How do I plant poppy cornflower and forget me not seeds in main beds and then not think they're weeds??

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Hi New to gardening as you can guess....

I love the handful of forget me nots that lurk in our new garden - and am keen to have more as well as a scattering of poppies and cornflowers midst the perennials.

If I just scatter abundantly now will then come up in spring?

How do I make sure not to just pull them up thinking they're weeds before then??

What would you do?

I'm keen to put straight into beds - we dont have a greenhouse etc

How do you distinguish one weed from the other, you mean?
I'm afraid you'll have to let them grow a bit, then thin out.

Yup I guess thats it!!!

OR......

Scatter with sand to mark where and take a photo to check against?

And as for forgetmenots

They sort themselves out and spread like stink here all on their own

It is also helpful to learn to identify some of the common weeds in your area.

The problem with scattering is that you never know where the seeds end up. Even with sand.
For it to work well, you'd have to put seeds in little groups rather than scatter.

I suppose you could place them in marked lines, but it wouldn't look so natural.

Scatter them in a circle so it’s obvious that you have a ring of similar looking seedlings.

Great ideas all .. and Ill start learning about common weeds!

I'm delighted the forget me nots will just spread themselves - we've had literally a handful - perhaps 5 scattered through our beds this year and I really loved them! They gave me such joy each time I spotted a new one so I'm keen to give them a helping hand this year

I'm thinking the circle idea will work best for me - will look beautiful as they develop and presumably I can then just move them to where I want them once they've grown a bit? Guessing April time?

I learnt by never pulling anything up until I had positively identified it. I'm now quite good at recognising wild flowers from their leaves.

Seeds and bulbs, plant or spread, then place packet on top and take a photo for your new My Garden folder. I find this very helpful in keeping track of seasonal planting.