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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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