Seeds collected in the garden in 2013
This is possibly going to be the dullest blogpost I have ever published. A small percentage of you might find it fascinating. I apologise unreservedly to everyone else.
Mostly I only collect seed from species plants, but some of the cultivars below are entirely stable and are routinely grown from seed, e.g. Agastache 'Liquorice Blue'. Others are ones I'm collecting and sowing out of interest to see what I get and I would not label the progeny with the cultivar name of course, for example, Astrantia 'Star of Fire'. I guess you just have to get to know this sort of stuff.
Some I have plenty of and would be happy to share. Many I only have a few of and need to keep. A few I have already sown my entire stock of and I have included here just for the record. The picture left is of my annual seed storage system - it has served me well for 10 years but is busting at the seams for 2013. I need a rethink.
I apologise in advance for any nomenclature inexactitudes. I typed this up in ten minutes flat after a couple of glasses of wine....
List of seeds collected from the garden in 2013.
Agastache 'Liquorice Blue'
Anthyllis vulneraria var. coccinea
Agastache 'Liquorice Blue'
Allium 'Forescate'
Anemone cylindrica
Aconitum x hemsleyanum
Asphodelus aestivus
Anemanthele lessoniana
Astrantia 'Star of Fire'
Aconitum napellus 'Album'
Astrantia 'Moira Reid/Shaggy'
Angelica taiwaniana
Arisaema consanguineum
Arisaema tortuosum
Arisaema flavum subsp. abbreviatum
Astrantia maxima
Anthriscus 'Ravenswing' (HA/SLP)
Beesia calthifolia
Borage - Borago officinalis (HA)
Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Dierama pulcherrimum
Chaerophyllum hirsuitum var. roseum
Centaurea phrygia
Centranthus ruber var. albus
Centaurea alpestris
Corncockle (Agrostemma githago)(HA)
Centaurea cyanus (Common Cornflower) (HA)
Centaurea cyanus - pink flowered (HA)
Dierama pulcherrimum
Dianthus cruentus
Doronicum orientale
Dictamnus albus
Dictamnus albus var. purpureus
Digitalis purpurea var. alba
Echinacea pallida
Eschscholzia californica (HA with perennial tendencies)
Eryngium 'Picos Blue'
Echinacea purpurea
Erigeron 'Schneewitchen'
Francoa sonchifolia
Festuca tatrae
Gladiolus papilio 'Ruby'
Gladiolus papillio 'Ruby'
Galega officinalis 'Alba'
Gillenia trifoliata
Geranium palmatum
Geranium psilostemon
Geranium maculatum var. albiflorum
Helictrotrichon sempervirens
Hystrix patula
Helleborus foetidus
Knautia macedonica
Lobelia x gerardii 'Vedrariensis'
Lathyrus vernus
Lamium orvale
Lychnis chalcedonica
Lychnis flos-cuculi 'White Robin'
Lychnis coronaria
Linum perenne
Lunaria rediviva
Lychnis coronaria
Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'
Libertia grandiflora
Lamium orvale (white form)
Meconopsis - labelled baileyi
Melopospermum pelopothingymyjig
Nicandra physalodes (HA)
Orlaya grandiflora (HA)
Pimpinella major 'Rosea'
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Papaver somniferum (house purple/black form) (HA)
Peucedanum verticillare (HB)
Primula elatior
Primula vialii
Primula 'Millers Crimson'
Polemonium pulcherrimum
Phacelia tanacetifolia (HA)
Sanguisorba obtusa
Papaver rhoeas (Common field poppy)(HA)
Phlomis russeliana
Rudbeckia maxima
Sanguisorba obtusa
Sanguisorba obtusa (white form)
Sanguisorba hakusinensis
Seseli libanotis
Stipa tenuissima 'Wind Whispers'
Stipa capillata
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
Thalictrum osmundifolium
Thalictrum rochebrunianum
Thalictrum ichangense
Thalictrum punctatum
Thalictrum delavayi
Thalictrum filamentosum
Tragopogon porrifolius
Thalictrum delavayi 'Album'
Thalictrum diffusiflorum
Tragopogon porrifolius
Trifolium rubens (red)
Trifolium rubens (purple)
Tulipa sprengeri
Viola cornuta 'Alba'
Verbena hastata 'Rosea'
Verbena bonariensis
(HA - Hardy annual)
(HB - Hardy biennial)
(SLP - Short-lived perennial)
