If you want to get really serious about seed saving then you'll get your best results by far from growing only open-pollinated (non-hybrid) varieties. Hybrids can be fun to experiment with if you have a very large garden, lots of extra space to experiment, and don't care if you get edible crops from the plants or not. Otherwise it is usually disappointing results in weird sizes, shapes, tastes, etc. The resulting fruit might resemble one of the parents or might not produce at all as a revert to a sterile parent is common in some hybrids. You can learn a great deal more about all this over on the Seed Saving forum here which offers a great many FAQs on which seeds to save and which to avoid and how to collect, dry, ferment if needed, stratify if needed, store, etc. Your mixed color pepper seeds almost always revert to small green bells. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Seed Saving Forum

You could try growing a Thai lime/Kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix). The leaves are used in Thai cooking. My tree is outdoors, and so I don't know if it is fragrant as a houseplant, but the leaves smell marvelous when you crush them. Mmmmmm, craving some tom kha gai now...Anyway, you wouldn't really need the fruit with this plant, and the leaves are useful. In fact, if you want, I have some Kaffir limes from the tree that I am not going to use. Are you interested in the seeds? Got anything to trade? I would love some cranberry cuttings, or some pink or white currant cuttings. I've got other citrus fruit/seeds that are not real common if you'd prefer--limequat, yuzu, Seville, Palestine sweet lime, Bergamot. Or bouquet de fleurs in a few months. Another one that may be good is chinotto sour orange, bacause the leaves are unusual ( it's also called myrtle-leaf sour orange ) and it is very slow growing. I will have ripe seeds in a few months. It seems that lots of people grow calamonins indoors too. Also, though I don't know much about growing citrus in the house, but just make sure that if you do, that you have a very very well-drained medium and that it gets lots of light. I germinated a couple of citrus seeds just for the he** of it by sticking them in cup of damp peat and keeping it by a window--but remember I live in California. Keep it somewhere warm--I am thinking of getting a seed warming mat for other stuff. I didn't soak them first. HTH.

Sage should do fine as long as you purchase the correct variety but as for mint you should be able to find a friend to donate a few shoots and Rosemary is best from a plant. I a few years you will have too much but should keep taking cutting for new starts in case your parent plant should suddenly die. They are easy to start cuttings in a pot kept in a light shaded area and the light soil should not dry out. This will change once the cutting takes off If you can find a friend who will give you cuttings that would be the cheapest way to go.

Thanks everyone, for your input! I think my problem has been not having fresh seed, because I've had one variety do very well and another variety not germinate at all. When I questioned the plumeria nursery that I purchased the seed from, they said that their seed was always fresh, but I have my doubts. Thanks again! By the way, I have one seedling, only about 2-3 months old, and 4 inches high, that is branching from every leaf node. There are four branches so far. Another one about the same age and height, that is also branching. Have you had this happen very often? Kevin