties for early sowing and how to create the right growing conditions for successful germination.
The guide discusses seed trays, compost choice, light levels and temperature, along with tips for preventing leggy seedlings and encouraging steady growth. It also explains how early flowers can support pollinators and add colour at the start of the gardening season.
If you want vibrant early displays and a productive flower garden, this video provides practical beginner-friendly advice for sowing seeds successfully.
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What flower seeds to start in February
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in the UK? Welcome to Gardening with
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Ben. In today's video, we're going to be
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talking about what flower seeds you can
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get growing this month to get some great
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blooms down in the gardens and a
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lotments. So, make sure you save this
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video so that you can watch it back or
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get a notebook and write down the list
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of flowers as I go along to make your
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lists. So, let's get on with today's
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episode and let's talk about what
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flowers we can sew in February in the
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UK. So, these first ones are what needed
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to be grown indoors or in a heated
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propagator, but they'll need plenty of
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light. Don't think that if there's if
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it's warm, they'll grow. They need light
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or they'll grow leggy and you'll end up
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ruining all your seeds. Now, most of
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them I'll be starting off myself in
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March time when it's a bit warmer and
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got natural light in the greenhouse. And
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I'll be starting mine off in the
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greenhouse, some of these. But sweet
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peas, I'll be starting these off this
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month and getting them growing. They're
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the perfect ones. They need a longer
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growing season and the earlier you start
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them, the more flowers you'll get
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throughout the summer period. And best
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thing about sweet peas is that the more
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you cut the flowers off, the more
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they'll keep flowering all the way up to
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October. If you leave them to go to
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seed, then they'll stop producing the
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flowers. So, you need to keep cutting
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them. Now, I usually let them go to seed
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at the end of the year so that I've got
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seeds for the year after and it'll save
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you money because you get loads of seeds
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in a pod rather than in a packet. So
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yeah, sweet peas are ones that you can
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start now. Patunias, labilia are great
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ones for hanging baskets and for tubs.
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Those need to be started off now so that
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you can have them in your summer baskets
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and make your baskets bloom this year.
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Next up are snapdragons and geraniums.
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Great additions to the garden. Now I've
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grown deraniums from seed myself in the
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past and they grow fantastic. I've done
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really well with them and they flowered
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the same year. Absolutely gorgeous and
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it saves you so much money sewing your
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own geranium seeds. So, I'm going to be
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sewing some myself this year and
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hopefully adding a lot of color to them.
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And the best thing about deraniums is
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that you can dig them up and over winter
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them in your greenhouse and put them
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back out the summer after and yeah, save
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yourself a lot of money. Next up is
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Salvia. Another great addition to the
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garden and it can smell absolutely
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gorgeous if you get certain varieties.
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So that is one flower that you can sew
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in a heated propagator. Next up are the
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ones that can be sewn in an unheated
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greenhouse or in a cold frame. Now this
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first one is absolutely gorgeous. I love
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it. Colundula, it can be worse than a
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weed because the seed heads pop
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everywhere and they can start growing
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everywhere. But if you've got an a
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lotment and you don't mind where they
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pop up, that is a great addition. And
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they are great for bees. And you can
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actually have them in salads, which I
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wouldn't do. I'm one of these people
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that won't have flowers in salads.
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Flowers are for flowers, not for eating.
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Next up is Nigella. Another great flower
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to add to the garden. And then sweet
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William. Another one that's like
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geranium. And yeah, a great flower to
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the garden.
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So those are the ones that can be grown
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in an unheated greenhouse or in a cold
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frame. Now if you live in a mild area or
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towards the end of February, you can sew
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these outdoors, but I wouldn't advise
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it. I'd grow them in a greenhouse where
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it's a bit warmer and you will get a
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better chance of flowers on them. And
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again, these are the sweet peas, the
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colundula, corn flowers. Corn flowers
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are absolutely gorgeous. blue and white,
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purple, absolutely great, beautiful
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flowers for the garden. I've grown them
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in the past and you can get some great
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looking borders from them and also lark
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spur. But like I said, I wouldn't grow
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them outdoors. I'd grow them in a
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greenhouse where it's a bit warmer and
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yeah, you'll get better germination
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rates. So, those are all the flowers
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what you can grow. Next up are
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perennials. What perennials can we grow
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this year? uh month. Delphiniums are
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great flower to the garden. Now,
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perennials are ones that will come back
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every single year. So, if you grow them
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from seed, they will grow
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back and produce flowers each year. So,
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saving yourself a lot of money in the
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long run. I love perennials because you
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don't have to think about what flowers
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you're going to be growing for that
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area. They just grow back year after
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year. So, delidiums and aqua and also
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fox glove. Now, fox glove probably won't
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flower in the first year. They'll flower
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the year after. So, yeah, some great
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perennials to add to the garden. So, I
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hope you've enjoyed these tips and
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advice. Make sure you drop us a follow
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to stay up to date with all our videos
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and when we're going to be sewing all
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our seeds in March time. Until next
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time, everyone. Remember, keep it
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smiling, keep shining, and keep
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