Sowalong: Sunflowers with Lily Middleton

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Immediate Media

Nature, Home & Garden, Leisure, Science

4.6 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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This time on Sowalong, BBC GardenersWorld.com’s Content Creator Lily Middleton shares why growing sunflowers from seed, on a balcony in West London, brings her so much joy. Injecting brightness into an urban environment, Lily initially started growing long-lasting Helianthus annuus during the first lockdown, letting their cheery, daisy heads peer over the balcony for passers-by to spot on their daily walks. Easy to start, this season Lily is growing sunflower ‘Red Sun’, making a change from the yellow ray florets she usually leans towards. With limited pots to fill and even less propagation space, Lily explains that while it’s often challenging deciding what to grow, sunflowers always make the cut, providing guaranteed, speedy and beautiful results. Listen now, for tips on seed sowing, raising seedlings, watering, feeding and how to provide support with bamboo cane stakes as they grow. Lily covers seed saving and leaving the central discs of the flowers heads out, for wildlife to feast on. Plus, why sunflowers are the ultimate plant to encourage children to catch the gardening bug early on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:22.1	Welcome to the Gardner's World magazine's Sewalong series, the podcast that inspires you to grow more from seed.
1:53.5	Hello, I'm Lily. I'm a content creator at BBC Gardenersworld.com and I love going from seed on my balcony in West London.
2:01.7	Although I do have a few pots of perennials that provide interest year after year, I also love to grow a variety of plants from seed.
2:07.6	It can be a challenge to decide what to grow. I've only got limited pots to fill and I've got even less propagation space. The living room floor has its limits, my partner's not keen on seedlings
2:13.6	covering the entire flat. One of my staples to grow is the sunflower,
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