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Tootface Clinton, TN May 20, 2001

Anybody love this plant as much as I do? Do you save the seed (mine tend to mold) or just let to resow willie nillie? (which can become a chaotic mess) I've also heard it called Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate. Please somebody tell me if these are the same plant.

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) May 20, 2001

Tootface (what a cute name!), they are sometimes referred to as one and the same, but they're not. Here are the latin names of each:

Love Lies Bleeding - Amaranthus caudatus Link to photo: http://www.anet.com/~manytimes/album/lovelie2.htm

Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate - Polygonum orientale Can't find a photo online (does anyone have one)?

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ele Milford, NH May 20, 2001

go vols, I have a picture of the kiss me over the garden gate...but still haven't attempted posting pics here...It has had its botanical classification changed..you might find it under persicaria orientalis..

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) May 20, 2001

Okay, technical problems here. My update wouldn't "take", and the link didn't work in the edited version. But here's a picture of Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate: http://www.carlnet.org/~ttsdaly/polygonum.html

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Tootface Clinton, TN May 21, 2001

Thanks for the pictures. Yes, they are very different aren't they. Anyone with a word about the seed saving problem?

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SoCal Huntington Beach, CA(Zone 10a) May 21, 2001

Hi Tootface,

I love this plant also and saved all my seeds from this past year for trading.

This is how I saved mine: After they seem to be finished and start dying back, I cut off the blooms and put them into a large paper bag. I left them to dry out on their own and then just shook the blooms and rubbed them in my hand into the same bag and kept them there all winter. I had no problem with any mold.

Hope this helps, Donna

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Tootface Clinton, TN May 22, 2001

Duh, I was putting mine in plastic. No wonder they molded. Musta, been a brain cramp. Thanks Donna.

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