Time to collect those seeds...

It is that time of the year again when I am collecting seeds off of anything I can get a hold of!!! Latterly... My youngest daughter called me the other night on my way home from work and ask what I was doing... I told her I was dead heading some flowers in a parking lot on my way home... SO, they needed dead headed!!! And I needed the seeds. She told me I was crazy and I needed help!!! But she won't say that when I take her a flat of them in the spring...They are called Melampodium " "Melanie". One of my new favorites, so next summer they are getting planted everywhere. At the Veterans Square, both of my daughters and prob my moms... They are resistant to just about everything, even deer!!! And you don't need to dead head. The are still blooming now like crazy... Click on the name link and go check them out!!!

I picked tons of seeds off the Impatients and made sure I put all the different colors in separate envelopes according to color. Last year I picked seeds off someone else's plants and put them all in the same envelope, they weren't blooming when I planted them so I had a big mix of colors.

I have a big basket of envelopes with all kinds of seeds for next year, I usually start in Feb with some of them that take longer to germinate, so by mid May most of hem are ready to plant... I grow almost all my annuals from seed anymore...

I took some of my plants out of their pots and repotted them to take to school for the winter. I call them my mother plants. All the different leafed geraniums will get propagated in early Feb. so I have plenty to plant in the beds. All my different coleus will do the same, I think I want one whole bed done in coleus next year, they last so long and make the bed so colorful... So it has been a busy weekend cleaning and repotting things and picking seeds...

This is one of my favorite sites on seeds it's called "The Seed Site" it tells you everything you need to know, from where to find the seed on a particular plant to how long it takes to germinate, and what the seeds look like!!! Check it out! Here is a sample of one page, I love it...

Hope you all have a great week,

Lynn