Help identifying plant....

Good morning all!

I've just noticed that one of my garden plants is beginning to turn and that there are lots of seeds that look ready to be harvested. I have no idea what type of plant it is as it was already there when I moved in, but I would love to be able to plant more of the same. I guess my questions are:-

a) What is the plant?
b) When is the best time to harvest seeds?
c) Is there a best time to plant the seeds?

Any info you could give me would be hugely appreciated, I've not had any luck with search engines!

Regards.

Sarah.

 

Hi, it looks like a member of the Echium family, put this in a search engine & see what you come up with. i would suggest that if it is a memer of the Echium family that you harvest seed now & store it till spring. I grow Echium Pininana on a regular basis & this is what i do
Hope this helps....Bill

 

You're right Bill, it is. Thank you so much for replying!

 

Is it though ? does look like echium but as soon as I saw the picture I thought Polemonium or jacobs ladder can't see the leaf very well on your picture you'd be able to tell better from that.

 

When I looked at the picture of the Echium from my phone last night it looked spot on, but having looked at a full size picture of both plants on my PC this morning, it does indeed look like it's Polemonium Caeruleum. Thanks Simbad.:yess:

 

I have it in my garden Rosie, you could collect the seed and sow in spring but I find it seeds around everywhere on its own, there's also a white version.