Any close-together growing plants?

Well I have two 11" pots for growing flowers in the summer and was looking at the seeds I have but they all say sow AT LEAST 10" apart!

Is there any plants you can sow and grow at about 4-5" apart so I could have at least two of them ?

Or preferably one at each corner so the pot looks fuller.

Thanks, Jamie.

 

I usually ignore the advice on sowing seeds. Same with bulbs.

Give it a try, experiment a bit and see what happens.

 

Jamie - I would agree with Aaron. Don't worry what the packet says.

It its a perennial (ie a plant that will live for several years) the spacing tends to allow for a couple of years growth. I like to put plants in closer - it gives them a fuller look. The traditional view is to plant 3 rather than 2 in a pot. It is said that odd numbers look better than even numbers. You may make of that what you will.

 

Hello JMurray. Maybe you're our youngest member.
I agree with Sussexgardener. To get a good display in pots I put in as many plants as it will hold. Just remember to water and feed them well.
What is it you want to grow and maybe we can help.

 

In an 11" pot you can get a good display - I presume that's the diameter you refer to? If so, a lot of hanging baskets are that size and look how packed they are planted for the 'wow' effect. If they're annuals, they'll be fine packed in, if perennials, then they do need a bit more space, but even then you can get more in than the packet says.

 

I think their annuals. Well some of the packs say "Hardy Annual". Thanks! I was wondering if I could bend the rules and obviously I can!

 

Our first garden was so small that if we'd followed the 'planting distance' advice, we'd have had about 5 plants in the whole of the garden! They put those guidelines on packets for several reasons, not least to ensure that the eventual plant will have its ideal maximum amount of space (either for its roots, its eventual height and spread, or both) and/or to make pricking out easier. You could, if you have the means or inclination, plant your seeds either in individual pots or in the ground for transplanting later but ... as most people also have a life, you've got to be really dedicated to do that.

As other people have said, you can plant things - particularly flower seeds such as yours - a whole lot closer together than the packet says, just don't put them so close that they 'choke' one another (i.e. less than about 3" for your particular seeds) because that way nothing will grow.