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BLOOMS FOR NORWICH - GROWING COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP PERENNIAL SEEDS 2019

Norwich City Council's Blooms for Norwich - Growing Communities Partnership Project was a success in 2018, over 2,000 perennial plants were germinated from seed by seven community groups and organisations mainly in the Lakenham, Town Close and part of Mancroft areas in Norwich, young plants were taken to City College Norwich in September, potted on and are being grown to maturity by students for civic and community plantings.

In 2019 more perennial seed is available for volunteers, groups and organisations to collect from City College Norwich on Wednesday's 6th and 13th February from 10.00am to 11.00am along with free seed compost and seed trays, the 2019 new seed list can be seen below, other perennial seed from 2018 not sown is also available.

The purpose of the project remains the same as 2018, to make people aware and encourage the use of Sustainable and Biodiverse Perennials especially Genus that are Drought Tolerant, Good Ground Covers and Help Sustain Beneficial Insects as well as Provide Colour and Interest in local landscapes.

The project also aims to show that many plants can easily be grown from seed as well as plug plants and provide an opportunity for community groups and volunteers to Support, Network and Get Involved in a city wide initiative to produce cost effective plants for their groups to use in their local neighbourhood plantings

Geranium macrorrhizum Czakor Seed

Macro Photo 21st January 2019

Bees Like Hardy Geranium's

The 2019 seed was selected by Horticultural Sponsorship Officer Terry Bane from suppliers Plant World Seeds and purchased by Norwich City Council for the Growing Communities Partners to select, sow and grow.

9 species/varieties of Hardy Geraniums (not Pelargonium's) were chosen to build up a stock that can be used for civic landscaping, over the years Hardy Geraniums have been successful used in dry landscapes providing good ground cover that suppress weed growth and attractive flowers over a long period that Bees and Beneficial Insects particularly like.

To add interest and a challenge Terry has chosen 8 species/varieties of Dierama, commonly known as Angels Fishing Rods, Fairybells or Wandflowers to sow and grow, Dierama's are native to Africa, drought tolerant and look stately planted amongst ornamental grasses and in borders - Seeds are very slow to germinate taking 30 to 90 days so lots of watching and patience needed, plants could take up to 5 years to flower from seed but well worth the wait.

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