17/09/2026
🍂September on the Flower Farm 🍂
The temperature is definitely cooler now, Autumn is days away, and lots of the flowers are slowly going to seed.
In September we are still very busy. Instead of trying to keep everything hydrated and picking thousands of stems each week, we begin to collect the seeds and sow our hardy annuals and perennials for the 2027 season.
Right now is the perfect time to be sowing seeds for the first of next year’s flowers. Which means planning for 2027 is well underway!
I have been sowing Antirrhinum, Ammi Majus & Visnaga, Larkspur and Delphinium, plus lots more.
Thousands of seeds will be sown over the next week or two and then the seedlings are overwintered here in our polytunnels ready to be planted out in early spring.
The Dahlias are at their best right now and are producing armfuls of beautiful blooms.
There isn’t really a quiet period for a Flower Farmer, always some part of the farm to care for, even in the depths of winter.
September is one of my favourite months, the autumnal colours of the flowers and the cooler working conditions, along with seed sowing (my favourite job here) are welcomed after the busy days of summer.
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