What is this seed and more to the point what do I do with it?

Last year at the end of the season I visited Forde Abbey gardens in Dorset. Well some seed pods accidentally fell into my purse.:hehe:

I got some poppy, californian poppy, love in the mist and sweet pea seed. If I plant them will they grow and flower?:cnfs:

I also got this, what is it? can anyone actually tell? the seeds are tiny and on the end of silk, a bit like dandylions.

 

I'm pretty shocking at id-ing plants so no chance on the seeds, but the seeds you can certainly sow and they will flower.

 

Clematis maybe?

 

The pods for the seeds are long and thin but when you open them they reveal the silky stuff.

It could be clematis, but I think I would have remembered that as its one of the few plants I know the name of.

I suppose theres only one way to find out and thats to plant it...

 

You could try this site
http://www.theseedsite.co.uk/

And look at the Seeds and Seed Pods section to try and identify them. Once you have, there are tips on sowing and growing them.

 

Abi - all seeds will grow and flower. That's their job in life. So I would just sow a few and see what happens. Put some seeds in a tray or pot and sprinkle some compost on top, leaving some covered and some uncovered. Then wait - that's the hardest part. :D

 

Blackthorn great link. I can't find them there but thats going to be very useful to me.

Now you mention it maybe they were tall ones yes, about waist height but I don't remember anything else. I was in a bit of a hurry. The shock of them jumping right into my purse must have temporarily rendered me with amnesia :hehe:

They would have been from something pretty though. What do you think it might be Marley Farley? I've planted some anyway. *shrugs* so if it makes a plant, you might have more chance then.

Its probably just a weed! LOL!

 

Let me know where you live... and I'll come and steel something from your garden!.....

Why is it folk think it's OK to take things without permission?

 

Oleander?

While we were in Cyprus recently, I noticed for the first time that there were such seeds in the long pods of Oleander.