Seed Parcel Contents

Received the HUGE seed parcel this morning. Plenty of brand-name packets, with pictures and instructions, but also some self-collected seeds many of which I don't know, so in case you will be receiving the seed parcel and don't know them either here's some pictures of the ones I had to look up picture chosen at random from Google

Allium christophii

http://www.jparkers.co.uk/plant-1000645/25-allium-christophii/

Angelica


Oops! Maybe I can't grow her from a packet of seed!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/52.shtml

Asphodeline lutea

http://www.primrosebank.co.uk/perennialdesc.asp?perennialid=429

Antirrhinum braun-blanquetii

http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/2529-antirrhinum-braun-blanquetii-perennial-snapdragon/

Astrantia shaggy

http://www.chipchaseplants.co.uk/Plant Directory HTML/A2.html

corn cockel

http://www.capitalgardens.co.uk/agrostemma-gracilis-queen-mixed-corn-cockle-seeds-p-10257.html

Delphinium astolat



Carex comans bronze

Carex buchananii


Datura wrightii

http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/964/datura-wrightii-sacred-thorn-apple/

Erythronium

http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/300403/log.html

Francoa sonchifolia

http://www.culmviewnursery.co.uk/francoa_sonchifolia_culm_view_.html

Hemerocallis Daylily brown witch

http://pick-a-lily.squarespace.com/daylily-blog/2009/2/3/daylilies-with-bold-eyezones.html

daylily cameroons

http://www.gilberthwild.com/Daylily-Cameroons/productinfo/H-CAM/

Impatiens balfourii

http://www.muriellesgarden.com/summ...urii-is-extremely-graceful-flower-balsam.html

Knautia macedonica

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1095

Lathyrus sativus azureus

http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item_765h_lathyrus_sativus_var_azureus_seeds

Linaria (purple form)

http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/garden/nature_200_146.htm

Linum perenne

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linum_perenne_'Perennial_Flax'_(Linaceae)_flower.JPG

 

Lobelia siphilitica

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lobelia_siphilitica

Lychnis coronaria alba

http://www.plant-world-seeds.com/store/view_seed_item/1928


Mimulus guttatus

http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/scrophulariaceae/mimulus-guttatus.htm


Nepeta transcaucasica 'blue infinity'

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/flow...ds/nepeta-transcaucasica-blue-infinity/2813TM

Papaver rupifragum

http://www.plant-world-seeds.com/st..._categories&itemname=PAPAVER+'ORANGE+FEATHERS'


Welsh poppy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_poppy


Salvia forsskaolii

http://www.diggingdog.com/pages2/plantpages.php/p-0215

Salvia glutinosa

http://www.robsplants.com/plants/SalviGluti

Salvia verticillata

http://www.bethchatto.co.uk/plant portraits s/salvia verticillata 'purple rain'.html

Tellima fringe-cups

http://www.findmeplants.co.uk/plant-tellima-grandiflora-1307.aspx

Thalictrum aquilegifolium

http://www.cottage-gardens.net/showdetails.asp?id=278

 

Thanks kristen,thats saved me loads of time when it arrives x

 

Hope there`s some of those beauties left when it gets to me LOL. Should have looked before posting off Bit pushed for time though

 

Anyway thanks Kristen that is a huge help

 

It must have been down to the "whether" Zigs - she looked into your eyes and couldn't tell whether ...

 

I'll just stick to Lollimacius Fruitibundia this year.

 

I should have wrote on the packet that the daylilies won't come true from seed, some often look very like one of the parents but others can look completely different, fun finding out though , no idea what they've crossed with the bees did the work , best way to germinate them is in the fridge, just put them in a zip lock bag with some slightly damp vermiculite (not too wet or the seeds will rot), they take 6-8 weeks to germinate, sometimes longer so don't give up, when the white roots a couple of inches long put the bag on a bright windowsill and in a matter of days a green shoot will appear when that gets 3-4inches tall pot up, this method has over 95% success with usually every seed germinating.

 

Oh *sigh*. Me next but I haven't got anything exciting to put in.
Only this one, not exciting but I love it anyway. Hesperis matronalis, or dame's violet. Biennial, self seeds so just gets on with it once established, spring purple colour (or maybe white) and nicely scented.

 

Looks lovely

 

ooooh I like that too Madahhilia,
Jenny

 

Madahhlia ,its to my mind not all about exciting or different seeds ,they can need special conditions which we all cannot provide.
It`s nice to try them but if you know in your head you can`t do it ,it`s disheartening watching them die

We all buy seeds with 2000 per packet .I personally don`t have a big enough garden for more than a small clump of any one thing.

There is space in most gardens for your bog standard annuals, which we all grow a few of as space fillers ,

Yes I would like to try the "exciting" and "different" , but as some seed costs can be prohibitive to us ,its exciting to find in the parcel something you always liked but never bought.

So all seeds are welcome, and we all will take pleasure next year, with the thought I had that from the parcel and its giving me joy..

 

If they'd been in the packet when it came to me I'd have had a few Madahhlia , something I've always meant to grow but forget every year, they put on such a lovely show and that scent
Do we have a thread were members can give tips on germinating difficult seeds?

 

That would be so useful Simbad ,