Sowing cut flowers in spring

Published: Friday, 1 March 2019 at 10:54 am

Watch Rachel de Thame sow hardy annuals in spring for cutting later in the year.

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Rachel de Thame gets started on a new cut-flower garden, in this programme clip from Gardeners' World. Here she shows you how to sow hardy annuals, such as nigella, directly outdoors in spring. Watch as she prepares the soil and sows in rows for easy picking of the flowers and seedheads all summer. Then, in another bed, she broadcast-sows a colour-themed cut-flower seed mix.

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