Is it too late to grow flowers from seed?

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Any help much appreciated.

yes, pretty much.

I'm sure there will be exceptions but it's probably too late for most plants for this year.

Depends when you want them? You could start off some biennials for next year (wallflower etc)?
Or so something quick like radishes or lettuce?

Check the packet?

If we have a nice autumn you'll probably get a good month or two of cosmos. My seeds germinated within 2 days and were trying to flower weeks before it was time to put them out. I was a bit surprised by their speed. Not seeds but you could get gladioli and acidanthera bulbs. You'd need to get them in the ground quick.

I've started sowing biennials for next year- foxgloves, sweet William, stocks and sweet rocket.

I was gifted a greenhouse (plastic cover one) and just haven't had time to plant seeds because I've been mumsnetting, so anything at all would be great.

If you plant seeds of hardy annuals in a few weeks time, they’ll grow a bit, overwinter, then be away fast next spring. I always sow sweet peas in the autumn, and many people sow broad beans.

There’s lots of oriental greens and salad veg which need to be sown after midsummer

Biennials and perennials still ok. Hardy annuals can be sown in autumn for a head start.