Nut do they often come true? For me i have so many different colours/types that the seeds could end up absolutely anything.. If i want to give someone a specific type i find it better to just divide and give them a division.
The only Aquilegias I have are the common purple/blue or white ones.My neighbour though has yellow ones which I've eyed enviously over the fence.
For the most part I agree with letting nature take its course and letting them self-seed but sometimes its satisfying to give plants a leg up as it were.I've done that with these little Foxgloves and have loads in pots whereas the seeds I scattered have so far produced nothing.I say so far because I read Foxglove seeds lay dormant until the conditions are right.Yet at the same time I have dwarf beans growing in pots and guess what's self-seeded in one of them? Yep,a Foxglove!! I suppose the moral of this story is that plants will try to grow where they want and not where we want them to
OK I've got about 80 little Aquilegia seedlings. I have no greenhouse and not even a cold frame. Would it be best to plant them out and let them chance it or construct some sort of basic cold frame and put them in there. Some Ragged Robin seeds hopefully germinating soon too
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OK thanks nut. I have an Ash tree the table can go under,should keep them nicely protected
Sounds good
I must keep an eye on mine. Not nearly ripe yet but I want to get some seed off the yellow/red ones.
I've already failed to collect the hellebore seed
In the sticks near Peterborough
I let them get on with the job in the garden but I've promised seed of the yellow/reds to a friend.
And if I buy/get given any, I sow those in pots so I know which they are
In the sticks near Peterborough
Nut do they often come true? For me i have so many different colours/types that the seeds could end up absolutely anything.. If i want to give someone a specific type i find it better to just divide and give them a division.
The yellow/red ones are pretty much apart from the rest Andy and my friend only wants some red yellow, nothing too precise so they'll be fine
Otherwise yes, a promiscuous lot.
In the sticks near Peterborough
oh thank u for this post.. i have never had success with them at all. now i know why i do them in green house.. thank u much appreciated
speaking of yellow and red, i got some Aquilegia Rhubarb and Custard seeds from suttons, really pretty little aquilegia.
The only Aquilegias I have are the common purple/blue or white ones.My neighbour though has yellow ones which I've eyed enviously over the fence.
For the most part I agree with letting nature take its course and letting them self-seed but sometimes its satisfying to give plants a leg up as it were.I've done that with these little Foxgloves and have loads in pots whereas the seeds I scattered have so far produced nothing.I say so far because I read Foxglove seeds lay dormant until the conditions are right.Yet at the same time I have dwarf beans growing in pots and guess what's self-seeded in one of them? Yep,a Foxglove!! I suppose the moral of this story is that plants will try to grow where they want and not where we want them to
OK I've got about 80 little Aquilegia seedlings. I have no greenhouse and not even a cold frame. Would it be best to plant them out and let them chance it or construct some sort of basic cold frame and put them in there. Some Ragged Robin seeds hopefully germinating soon too