Saving Seed

My Wiegela Bristol Ruby flowered beautifully this year, 2nd year, and the plant has thrown up 4 new stems for next year :gnthb:.

Is it possible to grow them from seed i am thinking for the seed parcel really, as there seems loads of seed pods ripening .

I am looking at all my plants with a view to save seed for myself, and the seed parcel so any tips welcome. :wink:

 

Yes Pam - you can grow everything from seed. Its nature's way.

The only two caveats are
1) Seed may not come exactly true from a named cultivar, you need cuttings for that.
2) A very small number of plants are sterile - ie won't produce seed at all. These are generally man-made hybrids between two different species. You get the same in the animal kingdom. If you cross a Lion and a Tiger it is possible to get a hybrid offspring, but invariably the offspring is sterile.

There are a few of these about in the plant world. Things like Geraniums 'Patricia' and 'Rozanne' and Astrantia 'Roma' (mentioned last night on Gardeners' World). The reason being that sterile hybrids flower for an exceedingly long time. They keep trying to produce seed but fail. Once ordinary plants start to produce seed they stop flowering because thay have achieved their objective.