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what if you planted a container of clovers nearby them?? the bee's would be attracted to the clovers and then the bee's might go to the castor beans? i have clovers all over in my yard, hubs hates it, but i refuse to get rid of it because i have such great pollination of the plants in my yard!! **big smile** ~Medo
Clover is wonderful I can't understand why anyone wouldn't enjoy the flowers as well as the smell. We don't have clover, what we have here is something that looks like clover but put on burrs and need to be killed before it gets started or it will spread all over our yards. When I lived in Michigan we use to suck on the blooms for the sweet taste plus try to find those 4-leaf clovers. It is a pretty plant so whats not to like?
I WS'd 2 types of lavenders this past winter: True/English and Dwarf Munstead. The English sprouted well and I got over 60 sprouts. They are now sturdy little plants about 6" across. The Munstead didn't sprout as well and were slow to grow (I got only 9 plants out of a whole pack of seeds). But those plants, are now 6-8" tall and blooming. I'm hoping for some blooms on the English lavenders next year. Don't know if this info helps. If you want blooms next year apparently the Munstead (an 14-18" dwarf) blooms the first season, but not the English (2'-4').
Kris
The tall sedum "Brilliant" will grow from seed and selfseeds every year in my garden. It has a more lilac coloured flowerhead than the red one you have which is probably "Autumn Joy". I've never had "A.Joy" self seed and have never tried to grow it from seed because it starts SO easily from cuttings. Just break off a piece, stick it in the ground or a pot and it will grow roots quite quickly.
If you bought the seed from Home Depot, why are you not asking them for your refund? What do you care where they got the seed if you get your money back? As a retired retailer I was always held responsible for a product I sold and it was up to me to deal with my supplier. Al
Burpee packaged seed. Sell it at Lowe's and Home Depot around here. I don't know if they sell it on their website though. They do have Dahlia bloom form listed though, I'll include the link ~ rather expensive. I prefer the single bloom form, seems to work best as a butterfly attractant ~ and way cheaper for the seed.
Here is a link that might be useful: Burpee
It is my understanding that they may each have their own set of roots as they may have more than one embryo per seed and with care you may be able to separate them and re-pot all of them. I finally got one to sprout but so far I have found only one sprout. Good luck
This is a common thing in citrus seeds also. Most of the citrus embryos are parthenocarpic and not from pollination so they are identical to the mother plant genetically. I would suspect that only one of your seedlings is a true pollinated enbryo as well and maybe none. The parthenocarpic ones should give a better chance at good fruit as they are genetically like the seed parent.
In citrus each has separate roots so separate as soon as they have enough roots to survive without the food from the seen endosperm.
George
depends on the apples i guess. I used to do a lot of grafting and would raise abour 200 seeds from Golden Delicious apples each winter to graft onto (very uniform and sturdy seedlings). Never had many problems with them. Stratify seeds in fridge for 2 months then plant in deep pots. set out in rows after last frost and dig to graft on next winter.
George
Irises will likely remain evergreen, & being perennial, they return year after year.
Moving them often sets them back, & transplanted irises sometimes don't bloom for 1 or more years, but
*that doesn't mean they are underachievers!*
By all means, get some quick-growing zinnias for this summer, but don't destroy your iris garden;
next spring you'll likely have more flowers.
& remember that the annual flowers from seed will live their entire life cycle within *1 year*, & that lots of varieties are sterile, so you have to buy new ones every year, while your iris will return every year & increase.
Enjoy your garden & have fun!
"Bitter lettuce" is either Lactuce virosa, L. canadennis, L. serriola its a wild lettuce..... called divlja salata or otrovna locika in Croatan or laktouke e toxike in Greek.
Common garden lettuce is less bitter than wild lettuce
Many of the wild lettuce are used in/as a medicinal herb. that is were I would look for seed