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You can put a piece of a stocking around the flower heads to catch the seeds. Each fertilized faded bloom will have a little black seed inside. Each flower cluster is made up of many separate blooms. You can just squeeze the spent bloom and the seed should pop out.
Karyn
I just figured this one out, myself. The black seeds are inside a pink petal-looking enclosure--they're camoflaged! I've been going out every day or so with a wide bowl, and gently scruffing up the flowers. Plenty of seeds drop off into the bowl.
Hi Pomme8916, there are many types of wild poppy dependant on which part of the world you are thinking of. Here in the U.K. the common type is Papaver Rhoeas. These are normally an orange/red color, however these have been selected over a number of years and other colors have become available. Chiltern Seeds have a strain called 'Mother Of Pearl' that contains 'grey-blues and blue greys' amongst other colors.
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Lucinda, I hope we're talking about the same plant because the berries on hypericum have ornamental value too, I haven't seen many people deadhead them before the seed is ripened.
The seeds don't need refrigeration - you may store them dry in an envelope. They do germinate best at 50-55F, so warmer than your refrigerator and most likely cooler than most rooms in your house.
I'd be reluctant to call you crazy, as I might well be describing most of us here when it comes to our excitement over such things as plants, seeds, sprouts, fruit, bulbs, bugs, sucessfully preventing bugs, mold, sucessfully preventing mold, and a dictionary of other terms used as normal "lingo" here....you my friend are just addicted to the miracle of nature and it's bounty which always proves to be intriquing and endless....OH the possibilities...What a wonderful God who would create such a colorful and never ending pallate of beauty and wonder....
over a year later, i nicole have found cleomes....... now i live in 9b and was wondering IF i can plant these NOW, in september or wait til spring......... You would think i would understand by reading the above posts, but no..... i can be thick headed.
Nicole
Nicle, these aren't frost hardy, so seedlings may germinate now only to be lost this winter if your temperature does drop below freezing. Perfect timing for outdoor sowing would be to sow while your nights are in the low 40's, a couple of weeks before the last possibility of any frost in your area. If no frost shows up, that's fine. They don't need freezing, just cool, moist, 40ish degrees for a couple of weeks before warming up some.
I started Crucianella from J.L. Hudson seed 9 years ago. It is a wonderful little plant!
I started the seeds in February in the greenhouse with a little bottom heat using Jiffy Mix and planted out after danger of frost. Germination was excellent and I had plenty of plants to sell and to share. I did more sharing than selling; folks were not familiar with the plant. It bloomed in it's second year.
Howdy,
In response to the second question, you should transplant them in the spring. This will give them the growing season to reestablish themselves in their new homes. -J
Why is the flower color different? It's simple genetics. Its like when two peopel with brown eyes get together and have a baby with blue eyes. They both carry a recive gen for blue eyes and the baby inherits it. Fall is the best time to transplant trees and shrubs so move tour plant whne the weather begins to cool.