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Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / March 2006Seeds
Seeds! I got some cool seeds at Walmart. Lemon basil, lettuce-leaf basil. Morning glory Star of Yelta, moonflower. Rosie O'Day alyssum. Cleome Rose Queen, nasturtium Cherry Rose. Columbine Dragonfly hybrids. Sweet pea, Eckford's Finest Mix. I yam so happy! Oh and they have new cacti and succulents (at least since I've been there.) And a new line of Hawaiian seeds and plants, including orchids in bags. Nice-looking plants, though they're drying out. Bird of Paradise seeds, they are so cute, they have little fuzzy orange tops. And they have some glazed terracotta pots that are neat--the tops are regular terracotta, and the bottoms are glazed in different colors. Can you tell I haven't been out and about much lately.....getting thrilled about Walmart?? ;) Cindy Yes, and Dollar General is selling seed packets at 4 for dollar. Includes typical garden vegtables, and various decorative flower varieties. The only thing that hasn't germinated and sprung up were the watermelons for me. Others I've tried and succeeded were okra, green beans, and sunflower (bee attraction). Sunflowers, was surprised at success. Planted in hill country with lots of hard native clay and gravel at surface. Just kept it moist.  SignatureJonny > Seeds! I got some cool seeds at Walmart. Lemon basil, lettuce-leaf > basil. Morning glory Star of Yelta, moonflower. Rosie O'Day alyssum. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > ;) > Cindy Jonny typed: > Yes, and Dollar General is selling seed packets at 4 for dollar. Includes > typical garden vegtables, and various decorative flower > varieties. Well, most of Walmart's are 97 cents a pack or more, but they also have 10 cent and 25 cent packets, which I thought was nice. Not of everything, but American Seed has the smaller packs. > Jonny typed: >> Yes, and Dollar General is selling seed packets at 4 for dollar. Includes [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > cent and 25 cent packets, which I thought was nice. Not of everything, > but American Seed has the smaller packs. Long drive from Wimberley to Austin for a few packets of seed. Dollar General is across the street from the high school. Live west of Wimberley. Sounds like a good deal though. Maybe some Austin locals are reading and will heed your advice. Thanks, Cindy. SignatureJonny Jonny typed: >> Jonny typed: >>> Yes, and Dollar General is selling seed packets at 4 for dollar. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > west of Wimberley. Sounds like a good deal though. Maybe some > Austin locals are reading and will heed your advice. Thanks, Cindy. Ah, but there's always that next time you happen to be there.... You're welcome. (By the way, I'm near Houston.) :) Cindy The sweet peas, nasturtium, and alyssum are cool weather plants and you'd be better off waiting till the fall to use those. I have a feeling we're going to just come into blazing hot summer, as this year the entire winter was a very warm version of spring. Bird of Paradise seeds need to be scarified and can take years to germinate, then from 7 to 15 years to flower! Have fun! >Seeds! I got some cool seeds at Walmart. Lemon basil, lettuce-leaf basil. >Morning glory Star of Yelta, moonflower. Rosie O'Day alyssum. Cleome Rose [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >;) >Cindy Jangchub typed: > The sweet peas, nasturtium, and alyssum are cool weather plants and > you'd be better off waiting till the fall to use those. I have a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Bird of Paradise seeds need to be scarified and can take years to > germinate, then from 7 to 15 years to flower! Have fun! Yeahhh thanks, I'll probably wait on those. Unless I can find a cooler place for the sweetpeas. But they need sun, don't they? Maybe I'll plant some in a pot.....I didn't get the Bird of Paradise seeds, I already have plants. Just thought they were cute with their orange fuzzy hats. >Jangchub typed: >> The sweet peas, nasturtium, and alyssum are cool weather plants and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >some in a pot.....I didn't get the Bird of Paradise seeds, I already have >plants. Just thought they were cute with their orange fuzzy hats. Sweet peas need cool soil and cool night air in order to be healthy. They do like sun, but I find in Texas they are happy with afternoon shade. I plant my seeds in January. I also have BOP plants for well over ten years! I douse them with fertilizer and they've never flowered. Do you have any tips? > Sweet peas need cool soil and cool night air in order to be healthy. > They do like sun, but I find in Texas they are happy with afternoon > shade. I plant my seeds in January. > > I also have BOP plants for well over ten years! I douse them with > fertilizer and they've never flowered. Do you have any tips? No, sorry, I don't. Mine aren't old enough to bloom yet. I did see a potful blooming madly at the nursery where I got mine, though. I've never seen so many blooms at once on a BOP! The plant had been abandoned in a mostly sun/partly dappled shade area, grown through, over and out of the pot into the ground. The plastic pot was still surrounding it, but was cracking from root pressure. I don't know how long it was there. > Sweet peas need cool soil and cool night air in order to be healthy. > They do like sun, but I find in Texas they are happy with afternoon > shade. I plant my seeds in January. > > I also have BOP plants for well over ten years! I douse them with > fertilizer and they've never flowered. Do you have any tips? I forgot to ask, are yours in pots or in the ground? I think they like big pots, but like to be rootbound. >> Sweet peas need cool soil and cool night air in order to be healthy. >> They do like sun, but I find in Texas they are happy with afternoon [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >I forgot to ask, are yours in pots or in the ground? I think they like big >pots, but like to be rootbound. Mine are very rootbound in containers. The roots are probably going to chop right through the clay pots this summer, so I am going to buy containers only an inch larger and repot them in plastic. |
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