One of my goals for harvesting seeds is to get involved in seed exchanges as well as to sell them. In preparation I have started testing them to make sure they will germinate. As soon as the seedlings have their true leaf I will post the images. Hopefully these images will help some of you identify your seedlings. Please let me know what you think.
Flowers, Seeds and Seedlings
Flower
Flower Image
Seed Image
Seedling Image
# of Days
Allium - I'm not sure which Allium this is. Plant is about 2 - 2 1/2 feet tall
10
Allium schoenoprasum 'Chives'
4
Allium tuberosum
'Garlic chives'
6
Amaranth
"Love Lies Bleeding"
3
Anemone multifida
'Annabella White'
Aster
Pot 'N' Patio Mix
2
Bells Of Ireland 'Molucella laevis'
Bishop's Flower
'Ammi majus'
Calendula officinalis
"Pot Marigold"
Yellow
4
Campanula persicifolia 'Peach Leaved Bellflower'
9
Centaurea cyanus 'Bachelor's Button'
2
Centaurea Macrocephala
"Great Golden Knapweed"
4
Columbine Dwarf Blue
15
Columbine
'Pink Tower'
Ancolie Tour Rose
Delphinium
9
Delphinium grandiflorum 'Dwarf Blue Elf'
15
Foxglove
'Digitalis'
8
Gaillardia Goblin
'Blanket Flower'
7
Grass Ornamental 'Hare's Tail'
Lagurus ovatus
20
Heliopsis helianthoides scaba ‘Summer Sun’
9
Heliopsis helianthoides "Loraine Sunshine"
5
Hollyhock 'Black'
Alcea
10
Hollyhock 'Miniature'
8
Lamb's Ear
"Stachys byzantina"
5
Lupine
7
Marigold
'Boy 'O' Boy'
5
Marigold
'Inca II Yellow'
5
Melva Zabrina
Mullein
'Verbascum thapsus' Photo attrribute to Forest & Kim Starr
Listed below are some of the Garden Centres in the Calgary area. These Garden Centres have given me permission to post their information on my website. If you would like to have your Garden Centre listed please leave me a comment and I will gladly add your Company to the list.
Aspen Crossing Tree Farm & Garden Centre
Hwy 24, 1 km W of Mossleigh on the South side Mossleigh, AB
(Visit website for driving directions)
Phone: (403) 371-8098 http://www.aspencrossing.com
Bow Point Nursery
244034 Range Rd 32 Calgary, Alberta T3Z 2E3
Take Hwy 1 W to the old Banff Coach Rd exit, head South back across the Hwy, stay South until Springbank Rd (turn right), 1 mile to RR 32 (turn right), 2nd place on the right
Phone: 403-686-4434 http://www.bowpointnursery.com
Branched Out Nursery 41078 Big Hill Springs Rd, Cochrane, AB (Visit website for driving directions)
Phone: 403-851-1323 http://www.branchedoutnursery.com
Cobblestone Garden Centre
10300 17th Ave SE (Garden Rd & 17th Ave SE) Calgary, AB
Phone: 403-273-4760 http://cobblestonegarden.ca
Countryside Landscaping & Garden Centre 10 Minutes South of Calgary, De Winton, AB (visit website for driving directions)
Phone: 403-938-1835 http://www.csgcl.com
Edwards Garden Centre
125 Commercial Court in ‘Commercial Park’ Calgary, AB
South side of Highway #1 just east of Calaway Park. (Visit website for driving directions)
Phone: 403-288-9638 http://www.edwardsgarden.ca Golden Acre Garden Sentres 620 Goddard Ave NE, Calgary, AB
Phone: 403-274-4286 http://www.goldenacre.ca Green Gate Garden Centre
14111 Macleod Trail SW, Calgary, AB
Phone: (403) 256-1212 http://www.greengate.ca Plantation Garden Centre 2408 4th St NW, Calgary AB T2M 2Z7
Phone: (403) 277-4769 http://www.plantationgardencentre.com Spruce It Up Garden Centre Inc MacLeod Trail S & 210 Ave, Calgary, AB
Phone: 403-201-7525 http://www.spruceitupgardencentre.com The Saskatoon Farm 3 km East of Hwy 2 on 338 Ave Okotoks, AB (Visit website for map with driving directions)
Phone: 403-938-6245 http://www.saskatoonfarm.com Vale’s Greenhouse
3rd St NW, Black Diamond, AB
Phone: 403-933-4814 http://www.valesgreenhouse.com
If you are interested in trading seeds please leave a comment here or email me at sherriebohan@shaw.ca
All my Poppies have been openly pollinated by the Birds and Bees. So, they may not flower exactly as pictured. I can however say that the seeds of each different Poppy is a little different colour so maybe they will come true. The information on the Poppies listed below is mostly from my own experiences. I also checked many different books & websites for information and hope I didn’t make too many errors on names etc. Gardening is a hobby that I am passionate about but I can not guarantee my information is correct.
Transplanting Poppies – My Experience.
I started about 25 different kinds of Poppies indoors in early 2010. I transplanted my Poppy plants outside in the Spring when they were still very small. Most of them survived just fine. The well established Oriental Poppies that I moved around in my flower beds barely survived. Hopefully they will do better for me the next season. A few of the Poppy plants that I purchased from local Garden Centres survived okay but didn’t produce flowers their first year.
To enjoy your Poppies in a bouquet cut them just before they open and singe the bottom of the stem with a burning candle.
Perennial – Zone 3-9 Height – 6-10″ - Spread – 6-8″ Full Sun – Blooms Late Spring To Late Summer 200 Seeds – Mixed Colours Excellent For Rock Gardens, Borders & Edging Self Seeds – Drought Tolerant
Annual - Self Seeds Height – 3-4′ – Spread – 12-18″ Prefers a Sunny Location – Blooms Summer And Into Fall 200 Seeds – Deep Purple- Large Double Peony Like Blooms Great for Flower Beds And Back Of Borders
Annual - Self Seeds Height – 3-4′ - Spread – 18-24″- 100 Seeds Prefers A Sunny Location – Blooms Summer And Into Fall Pink Salmon With Purple Bottoms- Large Double Fringed Blooms Great for Flower Beds And Back Of Borders
Perennial - Zone 2-10 (May be an annual in Hotter Zones) Height – 18-24″ - Spread – 8-12″- 200 Seeds Full Sun – Blooms Spring & SSmmer Yellow & Orange – Silky Crinkled Pedals Excellent For Rock Gardens, Borders & Edging – Sweet Scented – Attracts Bees, Butterflies & Birds Self Seeds – Prefers Well Drained Soil – Do Not Over Water
Perennial – Zone 2-9 Height – 4-5′ - Spread – 24-30″- 100 Seeds Light Shade – Full Sun – Blooms Spring To Early Summer Stunning 6 Inch Brilliant Orange Blooms Back Of Borders & Edging – Attracts Bees- Plant Goes Dormant In The Summer Self Seeds – Deer Resistant – Drought Resistant
Annual - Self Seeds Height – 36-40″ - Spread – 12-18″- 200 Seeds Partial Shade – Full Sun – Blooms Early Summer White- Huge Single Tulip Like Blooms Great for Flower Beds And Back Of Borders Prefers Well Drained Soil
Annual - Self Seeds Height – 3-4′ - Spread – 12-18″- 500 Seeds Prefers A Sunny Location – Blooms Summer And Into Fall Pink- Large Semi Double Peony Like Blooms Great for Flower Beds And Back Of Borders – A Favorite For The Bees
My Poppy Seed Mix includes at least 12 different Poppies. I am getting old and would get confused sometimes when I was in my Poppy Patch harvesting seeds. So, each time I got confused the seeds would go into the mixed bag. The pictures above are some of the Poppies in the mix.
Annual - Self Seeds- 100 Seeds Height – 24-30″ - Spread – 8-12″ Full Sun – Blooms Spring To Fall Lavender With Deep Purple Blotches Excellent For Rock Gardens – Attracts Bees, Butterflies & Birds
Perfectly Proportioned – Never Needs Staking
Perennial - Zone 3-8 - 100 Seeds Height – 24-30″ - Spread – 18-24″ Partial Shade – Full Sun – Blooms Late Spring to Early Summer Coral with Black Blotches At The Flower Base Plants Disappear In Late Summer, But Will Reappear In The Fall Great Cut Flower/Borders/Beds/Attracts Bees, Butterflies & Hummingbirds Self Seeds – Drought Tolerant – Deer Resistant
Annual - Self Seeds - 200 Seeds Height – 3-4′ - Spread – 12-18″ Prefers A Sunny Location – Blooms Summer And Into Fall Red – Large Double Peony Like Blooms Great for Flower Beds And Back Of Borders
Annual - Self Seeds- 200 Seeds Height – 3-4′ - Spread – 12-18″ Prefers A Sunny Location – Blooms Summer And Into Fall White – Large Double Fringed Blooms Great for Flower Beds And Back Of Borders – Attracts Bees
Annual - Self Seeds – 200 Seeds Height – 3-4′ - Spread – 12-18″ Prefers A Sunny Location – Blooms Summer And Into Fall Salmon Pink With White Bottoms – Large Double Fringed Blooms Great for Flower Beds And Back Of Borders
Annual - Self Seeds - 100 Seeds Height – 3-4′ - Spread – 12-18″ Prefers A Sunny Location – Blooms Summer And Into Fall White- Large Double Peony Like Blooms Great for Flower Beds And Back Of Borders
This spring we are making a new flower bed just for my Poppies. We rarely used our big fire pit so we have filled it with dirt and are planting Poppies in it.
I have started over 20 different Poppies from seed so this should be fun! Please bare with me as this is work in progress until some of the Poppies bloom.
Transplanting Poppies – My Experience.
I transplanted my Poppy plants outside in the Spring when they were still very small. Most of them survived just fine. The well established Oriental Poppies that I moved around in my flower beds barely survived. Hopefully they will do better for me the next season. A few of the Poppy plants that I purchased from local Garden Centres survived okay but didn’t produce flowers their first year.
To enjoy your Poppies in a bouquet cut them just before they open and singe the bottom of the stem with a burning candle.
Alpine Poppy
Papaver alpinum hybirds
Black Beauty - Peony Poppy
'Papaver somniferum'
Annual - Full Sun
Height 3' - Spacing 1'
Attracts Bees & Butterflies
Blooms in Summer
California Poppy
'Eschscholtzia californica'
Hardy Annual - Self Seeds - Full Sun
Height 12-18" - Spread 6-8"
Attracts Bees
Blooms Spring to Fall
Celandine Poppy or Wood Poppy
'Stylophorum diphyllum'
Perennial - Zone 4-8 Partial to Full Shade
Height 12-18" - Spacing 12-18" - Attracts Bees & Butterflies
Blooms early Spring and Summer
Champagne Bubbles
'Papaver Nudicaule'
Perennial - Zone 2-7 - Full Sun
Height 18-24" - Spacing 18"
Attracts Bees & Butterflies
Blooms Spring & Summer
Iceland Poppy
'Papaver nudicaule'
Biennial - Zone 2-9 - Full Sun
Height 18" - Spacing 12"
Attracts Bees & Butterflies
Blooms Spring & Summer
Ladybird or Flanders Poppy
'Papaver commutatum'
Annual - Full Sun
Height 12-18" - Spacing 12-18"
Attracts Bees
Blooms Spring - Summer
Oriental Poppy - Papaver oriental
Perennial
Pink Peony Poppy
'Papaver somniferum'
Princess Victoria Louise Poppy
'Papaver orientale'
Perennial - Zone 3-8
Height 2-3' - Spacing 12-18"
Full/Partial Sun
Attracts Bees, Butterflies & Hummingbirds
Blooms Late Spring - Early Summer
Purple Lilac Wonder
Poppy
Red Peony Poppy
'Papaver somniferum'
Annual - Full Sun
Height 3' - Spacing 1'
Attracts Bees & Butterflies
Blooms in Summer
Setigerum Poppy - Wild Opium Poppy
'Papaver somniferum'
Annual - Full Sun
Photo Compliments of -
http://www.stridvall.se/la/galleries.php
Swansdown Poppy
'Papaver somniferum'
Annual - Full Sun
Height 2-3' - Spacing 9-12"
Attracts Bees & Butterflies
Blooms Mid Summer
I’m not positive which Allium this is, but I am going to go out a limb and say it is an ornamental onion ‘Allium Senescens’ Thanks to Joe the on the garden web forum ‘Name that plant’ for the identification. The plant stands about 2 – 2 1/2 feet tall. The flower heads are about 2 – 2 1/2 inches across the middle. Many seeds were tightly packed in the flower head. It’s too bad I missed it in bloom. Oh well, this summer I will get to see it’s beauty. The image of the flower is from Wikipedia and attributes go to Meneerke bloem for the use of the photo.
The colors of the Rudbeckia are always changing. They are very interesting to watch as the summer goes on.
In the middle picture I have cut a seed head in half so you can see the small black seeds hiding in the seed head . It is a very tedious job picking the seeds out of all the other stuff.
These Delphinium are in my sons yard and they have been established for 20 or 30 years. I think they are stunning and so do the bees. Some of these plants stand 6-8 feet tall.
The Rock Garden is my favorite flower bed. I love all the Alpine plants. It will take me awhile but I will eventually add the names of most of the plants.
These Rudbeckia plants are all over my yard. The colors are constantly changing. I have ordered seeds for a burgandy and a green Rudbeckia and can’t wait to see the flowers next summer. Rudbeckia blooms all summer and long into the fall.
2 – 4 Feet tall 2 Foot spread Full Sun/Partial Shade - Asteraceae Family
Deer and rabbit resistant - Blooms summer to early fall – Clump forming thistle plant
Globe Thistle Echinops bannaticus has long prickly stems & is a very striking & showy flower.
Great ornamental cut flower for arrangements before during & after it has bloomed.
Globe Thistle does well in any well drained soil is Drought tolerant and will reseed itself.
Sow seeds indoors or outside in early spring. Do not cover the seeds as they require light to germinate.
Will bloom in the second year. I found that harvesting the seeds was a bit difficult and time consuming.
Below please read an email received from Jonna on harvesting and sowing Echinops seeds.
Jonna’s website is http://www.seedsite.eu
The seed is in the individual parts of the seedpod.
The best time to collect these seeds is when they are loose in the seedpod. That means that you can only harvest a part of the seedpod at the same time, because the ones above will be ripe earlier than the ones below. Never use any pressure to harvest them. If you do that you’ll harvest unripe seeds. If you want to harvest a lot of seeds you’ll have to check the pods 2 times a week.
Or you can use organza bags to gather the seeds. The ones who fall in the bags are potential ripe.
After harvesting you must put them in paper bags and take out the seeds of the individual parts of the seedpod. You’ll notice that not every ‘seed’ is viable. Only the seeds that are thick and can’t be crushed with your nail are potential viable seeds. It’s a lot of work.
The seeds must be sown in autumn or winter, they prefer (or even need) a cold period. If you prefer to sow indoors you’ll have to stratisfy the seeds a few weeks.
Thank’s Jonna for your wealth of knowledge on seed collecting!
It is going to take me awhile to get the images and information of each plant onto my blog. If anyone would like the images of the seeds and information on any of these plants add a comment and I will try to get the images and info entered for you. Or email me at sherriebohan@shaw.ca for a quicker response. This list is just a start on the seeds I have harvested from plants so far. I have about 200 different plants for this list.
Stay Tuned!
Aconitum cammarum “Monkshood Bi-Color”
Aegopodium podagraria “Variegatum”- Snow On The Mountain
Alcea – Hollyhock (Black)
Alcea – Hollyhock (My Kids House)
Amaranth “Love Lies Bleeding”
Anaphalis margaritacea “Pearly Everlasting”
Anthemis tintoria Kelway “Golden Marguerite”
Beebalm Monarda “Raspberry Wine”
Campanula glomerata “Clustered Bell Flower”
Centaurea Macrocephala
Delphinium
Echinacea Coneflower “Coconut Lime”
Echinacea Coneflower “Magnum”
Echinacia “Pink Double Delight”
Echinacea “White Swan”
Foxglove Digitalis
Gaillardia “Goblin” Blanket Flower grandiflora
Gazinia “Day Break”
Heliopsis helianthoides scaba ‘Summer Sun’
Lady’s Mantle “Alchemilla Vulgaris”
Lamb’s Ear “Stachys byzantina”
Ligularia stenocephala “The Rocket”
Lupine “The Pages”
Painted Daisy
Peony “White”
Peony “Red”
Peony “Pink”
Phlox “David’s Lavender Tall Garden Phlox
Poppy “Papaver” California White Linen
Poppy “Papaver” Champagne Bubbles
Poppy “Papaver” somniferum ‘Black Beauty or Black Peony’
Thank You to everyone @ my Garden Web Forum for helping identify these 10 plants. It was a fun and interesting experiment to see how many other Gardeners there are to help out.
Plant ID
Thalictrum flavumglaucum
Lychnis
Campanula glomerata
Potentilla atrosanguinea
Echineacea Pink Double Delight Photo Compliments of Nora Dowsett
Saponaria
Phlox "David's Lavender Tall
Garden Phlox"
Petunia peaking through the Clematis Vine
Clematis "Jackmanii"
The mystery flower. Clematis or Petunia? This pink flower may have been peeking through from a plant box behind the Clematis vine. I guess I will have to wait until next summer to figure this 1 out. There are 2 Clematis plants together but I’m not sure if the pink flower is actually attached to 1 of them or not.
Zone 3-9 Hardy Great Prairie Flower Heritage Perennial Full Sun
3-4 Feet 2 Feet Attracts Butterflies Bees Birds
Blooms in Mid Summer/ Fall - Each yellow flower blooms for 2-3 Weeks
Asteraceae Family – Originating in Armenia – Great for the back of borders
Some other known names include Yellow Hardhat, Lemon Fluff, Basket Flower, Giant Knapweed, Great Golden Knapweed, Globe Centaurea, Golden Thistle, Globe Coneflower and Big Head Knapweed.
Centaurea Macrocephala is an excellent ornamental cut flower for fresh or dried arrangements. The base of the flower resembles a pinecone, artichoke or wicker basket.
Harvesting your own seeds from Centaurea Macrocephala is easy. Direct sow after the last frost in the Spring. Sow half inch deep in well drained soil.
Full Sun
3-4 Feet 
Bees 
Birds
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