09/13/2021
I am in the process of seed gathering. Annuals and perennials. I have white Eskimo marigold (3ft tall 2-3ft wide) finicky growers when early starting indoors but I am pretty sure I had garbage seed. Out of 2 plants I have HUNDREDS of seed and bloom. Zinnia mix 90% are tall (3-4ft) with large petals, I only have ONE white, 10% are small with cushion heads. You can tell the difference by the size of the leaf/seed (I don’t take the seed from the leaf, I plant it all. I have even planted full seed heads it worked fine on the large leaf ones, cushion heads rotted. I have one red and the rest are purples, pinks, yellows, oranges…I have love lies bleeding, I think I am going to gather some hosta seed, these are the Giant elephant sized leaf hostas, takes a few years to get to their full potential, but boy when they do, look out, also these can take full sun as long as the ground is pretty moist, don’t like dry. These are NOT empress wu large but almost! Hibiscus, peppermint schnapps and cherry choco latte definitely, I will have a gorgeous magenta, but I don’t know if I will have them for this season…maybe next. I’ll have tons more next season…oh and cleome! I love cleome, it totally smells like pot though when you rub it, I have the thorned and the thornless varieties, don’t ask me to differentiate, I ain’t touching them to figure it out! I also have two other marigolds, one is a beautiful huge orange who is about 3ft tall and wide, and the short yellows who are at MOST 12-18” tall they are a fantastic boarder plant (exactly my use for them). I am also letting my canna go to seed now, I will have a VERY limited supply of those they are shades of orange from neon orange to apricot, I can’t guarantee which will grow..and red. No yellow or Pretoria this season, those will be next season…I also have coleus…I have been fighting them to keep them from going to seed and keeping them growing since July, I’m going to let them go now. I also have dartura, white only this season…I am very willing to share, however, please either send me a SASE or Apple Pay me the cash to ship what you want…and understand that it takes time for these to dry, I try to send out the freshest seed possible so that germination is as near 100% as you can get. So they won’t go out the next day, it may be October or later, but I WILL send them when what you have asked for is ready, but not before.
Flower and plant lovers in the Youngstown area
