Seeds to plant for later

[MrsDoyle351]

Just asking if there are any seeds I could get started off indoors in the next couple of months to provide colour in the spring/early summer months?

Thanks

The classic suggestion here is sweet peas. Planted now indoors and then pinched and managed so that they grow bushy instead of leggy, then planted outside with support around April time, they should be flowering by June?

I like sweet peas and I also like peas. The DC usually strip them before they get anywhere near the kitchen though.

Thank you

Hardy annuals and half hardy annuals can all be started now.

Higgledy Garden has a useful growing guide and information section, and you can get the seeds from them too.

You can actually sow sweet peas directly into the soil outside at the moment. I do this and find that the plants are stronger. Just pinch them out like you would if you grew them indoors

You can actually sow sweet peas directly into the soil outside at the moment

I didn't know that! Thank you @eggsandbaconeveryday.

Does anyone know how easy cosmos are to grow? I fancy giving them a try this spring.

i find cosmos really easy as they self seed on my allotment (ie grow from previous year's seed that has dropped onto the soil). There is a post on here about growing them. Pinching out the tip is key.

Thank you @dreamingofsun. I think I'm going to give them a go.