Flower Seed Planting Guide for Temperate Zones of Australia
Updated: Jan 3
Spring
Aquilegia
Bells of Ireland - Moluccella laevis
Calendula
Campanula persicifolia ‘Boule de Neige
Centaurea scabiosa - Greater Knapweed
Chocolate Lace Flower 'Dara' Daucus carota
Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus
Dahlia
Daylily
Fairy or Angel's Fishing Rod Pink - Dierama pulcherrimum
Lamium galeobdolon - Yellow Archangel
Linaria maroccana
Nigella damascene - Love-in-the-Mist
Pansy
Queen Anne’s Lace - Daucus carota
Roman chamomile - Chamaemelum nobile
Russel Lupin
Scabiosa atropurpurea - Sweet Scabious
Sisyrinchium striatum - Aunt May
Snapdragon - Antirrhinum majus
Snow in Summer - Cerastium tomentosum
Sweet Peas inc species
Tansy - Tanacetum vulgare
Teucrium hircanicum - Iranian Wood Sage
Viola
Spring / Summer
Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’
Ageratum
Bunny Tails - Lagurus ovatus
Centaurea scabiosa - Greater Knapweed
Golden Feverfew - Tanacetum parthenium 'aureum'
Commelina tuberosa (Coelestis)
Coral Vine or Mexican Creeper - Antigonon leptopus
Cosmos bipinnatus and sulphureus
Cypress Vine (White) - Ipomoea quamoclit
English Lavender 'Hidcote' - Lavandula angustifolia
Forget-Me-Not - Myosotis avensis
Four O’clock Flower or The Marvel of Peru - Mirabilis jalapa
Geranium - Cranesbill
Green Mist - Ammi visnaga
Hellebore (Helleborus x hybridus)
Jerusalem Sage - Phlomis Russeliana
Moonvine / Moonflower - Ipomoea alba
Morning Glory - Akahigezaki Japanese, Scarlett O’Hara
Nigella orientalis ‘Transformer’
Obedient Plant Seeds - Physostegia Virginiana
Scabiosa stellata 'Sternkugel' - Paper Moons
Snow in Summer - Cerastium tomentosum
Sweet William Mix - Dianthus barbatus
Summer
Sunflower
Zinnia
Honesty (Purple) - Lunaria annua
Autumn
Allium acuminatum - Tapertip Onion or Hooker's Onion
Ammi visnaga 'Green Mist'
Aquilegia
Aster stracheyi
Bells of Ireland - Moluccella laevis
Blue Marguerite Daisy - Felicia amelloides
Boltonia asteroids - False Aster
Calendula
Campanula persicifolia ‘Boule de Neige
Camassia leichtlinii ‘Sacajawea’
Chocolate Lace Flower 'Dara' Daucus carota
Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus
Fairy or Angel's Fishing Rod Pink - Dierama pulcherrimum
Foxglove Mix - Digitalis purpurea
Geum 'Mrs J. Bradshaw - Avens
Hollyhock - Alcea ficifolia
Lepechinia hastate - Baja Pitcher Sage
Liatris spicata
Linaria maroccana
Nigella damascene - Love-in-the-Mist
Nigella orientalis ‘Transformer’
Ox-eye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare
Pansy
Queen Anne’s Lace - Daucus carota
Rose Campion - Lychnis coronaria
Russel Lupin
Salvia moorcroftiana
Sanguisorba officinalis ‘Arnhem’ - Great Burnet 'Arnhem'
Scabiosa atropurpurea - Sweet Scabious
Scabiosa caucasica
Sea Holly - Eryngium bourgatii
Sisyrinchium striatum - Aunt May
Snapdragon - Antirrhinum majus
Snow in Summer - Cerastium tomentosum
Sweet Peas
Symphyotrichum (syn. Aster) novi-belgii Mauve & Alba
Tansy - Tanacetum vulgare
Teucrium hircanicum - Iranian Wood Sage
Viola
White Woodland Aster - Eurybia divaricata
Winter
Bells of Ireland - Moluccella laevis
Poppy Seeds (inc Peony Poppies)
Plant Hardiness Zones for Australia
by Iain Dawson (Horticultural Research Unit, ANBG)
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