Well, last time I was extolling the beautiful weather of March and here we are with wind, rain and sleet! Typical Primula weather!
We are now well into seed production for sowing later this year and flowering next its almost continuous process, the seed will be harvested around May/June depending on variety and sown from July.
It is vital to get the sowing times correct, it has a major effect on the flowering times and if you go too late then you may not have any flowers at all!
We have planned to produce a certain amount of seed of each variety but there is always a degree of the unknown - its not an exact science - we may have a few more or less than we anticipate.
Although all these plants are in the glasshouse the weather, particularly light levels plays an important role in not only the amount of seed but also the quality.
Varieties will differ in all these aspects but we do need a quality of seed to give a reasonable germination and vigour.
The Begonia production is now underway, cuttings are on the rooting benches, plan to have a walk through them next week and will update the web site through April. http://www.brilliantgardens.com/
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