randomly sprinkling seeds for flowers

[bond]

i'm not very green fingered, and i just wondered if there were any seeds (of anything) that I could literally just sprinkle over soil in certain areas of the garden (in spring perhaps), that would be tough enough to take root and produce some small flowers to cover blank areas, it seems that weeds can do this easily, but are there any basic colourful flowers i could get by this lazy method? thanks.

[Clanad]

There are packets of wild flower seed one can buy that you can disperse randomly over a patch of prepared soil. They work very well... in some case too well since the tend to proliferate from season to season, most of them being perennial mixed with a few annuals...

[Robinia]

'Hardy annual' is what you need to look for when buying seeds, there are so many !

You can't fail with Candytuft (Iberis) & Poached-egg flower (Limnanthes douglasii) to name a couple & they will self seed - in a few years they'll be all over the place!

there are more suggestions listed on this site here

[Schutzengel]

Poppy seeds. Will give a good splash of colour, and will also self seed for the following years.

[Ice.Maiden]

How about antirrhinums (snapdragons)? They flower in lots of lovely colours, and will come up again. Lupins grow and spread well also.

[zig.zag]

the flower of scotland never dies lol

[zig.zag]

with subs for the hard of hearing

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here we go

i do like Schutzengel's suggestion think i'll get some poppy seeds and spread them all over the place

[LoftyLottie2]

Nigella (love in a mist) The self seed, have a long blooming period and come in blue, pinks and whites. A real old fashioned cottage garden favourite, and lovely seed heads for drying and flower arranging

http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/dave_10202741 75_231.jpg

[Whoever]

I echo the vote for antirhynums. They are pretty hardy and if you leave them to self seed once they have finished flowering at the end of the summer, they will self seed pretty easily and you'll get a free crop of lots of little seedlings the following spring. There are two types of antirhynums - the standard size and the smaller version so check the seed packet carefully before you buy to see which ones you're buying.