finding these annual seeds

Lana's picture

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. 

kmrsy's picture

(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/


 


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Lana's picture

(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.  

Astrid's picture

(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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