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Hello!
I'm sure I asked something along the same lines last year but left it too late
Anyway! Old sink with no plug in so a big hole, can I throw some compost and home bargains seeds in and hope for the best?! I was wanting daffodils in it but I've left it too late to plant them.
Also, do I line the sink then jab some holes in where the plug should be to allow some drainage?
Thank you

I’ve got old sink planters with mini shale gardens that are like a landscape in themselves . The compost is a 50/50 mixture with grit. I don’t line them, there’s no point. In spring little tête-à-tête daffodils would look good, I have tiny alliums and anemones. The rest are little alpine plants.

I really like those tiny daffodils but I've left it too late to plant haven't I?

You can buy them in bud in little pots at garden centres and DIY srores. Instant gardening!

Just put some broken up pots over the plug hole and fill with compost like BeeBumble2 said yiu can get daffodils in flower pots at the garden centre.you can start sowing hardy annuals like Calendula, cornflower, love in the mist etc. Have fun

Will they be ok taken out of a pot and put straight in? I wouldn't want to kill them

Yes you do just that. There will be other little pots of bulbs you could do the same thing with.

I forgot out the front doesn't get any sunlight to it :( looks like my flower plans have been scuppered!

Bulbs in pots will be ok in the shade. Look online for plants for shade. There are loads you can buy

Small Growing ferns will be fine in the shade, also some alpines, such as Campanula and Aquilegia are shade tolerant. But do get the Apline varieties.

Ferns! I should have thought of ferns as my childhood home growing up had ferns in a shaded area, it spread very quickly!!

Yes to ferns, and how about some variegated ivy to trail down the side?

Begonias are happy in the shade, supermarkets sell them quite cheaply as summer bedding plants.