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Can you recommend any (ornamental) plants I can sow now/this year that produce seeds which are easy to harvest next year?
Thank you!
Thank you!
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I may be wrong but I think you are looking for something a little unusual, that produces a lot of seeds that may be desirable to others. So you don't want the common varieties of, say, poppies or aquilegias, but a named variety.
Just trying to narrow it down a bit, Ouya - howareya? -
That's kinda true
I'm generally looking for some plants which are easy to harvest from and don't take lots of care.
Ideally ones I can sow now.Comment
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I'm fine, btw, VC.
How are you?
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I'm wondering, why do you particularly want to harvest them? I prefer to let them self-sow, it's less work for me.Originally posted by Ouya Mellsa View PostAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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I'd like to harvest them to save for the future or sell at local charity sales
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I'd recommend Cerinthe major Purpurescens. I find it grows easily, the seeds are large and easy to gather and they are relatively expensive to buy eg.Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' - Hardy Annual Seeds - Thompson & Morgan
Many people don't recognise it and always ask about it. It also self seeds easily, if its happy, and seems to grow in the most inhospitable places - cracks in stone walls etc.
Its one of my favourites
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£3.69 for 10 seeds?!!?! That's the one I liked from your West Wales place I think. Got any in Cardiff?
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None in Cardiff but I do have some seeds
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Oooo! Love the Cerinthe!
I'm currently thinking:
Calendula
Sweet pea
Cornflower
Nigella
Scabious
And now the Cerinthe
Any more suggestions?!?!
Ta!Comment
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Wallflower?Comment
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I'll see how many Cerinthe seeds I can find and you can have some of those to start you off
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Poppies?...........
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening...w-stories.htmlLast edited by veggiechicken; 11-09-2012, 06:23 PM.Comment
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