WOT ARE THESE SEEDS - HELP!

Ok guy's here goes.........

I have bought these seeds off ebay but I don't know anything about cultivating them just thought they looked pretty :confused:

poppy - double tangerine gem
red fountain grass
black wattle
black scabious

Why oh why can't I find any websites with info on these plants! :eek:

All help will be gratefully received.

I should stick to dog's (yep thats my job), but fancied something different for a change.

Deary me what a palava, but I am still trying :D

Cheers guys and gals

 

Try his link for the Black Wattle.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Wattle

 

Hmm! Don't think that worked. Probably need Dizi's help

 

Hope this helps.

I think Tangerine Gem was launched a couple of years ago as a new variety of poppy. I have grown it from seed and it looks good, although I haven't grown it in the garden, so I don't know what its performance is like. I have its species parent (Papaver rupifragum) and it self seeds everywhere.
Tangerine Gem is easy to germinate & grow. At this time of the year, just don't let the temperature get too high as that will stop the seeds germinating (that will probably not be a problem unless we have a major weather change!). The other thing I would suggest is to sow it in one of the cell trays you get in somewhere like B&Q - most poppies don't like their roots being messed around with too much - cells are easier anyway and save a lot of fiddling around transplanting small seedlings. Try to sow thinly (1-3 seeds) into the cells - poppy seeds are so small it is easy to get too many seeds into each cell

Red Fountain Grass I think is Pennisetum setaceum rubrum. It is a beautiful grass which is not reliably frost hardy. I have tried growing it from seed which I took from a parent plant using various methods and have never had any success and worst of all I lost the parent plant. If you find a method that works, I would love to know it.

I have had success with the species parent - Pennisetum setaceum - I would have sown this in a propagator in spring and don't remember having any difficulty with it at all. Here's an extract from instructions -

'seeds will usually germinate in 10-90 days, even under good conditions germination may be erratic. Normally will only germinate with light, Sow Pennisetum setaceum seeds on the surface of a Peaty seed sowing mix at about 20�°C.'

I think your black scabious are 'Scabiosa atropurpurea Chile Black'. I have never grown that variety, but I have grown others of the same species and found that they were quite easy. Here's an extract from instructions.
'Cover lightly with vermiculite to the depth of the seed and propagate at 18-20C (65-68F).
Germination should take place after approximately 7-14 days depending on the variety.'

Black wattle is a type of accacia - shrub with yellow flowers that would not be reliably hardy in the UK. It is a few years since I have grown accacia from seed, but I remember that I did get a few plants so it mustn't have been too tricky. Again an extract from intructions - 'Acacia mearnsii seeds will usually germinate in 21 days. Sow seeds about 2mm deep in a Well drained seed sowing mix at about 25�°C.'

Anyway it sound as if you have a nice selection of seeds there. I hope all goes well with them.

 

Hi accidentalgardener sorry I can't be of much help to you but I think I can aid you in a way by giving you the link cajary wanted you to have.

Black Wattle

Helen.xxx.

 

Helen you are a gem darlin

Fond regards,

Paula

 

Evening folk. The Acacia mearnsii (Black Wattle) grows wild here and is a fantastic sight in the Spring.

However, I'm going to throw a spanner into the works here. I'm not saying A mearnsii is not correct, but the Sesbania punicea is also known as the Black Acacia ...

http://coolexotics.com/plant-499.html

It also comes in a golden colour. So, accidentalgardener, you said they looked pretty ... what did it look like?

I like a mystery!

 

ooh you made me chuckle there,

In the picture they have golden fragrant pom pom flowers but the seeds are black.

Apparently in their native environment they can grow to 30ft. Not sure the neighbours would be happy about that

One day i will learn to do a bit of research before i buy but hey its fun :D

By the way i love portugal

 

Evening ag.

The A mearnsii is correct as the Sesbania has pea like flowers.

Just a little test for you!

Obviously you've been here .. where?

Hope you are enjoying GC so far.

 

Hi Vicki,

Enjoying it at lot here :D

Found out lots of stuff and feeling a bit more confident about the garden :D

Nice to be a ble to have a giggle as well as learn and share information isn't it