Today at the grocery store I bought some raw peanuts from the vegetable isle to plant in my garden. Grocery store potato eyes get planted and grow fine. Same with yams and other types of potatoes. Next time you buy a pineapple, twist off the top, pull a few of the bottom leaves off to reveal the root nubs and then push it about an inch or so into the soil. (Note: pineapple takes two years to produce fruit, if you live where it freezes, then you may want to push it into transportable soil such as a big flowerpot.) Papaya seeds grow fine and run true to type. I also go to the health food store and buy bulk spice seeds to plant (celery, coriander, etc.) and for sprouting seeds. Cut the root section off of an onion and that will resprout and grow with a bit of encouragement. The other option is to throw everything out on the compost pile and then relocate the volunteer sprouts when they pop up. If you were sending the seeds to someone else, then it would be polite to send them the seed source as well. If I get a really tasty vegetable from the market and it has seeds, I'll save and plant them. If it doesn't work, it didn't cost me anything other than a bit of time. If it does work, then I have more tasty vegetables. And if I was sharing the seeds, I'd tell the person where the seeds came from.

Wow! I haven't seen one so multi-petalled like yours. But I did find an example online. See link below, Aquilegia vulgaris You can see different leaf shape as well, on base & floral stems. Here is a link that might be useful: Aquilegia vulgaris

They have a basal rosette of rounded leaves and then fling out long stalks (although, to be fair, 5 feet was a bit excessive - it just seems that tall to me....but even so, expect at least 3-4 feet. Also, like C.lactiflora, it will grow to around 2 feet in its first year and double that in following years. For all that, it has a small 'footprint' and in close planting with echinaceas and grasses (it flowers a little later than many campanulas), it looks extraordinary.

Any Long flowering perennials, please? Posted by seymoria on Tue, Sep 3, 02 at 10:30 In your zone. (preferably USDA 7 & above) Thanks for naming some species. Amer Posted by: zephirine_lyon z7 to z8 LYON on Tue, Sep 3, 02 at 11:07 Longest bloomers in my own garden (zone 7) : - coreopsis verticillata Zagreb - penstemon varieties (Apple Blossom, Sour Grapes, Midnight, hardy when in dry position in winter, + protection) - geranium Russel Pritchard - Asters x Frikartii Mch and Wunder von Stäfa - Echinacea purpurea "Magnus" - Salvia micropylla varieties - Scabiosa "butterfly Blue" - gypsophila Bristol Fairy - Gaura "whirling Butterflies" - Knautia macedonica - Verbena Bonariensis (reseeds, not 100 % hardy) - Erodium pelargoniifolium (idem) And, to a minor degree - Phlox maculata "Natasha" - Lobelia varieties (Vedrariensis, Tania, Dark Crusader) I sure forget some... Zephirine Posted by: Virginia_W z3 WI on Tue, Sep 3, 02 at 11:08 Purple Coneflower, Double Heliopsis, Monarda, Malva "Zebrina", Ligularia "The Rocket", Hollyhocks, Kierengoshoma (Yellow Waxbells) Posted by: flower_fairy z6a MA on Tue, Sep 3, 02 at 18:31 Daylily Happy Returns. Posted by: paula_in_PA z6 PA on Tue, Sep 3, 02 at 19:16 Still new to gardening, but very pleased with my new Salvia "blue Hill" - all summer long blooming. Posted by: Rob333 zone 6B on Tue, Sep 3, 02 at 21:26 ...and I don't know if the other varieties/cultivars are, but Agastache cana, 'Heather Queen' has bloomed, literally, all summer. -Robin Posted by: katybird_PA z6 PA on Wed, Sep 4, 02 at 10:20 Nepeta 'walker's low', Centranthus ruber, Chrysanthemum 'Clara curtis', Campanula 'Kent belle', Verbena 'Homestead Purple.' Posted by: Anne_Marie_Alb 5 NY Albany on Wed, Sep 4, 02 at 21:45 I'll add: Coreopsis "early sunrise" Gaillardia Achillea Black-eyed susan Anne-Marie Zone 5 Posted by: steve_NJ z7A NJ on Wed, Sep 4, 02 at 22:22 Cuphea glutinosa and Spilanthes (stolonifera)? Both are zone 6 or 7 hardy, with mulch. Cuphea self sows as well. Posted by: ArborBluffGirl 5b on Thu, Sep 5, 02 at 16:35 dwarf white delphinium, russian blue sage, big blue liriope, coneflowers, shasta daisy and thrift all did well for me this year inspite of the drought. Posted by: donor12199 on Thu, Sep 5, 02 at 23:09 Heliopsis Summer sun Purple and white coneflower Butterfly bushes Phlox..red riding hood..I cut back after first bloom and it is in full bloom again now. Posted by: valeriePA z6 PA on Sat, Sep 7, 02 at 8:52 Campanula carpatica-blue and white clips sidalcea-checkerbloom fringed leaf bleeding hearts coreopsis malvas gallardia Posted by: Jofrom_PKs zone 5 on Sat, Sep 7, 02 at 21:17 Don't forget Hardy Hibiscus, Zone 5, flowers from the last week of July until the hard freeze..... Luxurient Bleeding Hearts, spring till frost Posted by: beth1958 5a Ontario on Mon, Sep 9, 02 at 14:13 Isn't Salvia an Annual?? Posted by: Taba z5b MO on Mon, Sep 9, 02 at 19:00 Beth, many salvias are perennials. A search on google for perennial salvia leads to lots of varieties. I love salvias but can't figure out why mine end up floppy and bowl-shaped instead of upright (even in full sun), so they're coming out this fall. Posted by: seymoria on Wed, Sep 25, 02 at 9:01 Thankyou very very much to all of you wonderful people for guidance. I am looking forward to a huge order. However, someone recently frightened me that perennials get poor year after year. I hope it applies to only a small number. Thanks. Amer Posted by: katybird_PA 6 PA on Wed, Sep 25, 02 at 11:00 All perennials are not the same. Some are short lived, some need frequent divisions to maintain there vigor, and others just want to be left alone and become more and more impressive each season. A lot of very long blooming perennials have the tendency to bloom themselves out and are short lived. These are the ones that seem to set a lot of seed in my garden and keep themselves going that way. Posted by: moonsaga z7/8 OR on Thu, Sep 26, 02 at 2:16 Long bloom..... Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' doesn't stop blooming all summer... however, I do hear this is a short lived perennial. --meagan ps...Regarding Salvias, there are a whole lot of different types. If you have a Salvia officianalis that gets floppy, bury all the floppy parts, let 'em root, divide. Or prune in spring.. they can take it. great year round plant here Posted by: John3560 z5 MI on Thu, Sep 26, 02 at 7:28 It frequently acts like a biennial but Hesperis matronalis is a great plant. It blooms forever in the early summer and if not always dependably perennial always sets plenty of seed. Posted by: ZENA_WP 7/WA on Thu, Sep 26, 02 at 19:07 Although they have their own forum, Clematis can be a long blooming perennial with several flushes of flowers. The same as dianthus. Lavatera (which is more of a shrub).....