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I read you want to collect the seeds after they turn black.
Here is a link that might be useful: Invasive some places
1) lightly cover seed soil temp 80F taking 8-14 days to germinate & 16-20 weeks to produce fruit
2) growing on temp above 65F nights
3) common garden soil with a pH 6.0-6.5
4) do NOT over fertilize
5) there is another forum dealing with pepers that may have other advise
We start 2000 tomato plants two seeds to the cell in the same mix they will be in up to planting in the garden. We have not found a seed starting mix necessary for tomatoes. The extra seedling is cut off when potting up to the four inch pot. It is extremely rare to find a cell with no plant. Al
Millet would be an excellent project for kids.
I'm a kid sometimes. I got a package of Cockatiel food mixed seed, planted them and got perhaps a dozen different plants, two or there mustards, a couple of sunflowers, perhaps six grasses and something I later decided might have been buckwheat. Next time I feel like being a child I will save the label from the package and attempt to identify all the plants with the help of Google image search. Wildflow seed mix is much more fun with Google image search.
First thought would be wintergreen, it has attractive red berries the the birds love and it is also evergreen.
Second if you are looking for more invasive is english ivy, though it will not do so great in our southern full sun. It may tend to look a little more sparse. In the shade it would be great, rocks no problem. Also this is another evergreen.
Periwinkle, would be pretty but also invasive but nowhere near the english ivy and it does not care for our southern full sun either.
Creeping juniper, it is evergreen and it tolerates full sun.
I am assuming here you are looking for evergreen.
Does anyone know the difference between 'Cinderella' and the straight species? Both have pink flowers and height of 3-5 feet.
There are several different varieties of asclepias.
Cindererella is more red, swamp is more pink. Swamp is more 2-4 feet. Common is more of a pinkish purple and can get up to 6 feet.