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As soon as you've sown your seeds, you'll be checking to see if they've grown. Some seeds can germinate in just a few days. This is especially true for the big seeds you've helped to absorb water by soaking them before you sowed them. Annuals usually grow fast, too, because they have to get all their growing done in just one year. Sometimes, you need to be more patient. Seeds of some perennials take months to germinate. Some seeds don't germinate at all, even for the experts, so don't think you've done something wrong if yours don't. Just try again.
As well as knowing when you can expect to see your seeds coming through the ground, you might also like to know what they look like when they're small. Weeds often grow faster than the plants you want, and they often look stronger, too, so you might keep the weeds and pull up the seedlings if you aren't sure which are which.
Here are pictures of the seedlings of some of the plants you might be growing:
African Daisy
African Marigold
Annual Chrysanthemum
Annual Phlox
Aubrieta
Baby's Breath
Baby Blue Eyes
Bellflower
Bird's Eyes
Bloody Cranesbill
Busy Lizzie
California Poppy
Candytuft
Columbine
Corncockle
Cornflower
Cosmos
Creeping Baby's Breath
Dame's Violet
Field Poppy
Floss Flower
Flowering Tobacco
Forget-me-Not
Foxglove
French Marigold
Gold Dust
Heliophila
Hollyhock
Honeywort
Indian Shot
Jacob's Ladder
Lobelia
Love-in-a-Mist
Lupin
Marigold
Meadow Cranesbill
Mesembryanthemum
Musk Mallow
Nasturtium
Nemesia
Nolana
Opium Poppy
Palm Springs Daisy
Pansy
Petunia
Poached Egg Plant
Purple Coneflower
Rose Moss
Shasta Daisy
Shoo Fly Plant
Snapdragon
Stork's Bill
Sunflower
Swan River Daisy
Sweet Alyssum
Sweet Pea
Sweet William
Thrift
Virginian Stock
Yellow Chamomile
When your plants have finished flowering, you can look forward to collecting the seeds. Look at the Seed Saving page to find out how to collect and save your seeds.
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