Specialty Gardening: Seed Swap & Chat # 57 - summer is upon us, 0 by gemini_sage

gemini_sage wrote:
((((Terese)))), I'm so sorry for your loss.

herbspirit, Foxgloves will produce some shorter offshoot buds, but I usually leave mine to go to seed. Like Sweet William, they'll often germinate this year and bloom next year, giving you a perennial display. And you know how the seedlings are so tiny, and easy to weed out? I stumbled upon the coolest way to deal with that (at least I thought so, LOL). When the seed pods were ripe along the stems, I cut the stems, and laid them in the garden where I wanted seedlings. They germinated in perfect little rows right where they fell, so I knew immediately what they were.

Also from your list, I've cut floppy Spiderwort all the way back and had it come back and bloom again, although if its a dry year they may just go dormant. Delphinium is a good one for reblooming. I have a feeling Bellflowers will rebloom some, I've had stems break off to be replaced by side shoots. I'm assuming Peach leaved bellflower on that, so it may depend on the species you've got.

Well, some of you may remember last year when I was wanting Poppies from anyone with seeds to spare to sow in the septic leach field at the bottom of the hill. I did see a big wave of color last year as the Poppies began to bloom, but right as they were starting to get really pretty, giant ragweed engulfed everything. All we could see was a sea of foliage, with the occasional fleck of color showing through. I considered the endeavor a total failure and didn't even mention it I was so disgusted. I guess the Poppies did well enough to produce lots of seeds, and for reasons I couldn't figure out at first, were able to do their thing this year!