Various small plants hardening off prior to planting out.
In the tray on the left, ten-week stocks, cosmos and regal pelargonium cuttings.
On the right, two varieties of sweet pea, leeks finally putting on some growth, venidium, some more stocks and a quarter-tray of
zaluzianskia zaloocyanskya soddit, night scented phlox. This last one will be planted in troughs hung on the front garden wall for the benefit of passers-by.
In the greenhouse, two courgettes are desperate to be planted out; we've delayed because our usual supplier of well-rotted horse manure never seems to have any. Behind them are gardener's delight and pink brandywine tomatoes*. Two of each will be grown in the greenhouse and two in outside raised beds, and one of each for the neighbour. There's also two species of lemongrass back there, even though I hardly ever use it. Out of shot are aubergine and sweet pepper plants. Six melon plants are on a higher shelf. Much of the greenhouse is taken up by overwintered tender perennials such as canna, plumbago, hibiscus and agapanthus (not reliably hardy here). These will have to go outside soon to make space for food crops!
* Coincidentally the two varieties recommended for outdoors by Bob Flowerdew in this afternoons GQT. Ahead of the game again, Poacher!
