Great! Should I leave them or pot them up? They look so delicate.

Hi, The saved seed will probably produce mostly regular foliage. As a seed trader, I would take the change on a trade in hopes of getting a seedling that comes up variegated. Webkat is right though. Variegated plants are a hot item. I'm not sure about trying to propagate a baptisia though being they are so slow to increase. Tissue culture maybe? Terra Nova Nursery propagates new plants from people and they pay the originator of the plant a royalty on sales. Remy Here is a link that might be useful: Terra Nova Plant Purchasing Info

I grow my coleus in pots. In late September, I move them into the greenhouse. By mid-winter, they usually die back, but the seeds drop into the pots and I have 'babies" come up in late March or April, depending up the amount of sun they get and when I start watering everything again to bring them out of dormancy. Just thought I ought to "splain" that better. Same thing happens with my Basils, Petunias and Periwinkles, too. Oh, and the Polka Dot Plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya)- it comes back every year. I had two come up in one of my potted cactus this year and one came up in the Butterfly Ginger pot. I love these plants. The leaves are so colorful!

Hello Dottersccv!! My garden grows a little too lushly - hard to keep up! LOL. I'm trying to switch to mostly native plants. As I learn more and more, I regret earlier decisions, both by me, and the previous gardener. I have 21 invasive plants to eradicate that are still sold in nurseries, but shouldn't be... Neighbours' fence line gifts of goutweed... a little bit throughout - periwinkle, bugleweed, lamiums, creeping jenny, lemon balm, lily of the valley etc. A few years work to get the worst of these out, and control the creeping bellflower too. On the plus side my trilliums are readying themselves to flower! My hepatica was glorious, and I just harvested 3 spears from the one very established asparagus plant! Hope you are doing well!