Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate Seeds

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Kiss me over the garden gate seeds.

About 1 per week soil ph. In recent years kiss me over the garden gate has seen a resurgence in popularity often being found in heirloom plant catalogs. Not particular about ph. If you want to collect seeds for planting the following season chill them at 40 degrees fahrenheit or below for three months because they need cold to make them germinate.

Space the seeds 12 inches apart in all directions. Your kiss me over the garden gate will self sow under most conditions making it an instant addition to next year s annual garden. Once you ve planted it you re likely to have the flower in that spot for years to come. Sow in place as they are difficult to transplant.

This old fashioned cottage garden plant has been prized for decades for its impressive abundant hanging flowers. Medium water use watering details. Generally you can plant it once and it will reseed for years to come. Kiss me over the garden gate mingles well with branched sunflowers at the back of the border or in less managed areas where it attracts an abundance of pollinators bees wasps beetles and more.

Kiss me over the garden gate requires a cold period to germinate reliably. After they sprout thin the. The one month chilling period the seeds need can occur in the refrigerator but can also happen naturally. Germination may take up to 2 months.

Kiss me over the garden gate requires a cold period to germinate reliably. Direct sow in late fall or late winter for spring seedlings or refrigerate them for 3 4 weeks in spring before either starting indoors or direct sowing after the last frost date. Great for dried bouquets and as a fresh cut flower. Started in 1998 by jere gettle as a means to preserve heirloom seeds.

Kiss me over the garden gate grows so rapidly that you won t find transplants of this annual for sale and must start from seed. While the plant can grow up to seven feet tall and four feet wide it rarely if ever needs to be staked. Start seeds in early spring. Don t let this technical term intimidate you.

Kiss me over the garden gate also grows readily when sown directly in the garden bed after frost danger has passed. An eye catching heirloom flower kiss me over the garden gate is heavily laden with pendulous dark pink catkins. We are located in mansfield mo. Kiss me over the garden gate is a very fast growing annual that self seeds in the fall.

The seeds require stratification to successfully germinate.