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        <![CDATA[ Annual plants are those whose life cycle lasts for only one year, including germination, bloom, and production of seed, after which the parent plant dies.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hanging Baskets ]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Cerinthe ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I sowed my cerinthe seeds and they have grown to about 5 or 6 inches long with long spindly stems and a pair of seed leaves on top - no sign of secondary leaves.  Is this right????  Not sure what to do next.<br><br>Love<br>Bryony<div class='signature'><img src="http://www.imgmag.org/images/bryony/tulips_pink_md_wht.gif"><br></div> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Annual Climbers ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ My annual climber seedlings are now around 4-6&quot; tall and most have only the one stem. Should I pinch the tops out as I would with sweet peas? I am referring to thunbergia, ipomoea coccinea, ipomoea x sloteri and mina lobata <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :h --><img src=http://www.realgardeners.co.uk/images/smileys/pray.gif ALT=":h"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <div class='signature'><a href="http://www.garden-arts.co.uk/salspatch" target="top"><br><img... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Sowing Direct ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I have two packets of seeds, Nigella and Larkspur. The packet tells me to sow deep in flowering position. Is this because they don't like being moved. If I do sow them directly how will I know wether it is a flower or weed when it comes through?<div class='signature'><img src="http://www.realgardeners.co.uk/images/signatures/kittysig.gif" style="border:0;"><br><br><br>Kitty</div> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Half hardy annuals ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Is there a general guideline as to what temperature it should be before I set half hardy seedlings outside to harden off? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :h --><img src=http://www.realgardeners.co.uk/images/smileys/pray.gif ALT=":h"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <div class='signature'><a href="http://www.garden-arts.co.uk/salspatch" target="top"><br><img src="http://www.garden-arts.co.uk/salspatch/images/daisy_button_blue_md_wht.gif" style="border:0;"></a><br><br>xx-Sal-xx</div> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Schizanthus ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I went to a nursery and found a plant I am unfamiliar with.  It is a Schizanthus, sold as an annual.  I am in zone 5.  I &quot;fell in love&quot; with the plant and brought it home.  The tag states it is tolerant more of colder weather than warm, like pansies.  I was wondering, since it was so expensive, if I could keep it in a pot, put it outside while cool, bring it in during the hotter months and again before winter strikes.  Can it live if treated like this or is it destined to live a... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Plugs and Hanging Baskets ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Now before I get my knuckles rapped, Scotia I have been to your site and looked under B. Plantsman I have lost the www for your site.<br><br>The plug plants that came earlier all look quite large and healthy to me...They were from T&amp;M incase anyone else has them Fushias and Petunias..... Can I plant them straight into the basket...which will be kept in the greenhouse OR should I pot them on first<div class='signature'><img... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Bolting Sweet Pea ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Help, during the 10 days i was away my sweetpea seeds have germinated and bolted to 6 inches with a pair of unopened leaves at the top. They are also bending to the light. What should I do. <br><br>I have kept the room at a constant 12-15 degrees.24/7.  My neighbour suggests turning off the heat<br><br>OR IS IT TOO LATE<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :cry --><img src=http://www.realgardeners.co.uk/images/smileys/cry.gif ALT=":cry"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <div class='signature'><img... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Bidens seedlings ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Am I meant to pinch the tops out of these? If so, how tall should they be before I do it? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :h --><img src=http://www.realgardeners.co.uk/images/smileys/pray.gif ALT=":h"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><div class='signature'><a href="http://www.garden-arts.co.uk/salspatch" target="top"><br><img src="http://www.garden-arts.co.uk/salspatch/images/daisy_button_blue_md_wht.gif" style="border:0;"></a><br><br>xx-Sal-xx</div> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ First year flowering Hollyhocks? ]]></title>
			<link>http://realgardeners.yuku.com/topic/6758/t/First-year-flowering-Hollyhocks-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <br>Saw this on Gardener's World on Friday:<br><br>&quot;Monty spent some of his 20 budget on seeds. These were mainly first-year-flowering perennials which should give a good display by mid-summer. This week he started sowing these in the greenhouse.&quot; (copied from the BBC website)<br><br>The list of seeds included a hollyhock. I thought these were biennials that you sow in the summer??<br><br>The reason I'm asking is that all my seedlings died in the heat last summer. Do you think I'd... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Salli - please advise re cerinthe ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :help --><img src=http://www.realgardeners.co.uk/images/smileys/help.gif ALT=":help"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->  Salli<br><br>I've still got the cerinthe seeds you gave me last summer, but I don't know what the sowing instructions are.  I read them on a pack at the GC but, by the time I got home, I had forgotten what it said! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.realgardeners.co.uk/images/smileys/confused.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Sunflowers.... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman;font-size:small;">Is this normal?<br>Our sunflowers grew way over 16 feet (and remember the alien one too?)<br><br>Once they died off we dead headed them, cut them down and this is the result, a bunch of 8 tiny flowers on one stem <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2003 15:51:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Pansies ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Are there pansies and winter pansies. I bought some pansies for late colour then saw some more been sold specifically as winter pansies and they cost more<div class='signature'><br><br><img src="http://catlovers.brueland.com/webcats/webcat121th.jpg" style="border:0;"><br><br><br><br><span style="color:green;font-family:comic sans ms;">Kitty</span></div> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Autumn sowing ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I have read quite a few messages here recently relating to sowing annuals in autumn rather than spring to get a stronger start. However, I have an unheated greenhouse, so would any of them survive? I do have a paraffin heater but I'm not very good at remembering to light it!<br><br>Caroline ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2003 18:28:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Stinky Salvia!! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Can someone help me with this one. I was given 4 small plants last spring and was told that they were Salvias. I'm new to gardening so it meant nothing to me. I planted and waited. They seemed to be 'all leaves' for a very long time before they finally flowered but, I have to give them their due they have stayed inflower all summer and are still in flower now - though starting to fade. They are whitish/pink with Foxglove-like leaves. As theyre in a part of the garden where I cant walk around... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2003 11:49:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ What is this plant? (NICANDRA PHYSALOIDES/Shoo fly) ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Does anyone know what this plant is. I bought it at a garden fair 2 years ago. It is an annual which has self seeded this year.
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It is about 3 feet high, has deep purple/black stems and lantern shaped buds.
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The flowers last for one day, there are lots of them and are white with a blue ring around the edge.
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See it <a target="_blank" href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.hassett1/gifs/what.jpg">here</a>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:36:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ hollyhocks question ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi,<br>need some more help. <br><br>I have some hollyhocks that I misplanted. It was only the first year they were in and did not flower, but the leaves are huge and covering some of the smaller plants. I want to move them to the back of the border where i have more space. Is it ok to do this now? as I say there are no flowers on them, or any signs of flowers, but the leaves are huge. <br><br>If I do move them is it the usual thing of watering them well before and after and have the hole... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2003 10:21:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Scotia (Hollyhocks) ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <img alt="<img src="http://www.realgardeners.co.uk/images/smileys/hello.gif">" src="http://www.realgardeners.co.uk/images/smileys/hello.gif"> - I have a question . I was reading your info on
Hollyhocks on your website and I noticed you had grow as an annual.
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Now I&#39;m confused.
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Being in zone 5 USA , hollyhocks here are biennial . The first year I get foliage , the second year I get blooms .Then the plant dies.Any I have for the next
year is only from the seed.
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Are they... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:39:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Any info on these? (Ptilostemon afer & Platycodon grandiflorus 'fuji blue') ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi, my neighbours just got back from a caravan holiday and they always bring me a plant back for looking after things. This time I got two.  I know nothing
about them and neither does my neighbour. Their names are written in pencil on little sticks! One is a Ptilostemon afer and the other is Platycodon g.f. Fugi
Blue. Any info on these please? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2003 20:48:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 2 questions re violas ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :hi --><img src=http://www.realgardeners.co.uk/images/smileys/hello.gif ALT=":hi"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> I bought some small-flowered violas (the purple &amp; yellow sort) in the spring and they have given a beautiful show until very recently in containers. Now that they have just about all finished flowering, is there any chance they will flower again this year? If so, what can I do to encourage this? If not, is it worth keeping them or should I start again next... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:08:38 GMT</pubDate>
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