April is a great time to start sowing all your flower seeds as the temperature is warming up so these will germinate a lot better now and you will get some great results. Below we have listed all the flowers to plant in April
Flowers to plant outdoors in April
- Plant Lilly bulbs in pots. Once these have flowered you can store away and fetch out next year.
- If you have grown hyacinths or daffodils in pots these can be moved into the ground for next year.
Flowers to plant in the greenhouse in April
- This month you need to finish planting summer bedding plants this includes Zinnia and salvia
- Sow marigolds
- Sow petunia seeds
- Sow sunflowers – this is great for the children to get involved.
- You can now fill hanging baskets with plug plants – these need to be kept in the greenhouse until the morning frosts have passed.
Flower Seeds to direct sow outdoors in April
- Annuals can be sown outside or in pots
- Wildflower can be sown this month in beds