I have some Lion's Ear - Leonotis nepetaefolia seeds that I harvested from my garden in the fall of 2003.
These are pretty hard to collect, as the "flowers heads" are a ball of needles. Consequently, the trade would be for only about 20 seeds per offer. But you really don't need more, as I only planted 10 seedlings, and had a huge mass of plants.
They are very easy to start from seed.
Description below & a picture of my plants in July (I think).
I would like to get some named varieties of Cosmos and or other self seeding plants, or things that I could winter sow.
I have a list of other things to trade as well, so check out my list.
Annual lion's ear is an erect, loosely branched annual that can get 8' tall in its single growing season. The stems are strongly angled (square in cross section) and the leaves are in pairs opposite each other. The leaves are smooth with coarsely toothed margins, triangular in shape and 2-5" long. The flowers are borne in rounded, spiny clusters, 2-4" across, that encircle the stems so that it looks like the stems are growing right through the middle of the clusters. As the stems elongate, new flower clusters continue to develop above the older ones. The tubular flowers that peek out of the spiny heads are orange and furry, like a lion's ear, so they say. The flowers are about an inch long and curve downward.
