I would love to have some of these seeds. I am going to post my new seed purchases and collected 08 seeds on my trade list. Also, I have winter sown perennials which I could trade for these seeds, Please Dmail me for the seed list.
This message was edited Sep 23, 2008 8:54 PM
CLOSED: looking for cardoon seeds and castor bean seeds
I have red castor beans : )
Gloriag, is it the ornamental cardoon (see picture) that you want seed from? If so, I have access to seeds. In fact I just took one of the seedheads from the plant yesterday evening but due to the very wet weather we've had over here recently I'm now in the process of drying it off in my greenhouse. The plant has plenty of faded flowers on it at the moment so there will be others if this one doesn't dry well. Usually they begin to open later in the season and that makes the seeds easier to harvest. At the moment the seedhead I harvested looks like a giant (spent)thistle head. I would send you the entire thing if I thought there might be a way of doing it (but think customs might pounce on it).
Let me know if you're still wanting them and I'll get them for you 'by hook or by crook'.
Terri
Terri, that is so kind of you!! To think you would send them all the way from Yorkshire! By the way, since I have never been to England, I think of it as Cottage Garden, Flower Garden, Rose Garden heaven. You seem to have the ideal climate for gardeners.
A very nice woman in Canada has offered the seeds and now you. But I have found Le Jardin de Gourmet where I can buy herbs, vegetables, and flowers for only $.35 a package. Their cardoon seeds packet has an ample number. I ordered entirely too many herbs; and using the seed ball approach, I plan to make an herb garden and grow the small wild strawberry. Here it is still in September, and I am already in the spring and summer of 2009 in my mind. Thank you again.
Oh I'm so pleased that you found some Gloria. They make astounding feature plants and we find that the birds pull the seedheads apart to get to the seeds.
I took a photo of one of those giant seedheads this morning.
Good luck with your herb garden and your wild strawberries. I hope you get to the fruit before the birds, it never works for me, LOL
Terri
