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| I love the colors that I see in the garden centers....white with blue eye and lavender colors with blue.
I've seen packets of seed for these but only in the white/orange coloring. Is there a different variety I should be looking for? Will I need to buy the plant? Will the seed come "true" for color? Can I dig it up and care for it inside during the winter....or take a cutting and try to keep it inside? I will admit, I haven't done a search for seed of my favorite colors from seed catalogs. I did get an email selling the plants though. The prices??? geeze! I know I can get the plants at Lowes or Home Depot in the spring. I was hoping to take the cheaper route. Has anyone started them from seed? Or tried winter sowing them? Thanks for your thoughts! LC Grace |
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| LC - look for varieties "Asti" or "Passion" - those are the types you want in the color range you want. The seeds won't be cheap! |
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| I grew the Asti Osteospermum from seed and really liked them. There are 3 colors available: white, lavender and purple. I bought the seeds on ebay, $4.50 for 50 seeds which is great, because I almost payed the same price for 10 seeds. Here's the link to lavender, purple and white. They are perennials, so I guess you can bring them inside for the winter. Here where I live we don't have frosts and they just stop flowering after the end of summer and start blooming on late spring. |
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| I bought these a few years ago, and really liked them. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Value Seeds - 80 seeds for a buck
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