[gardeners] Seeds available
Cynthia Mayeaux (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 17 Oct 1998 12:29:23 -0400
Seeds I have right now, as of October 1998. Will trade, or send without
trade (send SASE), contact me at cmayeaux@traverse.com
Any instructions or growing characteristics are based on being grown in my
Great Lakes zone 4b/5a (Sunset 41) area.
· Anthemis tinctoria (golden marguerite) - Easy to grow, reseeds itself.
Yellow daisylike flower excellent for cutting or drying. Perennial.
· Carrot, Thumbelina.
· Centaurea (bachelor buttons) - vibrant blue annual.
· Cleome - Annual, light pink.
· Cosmos bippinatus - Mixed pink, magenta, white, annual. These are some
of my favorite flowers, they bloom and bloom and bloom.
· Datura - White, annual.
· Dianthus (maiden pinks) - Very easy to grow. Low growing, pink flowers,
perennial.
· Gailardia - all yellow perennial wildflower, blooms second year.
· Helichrysum (strawflower) - Annual.
· Hyssopus officinalis (Hyssop) - Perennial herb, gets purple flower stalks.
· Malva alcea (Hollyhock Mallow) - Very easy to grow perennial.
· Marigold - Tall (1 ft.) orange or yellow (mixed up seeds) annual.
· Melampodium (orange cosmos) - Vivid orange annual. Looks great with
blues. Another of my favorite annuals.
· Monarda - Purple, I've never tried to grow these from seed. Perennial.
· Muscari (grape hyacinth) - Never tried these from seed, probably takes as
couple of years to get a bloom, want to try?
· Nicotiana alata (flowering tobacco) - White night bloomer with a powerful
scent. Annual, reseeds.
· Nigella (love-in-the-mist) - Annual, light blue flowers, threadlike
foliage. Purple and green seed pod forms and is great for dried crafts.
Will reseed itself.
· Petunia - pink or purple (mixed up seeds) annual.
· Pole Beans, Kentucky Blue
· Pole Beans, Purple Peacock
· Pyrethrum (painted daisy) - I haven't tried these seeds.
· Radish mix - Revosa/Easter Egg/Cherry Belle.
· Rudbeckia goldstrum (black-eyed susan) - deep red-bronze and yellow
perennial (I plant in spring and have blossoms in late summer until first
snow.
· Scabiosa (blue mist) - I've never tried to grow these from seed but
collected anyway. Perennial.
· Swiss Chard, Bright Lights.
· Zinnia - Mixed colors, annual.
If you have a group or organization needing large amounts, let me know...
I'm a compulsive seed saver.
Cynthia
**Womyn Who Moves Mountains-Little Finger Of Michigan**
**cmayeaux@traverse.com **USDA zone 4b-Sunset zone 41**
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