Extracting seeds from flowers
Did you know you can harvest seeds from your current flowers and plant them next year? How about that for a money saving tip for a frugal garden. This site here shows you step by step with photos on how to extract marigold seeds.
Marigolds love water when potted. The leaves will droop when they are thirsty. These will spread vigorously in the ground. They bloom best when you dead head the flowers. Marigolds are considered companion plants that keep insects away.
What seeds will you extract? Here are a few of my favorite from our current garden.
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Heliopsis Loraine Sunshine
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Barbarini Purple Dianthus
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Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun'
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Coreopsis Jethro Tull
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Osteospermum sp?
You just reminded me of my childhood! I love all these flowers and was growing among a huge variety of them! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures! I am saving this post since I am hoping to start a garden next year :)
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