Samhain, I don't know about the trick of left clicking on the upside down photo working on anything but a PC, which is what I have. Maybe this tip does not translate to phones, ipads or laptops? I just know I read it on one of the forums, I tried it and it works for me every single time. When I click it opens the photo in a new tab and always right side up. Sorry it didn't help you! BTW, I have discovered about a half dozen Tall Verbena seedlings about 6" tall just in the last few days - in other areas of the garden, far from the ones in bloom. Wind, rain, birds, bees? Something is carrying the seed about. So late in the season, I'm sure these won't have a chance to bloom and set their own seed. And since these will be cut down by autumn frosts anyway, I'm thinking I will try to transplant a few just to see how they tolerate being moved at this size - just for future reference.

Hi Liz! Yep, that's my hand! Nice to see you here too. Hope you're doing well. I harvested some heucheras a few years ago, and I have to warn you they were a bit of a pain. The seeds were tiny little specks of dust that had to be pried out of tiny seed pods that formed on the stalks where the little flowers had been. I haven't bothered harvesting them since then, and I often get little baby heucheras self-sown all over the bed where I have them. Rather than harvesting the seeds, I now basically harvest the self-sown babies. If they aren't growing somewhere I like, I just move them. They're all babies of Palace Purple, I think, but I don't mind. I tried sowing some seeds bought from Gardens North this past winter, but I didn't get anything that differed markedly from my own Palace Purple babies, so I don't think I'll bother gathering my own seed or sowing them again.

Florabunda sells those seeds as do Urban Harvest. I grow these plants easily. they even sprout between my interlocking. What are you doing that you have trouble growing these plants/ They should be fine in your zone. If you cast those seeds out now, it will still grow to full flower by summer. My plants germinate from seeds casts about by the previous year's plants. I also amend it further with new seeds. All I do is to sprinkle (not cover) the seeds as it needs sunlight to germinate. .

Pippi21 - "...we found what looked like a green oval ball. Was that supposed to turn brown before it pops open?" That green oval ball is the seed pod. Once it turns tan/brown, you can harvest them and put them in a bowl with a plate over the top. When the seed is ripe, the pod will split in two and shoot the seed out. The plate over the top of the bowl keeps the seed from getting shot across the room. The blackberry lily seedpods are much less work--the green pods will get knobby-looking, turn a tan color and when they split open you'll see the "blackberry" which is actually the seed cluster. You have got to grow lobelia cardinalis/cardinal flower even if red isn't your favorite color. O*M*G!! It is such a gorgeous color and it's the hummingbirds' favorite. I WS seeds this year and the plants are tall, slim and the stems are stiff/don't need staking. The flowers bloom late in the season--mine are blooming now, when not too many others are flowering. I bought this one--it's called 'Fan Scarlet' and it's only hardy to Z6 but I'm going to try & bring it through the winter inside my garage. [FYI - Hazzard's sells the seeds] This isn't the best shot of it but it'll give you an idea of the color. Lobelia cardinalis 'Fan Scarlet'/cardinal flower I'm also growing a blue (Lobelia siphilitica/great blue lobelia) that blooms at the same time. The bees love it so that's getting added to my WS list for this year too. Lobelia siphilitica/great blue lobelia If your goal is to provide nectar sources for the bees, butterflies & hummingbirds, lobelia c. & lobelia s. should be on your plant "must have" list. That said, there are lots of fat seedpods on my L. cardinalis (red) & L. siphilitica (blue) so I should have plenty of seeds to share once they ripen. BTW...while both prefer moist soil, neither the red nor the blue cardinal flowers appear to attract unwelcome garden pests, the foliage stays nice right through the season and all they ask you to provide is plenty of moisture. I've been setting a cat litter jug (with a pinhole an inch from the bottom) close to them and filling it with water every few days if a week goes by when we don't have rain. You didn't ask, but another bee favorite is turtlehead...do you already have that in your flowerbeds?