I'd write more often, but.....

[treeskin]

I've got new plant catalogs to go through, and seed orders to compose. What can I not live without this year?

'Purple Gleam' California poppy
African lion's tail -- the flowers are the same color as classics_cat's hair when she lived with us
'Temple Bells Orange' celosia -- ooooooo, it's tall, it's orange, what else do I need?
'Thai Green Pea' eggplant -- eggplant fruits the size of peas, it's just too strange not to
'Tigger' melon -- a small, yellow with red stripes heirloom melon

And, even better, Donna is getting me 4 new kinds of mint from Richter's this spring. Oooooo, 4 new kinds of mint. I can't wait.

If you really want to know more, ask. I suspect this is already too much information for most *grin*

Comments

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

*blush* You're so cute.

And now I'm a blonde again... Except for those last three stubborn inches, that simply refuse to grow out enough that I can have my guy whack them off. :)

The poppies sound nice, and the eggplants sound very interesting. I bet they'd be nice and tender.

As always....this spring around planting time, if you have just *too many* of anything, I could probably be persuaded to take it off your hands. The white yarrow from last year has gone quite crazy--I'm hoping to eventually have it sort of wander wildly all over the yard.

I have a feeling that I'm going to have a morning glory "problem" this year...my four or five from last year seeded relentlessly, and the seeds obviously think they're fertile. I think the packet said that the morning glories I got were F1s, so theoretically this means that...what, one-quarter of the seeds can produce a viable plant?

I also got seeds off my daffodils last year...I saved them in the fridge. Do you think there's any chance I can start them and end up with actual plants?

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

I am not cute. I'm too butch for cute.

I'm sure I'll have lots of stuff that could go home with you this spring. Most of the mints and monarda need dividing, and the echinacea & oregano & lemon balm. More yarrows, in several colors. Mugwort--you should plant this by your fence and let it take over your neighbor's yard *grin* Got rose-of-sharon seedlings, too--nothing fancy, just a basic lavender semi-double. Blackberry lilies & iris, too, And 'Surecrop' strawberries (Junebearing type)--they've already filled the raised beds I put them in. Perennial sunflowers, if you're interested, but those may be too big fir your yard.

Re F1 morning glories--that means that what you planted was the first generation of seed produced by the cross. Seed saved out to germinate okay, but a bunch of it will revert to one or the other parent. SO expect mixed colors, and maybe smaller flowers. I *think* most morning glories will revert to the purple shades.

Don't know about the daffodil seeds--I'll have to look that up and get back to you. It ought to work, though. Do you remember what kind of daff's you planted? (It might make a difference in what they need to germinate.)