Propagation: 2015 Seed Starting, Part 5, 2 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
Heliotrope Blue Wonder, which is an F1 hybrid from Harris Seed and heliotrope Marine from three companies (overkill), Jl Hudson, Garden Makers and Johnny's Selected Seeds. I am not certain what the difference is supposed to be so I marked the cells. Harris does not sell it anymore, and wow, are their seeds overpriced! White heliotrope seems Unavailable as seed. I ordered it in the past from Glenn Varner of Flower Scent Gardens (who sadly closed - WONDERFUL company from which I also got the rare white Bouncing Betty), and from Select Seeds. Select Seeds has some neat heliotrope seeds and plants. You mentioned a tall one? There is a Heliotrope 'Old Fashioned' that is 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall that is available as a plant or a seed, as well as Marine. It is described as "rare". Hum..... Look at the bottom right of this link - available as seed or plant. Hum...

http://www.selectseeds.com/cgi-bin/htmlos.cgi/034533.2.13272...

I used to raise multiple plants. I just found a fun photo (OK, maybe only to me). It is of a heliotrope plants raised from seed but not yet blooming with an overwintered cutting of geranium Red Rosebud from Select Seeds. This is from my former house. I order geraniums from Select Seeds, take cutting and overwinter the parent. The second pic is Select Seeds geranium Appleblossum from cutting. If you do it properly, every year you have more. The third is heliotrope marine from seed that is starting to bud, in a pot with Tidal Wave Silver - also grown from seed.