Planting Dates – Flowers
Flowers-Indoor Culture:
Compost: 4 parts rotted sod, 2 parts leaf mould and 1 part sand.
Variety | Brandon Inside Planting Dates | Distance Apart |
DWARF: For edging, beds, borders, and rockeries. Best in front. | ||
Adonis aestivalis | April 1 | 6 – 8″ |
Ageratum spp. | March 15 | 6 – 8″ |
Alyssum | April 1 – 15 (or outside) | 6 – 8″ |
Anagallis | April 1 | 6 – 8″ |
Antirrhinum Dwarf | March 1 – 15 | 10 – 12″ |
Antirrhinum Rock Hybrids | February 1 – March 1 | 6 – 8″ |
Balsam, Bush Flowered | April 1 | 12 – 18″ |
Begonia Semperflorens Tubers | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Begonia Semperflorens Seed | March 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Celosia cristata | April 1 | 6 – 8″ |
Delphinium Tom Thumb | April 1 | 10 – 12″ |
Dianthus, annual | March 1 – 15 | 10 – 12″ |
Felicia | April 1 (or outside) | 10 – 12″ |
Layia | April 1 | 6 – 8″ |
Lobelia | April 1 (or outside) | 6 – 8″ |
Marigold Dwarf | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Matricaria | March 15 | 6 – 8″ |
Nemesia nana compacta | February 15 – March 15 | 10 – 12″ |
Nemophila | March 15 – April 1 | 6 – 8″ |
Nierembergia | April 1 | 8 – 10″ |
Pansies and Violas | April 1 | 10 – 12″ |
Petunia nana compacta | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Salvia, Blaze of Fire | March 1 | 10 – 12″ |
Sanvitalia | March 1 | 10 – 12″ |
Schizanthus | April 1 (or outside) | 10 – 12″ |
Sweet William, annual | March 1 | 10 – 12″ |
Sweet Wivelsfield | March 1 | 10 – 12″ |
Tagetes signata pumila | April 1 (or outside) | 10 – 12″ |
MEDIUM: Mid-ground in border | ||
Acroclinium | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Alonsoa | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Anagalis | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Anchusa capensis | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Aquilegia | April 1 (or outside) | 16 – 18″ |
Balsam | March 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Begonia tubers | March 1 – April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Begonia seed | March 1 – 15 | 12 – 14″ |
Browallia | February 1 – March 1 | 10 – 12″ |
Campanula, annual | April 1 | 16 – 18″ |
Celosia plumosa | February 15 – 20 | 10 – 12″ |
China asters | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Cuphea | April 1 (or outside) | 12 – 14″ |
Diascia | April 1 (or outside) | 10 – 12″ |
Didiscus or Trachymene | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Eryngium | March 20 | 12 – 14″ |
Gaillardia | April 1 (or outside) | 16 – 18″ |
Heliotrope | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Hunnemannia | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Marigolds | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Martynia | April 1 | 16 – 18 “ |
Myosotis | April 1 | 10 – 12 “ |
Pentstemon | February 15 – 20 | 12 – 14″ |
Phlox Drummondi | April 1 (or outside) | 10 – 12″ |
Rudbeckia | April 1 (or outside) | 14 – 18″ |
Salvia | April 1 | 14 – 18″ |
Stocks (ten-weeks) | March 1 – April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Verbena | March 15 – April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
TALL: Adapted to rear of border. | ||
Asclepias | April 1 | 14 – 18″ |
Asters, tall | April 1 | 14 – 18″ |
Canna | March 15 | 14 – 18″ |
Coreopsis or Calliopsis | April 1 (or outside) | 14 – 18″ |
Cosmos | April 1 (or outside) | 14 – 18″ |
Datura | April 1 (or outside) | 18 – 24″ |
Dahlia seed | March 5 | 30″ |
Dianthus heddewigi | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Gladiolus (not recommended) | April 1 | 12 – 14″ |
Helichrysum | April 1 (or outside) | 18 – 20″ |
Hollyhock, annual | March 1 – 15 | 18 – 24″ |
Hollyhock, annual double | March 1 | 18 – 24″ |
Larkspurs | March 1 – April 1 (or outside) | 14 – 18″ |
Malope | April 1 (or outside) | 20 – 24″ |
Marigolds, giant | April 1 | 20 – 24″ |
Mirabilis | April 1 (or outside) | 24″ |
Nicotiana | April 1 | 18 – 24″ |
Ricinus | April 1 (or outside) | 24 – 36″ |
Salpiglossis | April 1 | 14 – 18″ |
Tagetes erecta | April 1 | 14 – 18″ |
Tithonia speciosa | March 15 – April 1 | 18 – 24″ |
Statice sinuta | March 15 | 12 – 14″ |
Zinnia | April 1 (or outside) | 14 -18″ |