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Comments (33)Collecting all wildflowers here, as I didn't have much of a garden this year. Wildflowers going to seed here include an ornamental (or wild) grass with a very pretty influorescence (I don't know my grasses at all), tall thistle, boneset, eupatorium coelistinium, a pretty medium height small-flowered white aster/fleabane - most all of these are in the "weeds" category, but I'm hoping when we get a more permanent location, it will have an area big enough for a wildflower area. In bloom that haven't gone to seed yet - a gorgeous honeysuckle - smells divine, jasmine-y, and sweet autumn clematis. I'm working on identifying some fruits, too - I scarfed a couple that are drying that are size and color of kiwis, growing on a vine in the woods. And I plucked an orange-reddish one from a tree in a meadow yesterday - not ready to pluck seeds from yet, but just for id - which DH thinks might be a persimmon - too cool! Anyway, I have to grow all these first before trading them - the flowers all have the potential to be invasive, and the 2 fruits I don't want to trade unless I know for certain what they are - don't want to trade as edible anything that in fact might be poisonous....See MoreAfter reading the True to Seed thread..
Comments (6)Well, you have some sort of interesting hybrid, Jim. Keep pruning the height down to promote more branching at lower nodes so you don't have such a tall and top heavy tree. And, you'll have to tell us if the fruit is edible or tastes worthy of keeping. Looks very interesting, and many of the beloved citrus varieties we enjoy today were the result of a chance seedling. For those monoembryionic citrus, you can get all kinds of interesting crosses. Let us know how the fruits taste once you think they're ripe! Patty S....See Moremetasequoia seeds collected from trees in u.s.-why so many duds?
Comments (5)My brother ordered a small packet containing 100 seeds from Schumacher (sp) and he had high germination rates. All he did was place them on the moist paper towel in the flat plastic container and cover it with the lid. They started germinating within 2 days....See MoreHuge collection of bean seeds!
Comments (9)You're welcome, Jim. I think your Jimster name is pretty neat as well. Here's another neat Canadian site. In case people are interested, the link will bring you lots of taste test results of both beans and other veggies, including lettuce. Zeedman, thanks for the link. I looked at the site but unfortunately don't have the Mac software they use, but I'll have another look to see if I could glean a trick or two. DH thought the tutorial was for creating web pages, which is beyond my needs. I'd just like to know how to imbed links in my messages. Here is a link that might be useful: Seed and Plant Sanctuary for Canada...See Morehairmetal4ever
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