Vipers Bugloss where to get plants

[LCPete]

Does anyone know where I can order on the net Vipers Bugloss plants rather than seeds I haved searched but only found seeds
I have already planted seeds that have sprouted . They are Biennial ie take 2 years to flower and I'm a bit impatient and want flowers this year
We are planting all british wildflowers this year for the bees and butterflies
Pete

[rogpow]

Originally Posted by LCPete

Does anyone know where I can order on the net Vipers Bugloss plants rather than seeds I haved searched but only found seeds

A quick Google brought up this site:

Viper's Bugloss - Jubilee Seeds and Turf Ltd UK

I imagine there are others.

[metalfish]

or you can get plant &/Or seed from

www.naturescape.co.uk

if you have a plant or three and some seeds you could sow some seed for next year too

[Johnny Redgate]

Remember it's a biennial so I wouldn't spend a fortune on plants.

[LCPete]

Thanks jubilee seeds did have them but the chap was not sure if they would flower this year
I have planted quite a few different plants so maybee I should be patient and wait till next year

[Jez]

Besides Bugloss, Majoram is an excellent bee/butterfly nectar plant, either in a border or potted!

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by Jez

Besides Bugloss, Majoram is an excellent bee/butterfly nectar plant, either in a border or potted!

Marjoram! It smell so good, tastes so fine and it grows so well in my garden as a wild plant.

[animartco]

Tut tut Pete. Patience is a virtue. If you bought a plant now, it wouldn't look naturalised, the flowers wouldn't be very good and you would have to wait another two years before its seeds matured, if they ever did! Remember biennials do not spread. Once the plant dies that's it for two years until the seads mature. Get a packet of seeds in the ground now! And another packet next year and you will have vipers bugloss for ever more.

[Susie]

I had several plants, bought from Naturescape, a few years ago and they flowered but I didn't get any seedlings from them. They didn't seem to thrive in my garden but then I don't see them growing wild around here either. I guess there is a lot to be said for sticking to your local wild plants.

[metalfish]

Viper's bugloss prefer thin, well draining soil with very little nutrient in it, give'm too much pampering or a rich soil and they don't thrive.

I've seen them thriving on chalk downland, thin soil accumulated on top of old asphalt pathways and on sandy soils by the sea so as long as your soil isn't at the 'very' degree of alkaline or acid then I don't think that'll be a problem

Not logical but that's evolution for you!