Most of the seeds I’ve sown so far this year have been vegetables. Even the nasturtiums (edible leaves, flowers and seeds) partially count under that heading. One that (as far as I’m aware) is purely ornamental is Gaillardia pulchella ‘Red Plume’. I’ve never grown it before but I think the picture caught my eye when I was purchasing some other seeds.

I sowed it back in early March and have been nursing the plants through various stages of repotting. One of the reasons I don’t sow many flowers is that our garden is already quite full and it can be hard to work out where to shoehorn them in. However, with a feeling that if I didn’t put them out soon I’d be likely to lose them, I found a couple of patches and so now all six plants are out in two sets of three.

No flowers yet but the flower heads are developing. Hopefully getting their feet in the ground won’t be too much of a shock and I’m looking forward to seeing them come into bloom.