Flower Seed Planting Guide for Temperate Zones of Australia

Spring

Achillea - Cerise Queen, Cloth of Gold

Aquilegia

Bells of Ireland - Moluccella laevis

Bird of Paradise Shrub - Erythrostemon gilliesii formerly Caesalpinia gilliesii

Calendula

Campanula persicifolia ‘Boule de Neige

Centranthus ruber var. coccineus 'Rosenrot' - Jupiter’s Beard

Centaurea scabiosa - Greater Knapweed

Chocolate Lace Flower 'Dara' Daucus carota

Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus - 'Black Ball', Blue, White, Pink Mix, Purple Mix

Dahlia

Daylily

Fairy or Angel's Fishing Rod Pink - Dierama pulcherrimum

Isotoma axillaris - Australian Harebell

Lambs Ear - Stachys byzantina

Lamium galeobdolon - Yellow Archangel

Linaria maroccana

Linaria purpurea - Toadflax

Monarda didyma - Bee Balm (seeds need to be cold stratified for three months before sowing)

Nasturtium

Nigella damascene - Love-in-the-Mist

Pansy

Phygelius aequalis 'Pink Puff' - Cape Fuchsia

Queen Anne’s Lace - Daucus carota

Roman chamomile - Chamaemelum nobile

Russel Lupin

Salsify

Scabiosa atropurpurea - Sweet Scabious - Mauve, Pink, Lilac, Mixed

Scabiosa columbaria 'Misty Butterflies', 'Samantha's Pink'

Scabiosa japonica var. alpina 'Ritz Blue'

Sisyrinchium striatum - Aunt May

Shasta Daisy - Leucanthemum × superbum

Snapdragon - Antirrhinum majus

Snow in Summer - Cerastium tomentosum

Sweet Peas inc species

Tansy - Tanacetum vulgare

Teucrium hircanicum - Iranian Wood Sage

Viola

Wormwood - Artemisia absinthium

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

Cotton - Gossypium herbaceum

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 - Pink, White

Scabiosa stellata 'Sternkugel' - Paper Moons

Snow in Summer - Cerastium tomentosum

Sweet William Mix - Dianthus barbatus

Summer

Sunflower

Zinnia

Honesty (Purple) - Lunaria annua

Autumn

Achillea - Cerise Queen, Cloth of Gold

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

Candytuft - Iberis umbellata

Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus - 'Black Ball', Blue, White, Pink Mix, Purple Mix

Dianthus superbus - Fringed Pink or Superb Pink

Fairy or Angel's Fishing Rod Pink - Dierama pulcherrimum

Foxglove Mix - Digitalis purpurea

Geum - Avens - 'Mrs J. Bradshaw'

Hellebore (Helleborus x hybridus)

Hollyhock - Alcea ficifolia - Red

Lepechinia hastate - Baja Pitcher Sage

Liatris spicata

Linaria maroccana

Monarda didyma - Bee Balm (for warmer areas, seeds need to be cold stratified for three months before sowing)

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 - Pink, White

Russel Lupin

Salvia moorcroftiana

Sanguisorba officinalis ‘Arnhem’ - Great Burnet 'Arnhem'

Scabiosa atropurpurea - Sweet Scabious - Mauve, Pink, Lilac, Mixed

Scabiosa caucasica - Blue, White

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

Monarda didyma - Bee Balm (for warmer areas, seeds need to be cold stratified for three months before sowing)

Poppy Seeds (inc Peony Poppies)

Plant Hardiness Zones for Australia

by Iain Dawson (Horticultural Research Unit, ANBG)