[Stan_D]

Hi,

First off I'm a novice gardener and this is my 1st posting on this site....

In May this year I planted Bellis seeds in pots and let them germinate and grow on outdoors in a semi-shade position. Recently I have noticed they are starting to bloom, which is a surprise considering they are expected to first bloom next spring. So is this normal for such a perennial and will I still get blooms in spring '08?

[cooler]

Are you sure it is Bellis perennis, the biennial daisy, growing one year and flowering the next. The seeds may actually be the annual daisy, Bellis annua

Bellis = pretty (Latin);
annua = annual, lives for one year, flowers in one year.

What are the flowers like?

[Stan_D]

Yep, the pack of seeds says perennis and the instruction on the back say to plant seed in May/June for flowering the following spring. Maybe they put in the annual seeds into the perennial packs.

Here are some pics taken at the weekend:
http://img408.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0818pg7.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0819zh1.jpg