ONE of the joys of having a garden is being able to pick a bunch of your own flowers. Whether it’s a small posy of sweet peas or an armful of annuals like cornflowers, nigella and scabious, it’s far more satisfying (and cheaper) than buying blooms from a shop.
Most hardy annuals that have a cut-and-come-again habit (in other words, if you keep picking them, they’ll produce more blooms) can be sown now, either direct or under cover. Choose the flowers you want and decide where you want them to go – hardy annuals are great for filling gaps in the border that young shrubs and perennials have not yet grown into. Alternatively, many can be grown in containers; or you
