finding these annual seeds
finding these annual seeds (post #11765)
Lana on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 03:41
i just read the article by jennifer benner on unusual annuals. anyone know which seed company would carry some of these seeds? especially,: flower of an hour, s. african foxglove, tassel flower,and honeywort. i thought they were all so beautiful. thank you.
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(post #11765, reply #1 of 3)
Hi Lana,
The common names make it a little more difficult to locate seed but I did recognize Tassel Flower which is Emilia coccinea, because I grew those from seed - very easy. I get the seed from Thompson & Morgan:
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/7190/1.html
Honeywort could be many things; a species of any of these genera: Filipendula, Cerinthe, Cruciata, Sison, Galium, Hieracium. Flower of the Hour is Hibiscus trionum. And South African Foxglove is Ceratotheca triloba. These botanical names may help you locate seed more easily, though I didn't find the Hibiscus or Ceratotheca at T&M. However, they did have 3 Cerinthe, maybe one of them is your Honeywort.
If you are searching for difficult to find seeds, try B&T World Seeds. They enable you to search by either bot or common name. I tried Honeywort in their search filed and found several Cerinthes, so I think that probably is what you want. Then I tried all your plants and B&T appears to have them all. Go to:
http://www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com/
(post #11765, reply #2 of 3)
thank you for the information. i even have the thompson and morgan seed book. i did search online and found some of them. thanks again.
(post #11765, reply #3 of 3)
Some of the $Stores have a surprising selection of old fashioned seeds at a good price and a generous amount of seeds.
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