The fun thing about starting a garden is that the fun never really ends. You are always carving out new spaces, adding new boxes and beds and discovering new varieties you want to plant. It truly is such a great hobby!
Our latest project is a wild flower bed on the southside of the green house. Texas is abundant in its varieties of wild flowers, and the most beautiful has to be our state flower, the bluebonnet. Every year, Texans come out in droves with their kiddos, dressed in their Sunday best to take family pictures in the fields of bluebonnets – us included.
We were a little late to the game this year to seed bluebonnets and watch them bloom in Spring. If you’re in Texas you should plan to seed these straight into the ground in November for a Spring-time sprout. Don’t worry, I’ve marked my calendar this year to make it happen Spring on 2022! But just because we missed the bluebonnet season, doesn’t mean we have to miss out on the flowers.
We used our seed starter trays to seed sunflowers. Germination for sunflowers varies a bit based on climate, but these seedlings hit maturity for direct ground planting about week 3. We’ve been growing these seedlings in our greenhouse where we can somewhat offer a more controlled and heated environment. More to come on the greenhouse in future blog posts. Check out our time-lapsed video below to watch Gardener Arthur preparing our wild flower bed.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Bz0cOBgtuxw