Already ordering too many seeds for next year ...

I'm getting carried away already :(

I wonder if I can generate a meaningful topic on "what seeds are we buying" but a) my list is already embarrassing! and b) its all a bit personally subjective, isn't it?

I am SURE that there are more seed companies on the internet than last year ...
... either that or I have discovered a terrifying new technique :( it goes like this:

You find something you like, which is unusual. So you stick that in Google to see what the germinating/growing requirements are, and if anyone sells it cheaper ... and then you find 10 new seed companies which also see it, but they also sell a bunch of other interesting & unusual things, so you browse their sites and add them to your list of "preferred suppliers" and "must have varieties"

Rinse and Repeat!!

Children: DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME !!

 

Yep me too list as long as my arm already.
It's partly your fault too Kristen by keep posting these pictures of your exotics planting schemes

 

Google has a way of spending our money for us and then just as we think that's it, no more, the plant/seed catalogues start dropping through the letter box. A no win situation I think!

 

Well I have set my heart on growing some dahlias next year, I have already picked out the varieties which I fancy and am quite disappointed that I can't buy them NOW!!!!

Val

 

I *think* its a good price?? anyways, worth looking for Dahlias on:
http://www.national-dahlia-collection.co.uk/en/
they start from about £2 each (rooted cuttings, delivered next spring)

So: did I need to buy 40 packets of seed from Australia? I persuaded myself that the fact that they were selling packets of 20 seeds of Clitoria ternatea

for £1.77, rather than 10 seeds from Jungle for £2.87 ... regardless of the fact that it probably took me an hour's web browsing to discover that ...

.. and how did I then persuade myself that I should start a collection of Arisaema

... and buy every variety that is known to man in Australasia?

I'm busy trawling Plant World Seeds site. My short list is so far 70 packets :(

I'm amazed that I only have one Bomarea (I seem to have picked B. salsilla and I'm not even sure its the prettiest ...)


and I have every other variety of Arisaema that isn't available in the Southern Hemisphere ... just in case I find I like one more than another I suppose ...

Luckily I was persuaded that Trillium needed really fresh seed, so I've removed nearly 10 varieties of them from the basket

There then is Nicotiana sylvestris and N. langsdorfii - surely I can save my own seed, successfully and without cross hybridisation, of those? I do love them though, and would be heartbroken if my seed failed

Nicotiana sylvestris


Nicotiana langsdorfii

I suppose I could buy a packet, but sow mine and keep the bought seed for another year.

And then there is eCrater's site. Loads of lovely varieties of Salvia. This one is West Texas:


and Fuchsia cinerea


and Iochroma grandiflora


isn't that gorgeous?

or might Iochroma cyaneum 'Royal Blue' be better?


solution = buy both and decide when they are both in flower

www.secretseeds.com domain name has expired Anyone know their whereabouts? Dave's Garden is asking for anyone who knows, and their Facebook page has not been updated since January :( Tragic :(


and I haven't even started to look on
www.nickys-nursery.co.uk
www.seedaholic.com
www.plant-world-seeds.com
SmartSeeds on eBay

the list goes on ... hope is fading ....

 

Secret Seeds site seems to be running on

http://secretseeds.oxatis.com/

I was able to login using my email address .... no idea if it is actively trading though.

 

Step-away-from-the-keyboard: step-back!!!!

(I fear some kind of "Day of the Triffids" tragedy looming in Kristen-land ... )

 

They have your best interests at heart!

Ditto"

Yes, but therein lies the fun - my interest may be different to yours on the whole but at some point they cross and a new plant is on our radar. All we have to do then is get it!!!

I'm being sensible and concentrating on Southern hemisphere winter growers at the moment such as Lachenalia and Ferraria. Here's my latest purchase - Ferraria foliosa seed from SA................


This image was linked from this set of photos which demonstrates what a variable species it is. Any of them is fine by me as it is particularly a floriforous species.

 

No! No!! NO!!!!!

A link is not an enforcement officer ... it does not "force" you to do anything!

(Have you considered Kristen may be a super sleuth Marketer, planting subliminal messages, for others to feel induced to purchasing stuff they *think* they cannot live without? Watch him - Disclaimer: other, seemingly, super sleuth Marketer's are available )




FC, you are a Scot ... be canny

Of course Kristen may also be a rather decent bloke: only you can decide the level of persuasion and duress the post put you under

 

OK, well here's my "so far" list then:

Kenni Koala seeds, Australia

Arisaema concinnum
Arisaema intermedium
Arisaema tortuosum
Billardiera longiflora
Brunonia australis
Clitoria ternatea
Dianella congesta
Dianella longifolia
Kennedia nigricans
Kennedia prostrata
Kennedia rubicunda
Pandorea pandorana
Swainsona formosa
Tacca chantrieri
Tacca integrifolia
Yucca filamentosa
Yucca flaccida
Yucca torreyi

eBay Autstralia - muzzadb

Item # Item Title Quantity Price Amount
Allium Carinatum Var Pulchellum
Allium Macranthum
Allium Sikkimense
Arisaema Seed Collection:

Arisaema Ciliatum
Arisaema Consanguineum
Arisaema Costatum
Arisaema Flavum
Arisaema Nepenthiodes
Arisaema Speciosum
Arisaema Triphyllum​

Aquilegia Yabeana
Camassia Cusickii
Camassia Leichtlinii
Cypella Coelestis " Blue Tigridia"
Iris Chrysographs "Black Gold"
Iris Graeberiana " Rare Juno Iris"
Iris Lactea
Iris Missouriensis "Rocky Mountain Iris"
Iris Sanguinea "Blood Iris"
Lilium Formosanum

plant-world-seeds.com basket (so far!):

Basically anything Red which might work in my "Hot" border ... well ... plus anything that looked interesting! but there's lots of Red in the list.

Actaea alba
Actaea elata
Actaea rubra
Actaea spicata berry
Adenophora bulleyana
Adenophora potaninii
Adenophora triphylla
Allium beesianum
Allium caeruleum
Allium karataviense
Allium neapolitanum
Alstroemeria huemulina
Aquilegia kuhistanica
Aquilegia 'double rubies'
Aquilegia 'firewheel'
Aquilegia alpina
Aquilegiaclematiflorablue
Arisaema amurense
Arisaema griffithii
Arisamea jacquemontii
Arum italicum pictum
Baptisia australis
Bomarea hirtella
Bomarea salsilla
Campanula lactiflora white
Campanula latifolia 'brantwood'
Campanula punctata 'beetroot'
Campanula pyramidalis
Cardiocrinum giganteum var yunnanense
Clematis diversifolia hendersonii
Clematisintegrifolia
Cornus suecica
Dierama 'blackbird'
Dierama cosmos
Echiumgentianoides
Euphorbia characias wulfenii
Fritillaria persica
Geum mrs bradshaw
Gladflanaganiii
Gladiolus_cunonius
Hollyhock 'black beauty'
Lobelia speciosa ruby
Lysimachia lady jane
Maurandya 'magic dragon'
Nicotiana langsdorfii
Nicotiana sylvestris
Omphalodes cappadocica
Papaver ladybird
Papaver somniferum 'black beauty'
Papaver somniferum 'ladybird'
Papaver somniferum 'red carnation'
Papaver somniferum laciniatum
Papaver_glaucum
Paradisea lusitanica
Penstemon king george
Penstemon whippleanus
Penstemon-serrulatus
Penstemon-spectabilis
Persicaria virginia painters palette
Phyteuma_orbiculare
Phytolacca silberstein
Pollia japonica berries
Rheum palmatum tanguticum
Scabiosa rumellica
Solanum quitoense

 

Go for it Kristen.....you only live once!

 

@Kristen

I've got 3 Yucca "something" which I was given (dead looking!) earlier this year. They seem to have thrived, despite any neglect from me I'll take a pic tomorrow: have no idea which type they are, but, if they are on your wish list (and survive my winter ignorance) there will be one with your name on it at Shineyland next May, if you want it?

 

Thanks M, that's very kind. Can't believe we don't have any Yucca's in the garden as yet ...