Sown seeds of Cosmos, Sunflowers, Marigold, Bizzy Lizzy and Petunias at the end of December 2010.
The Cosmos , Sunflowers and Marigold are now in full bloom and looking really nice.
For some reason I can't get the Buzy Lizzy or Petunia to germinate. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
At the end of January I Sowed seeds of Cornflower and Livingstone Daisys. They have germinated.
Today I have sown Chrisanthemums, Iceland Poppy, Lobelia and Sweet William, and are now hoping they will germinate. Some of the seeds are so tiny its not funny.Any tips on the above seeds would be much appreciated.

Georgie Boy,
Just browsing and saw your post. Have never grown a lot of plants from seed but find cosmos seem to self seed and keep coming up every summer. With Bizzy Lizzie I seem to be have so many that I have to keep pulling some of the self seeded ones out as they can take over the whole garden. I put this down to having a young grandson who loves popping the seed pods and watching the seeds pop out! They seem to grow well in the shadier part of the garden, even have them coming up in any little crack in the concrete1

Georgie Boy,
Just curious to know if you take your seeds after they have flowered and dry them out and replant the following season or leave them longer.
When you take the seeds what method do you use to dry them?
As I don't have much luck with the seed packets I buy feel this must be a cheaper way of replacing.

Very small seeds should be sprinkled onto the surface and not buried. I save most of my own seeds and get a very much better strike rate than with bought seeds. It is particularly easy with the larger seeds such peas, beans, broadbeans, pumpkins, zucchinis, cucumbers etc. I also find stocks, antirhinums, pansy, sunflowers, sweet peas, salvias, french marigolds and tomatoes very easy to save. I store them in pill pots from the chemist. You can easily get seed heads from friends or neighbours.

Melsy, I took an interest in gardening Last December(2010) so are fairly new at it.
Now is about time to start planting bulbs in containers over the autumn & winter so I am going to give them ago.
I'll start with dafodil(tete a tete), hyacinths, tulips and ranunculas.