Seeds Arrived
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birdfeedingTwo of my seed orders arrived today ...
Buffalo Seed Company
Basil: Grex
This is a grex population we acquired from Joseph Lofthouse in Paradise, Utah. A grex is a mixture of varieties grown together. The grex is able to cross pollinate freely with other members of the grex, which leads to a diverse population capable of evolving to change. This particular grex has numerous forms and colors.
Cypress Vine: Red
This annual flowering vine can grow up to 15 feet in a single season and is great to grow along a trellis or fence. Native to Central America and parts of tropical South America, the species is happy in the early months of Kansas City summers and will flower into the fall season. This is a real treat to experience and our local pollinators will thank you for planting it.
Native (Kansas) Wildflower: Lemon Beebalm
Lemon Beebalm is a native annual plant that produce extravagant white, purple, and pink colored flowers, that when crushed, emit a lemony oregano scent. The flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Can be added to salads, teas, flavor meats, and is good in desserts. Good medicinal and insect repellant. We wild harvested these seeds from the land we steward in Garnett, Kansas.
This year's bonus gift was a packet of 'Red Spike' amaranth seeds. The young leaves and mature seeds are edible. I've never grown amaranth before, so this will be interesting. If it sets seed, I expect the birds will be very excited, because amaranth produces zillions of tiny grainlike seeds. I am imagining tall red spires festooned with yellow goldfinches and blue indigo buntings. :D
Territorial Seed Company
TOWERS OF FLOWERS
Give your summer flower garden wings with this glorious blend of stately sunflowers and climbing bloomers! The 6–7 foot tall sunflowers provide the structure to support a mix of morning glory, thunbergia, cowpea and firecracker vine. Direct sow a row of Towers of Flowers and the resulting display is a solid wall of interlacing blooms. Exceptional as a living and blooming privacy screen, partition for a bistro vignette or garden room and, of course, a strong draw for pollinators and hummingbirds. Planting rate: 5 grams per 9 square feet. Germination code: (4)
I was annoyed by the packaging on this. There is not a complete list of seeds, nor specific planting instructions (e.g. light, water). The back is just a complete list of all the germination codes, and the relevant one was not stamped on the front. Sure I can look it up, but it's annoying that I have to.
Buffalo Seed Company
Basil: Grex
This is a grex population we acquired from Joseph Lofthouse in Paradise, Utah. A grex is a mixture of varieties grown together. The grex is able to cross pollinate freely with other members of the grex, which leads to a diverse population capable of evolving to change. This particular grex has numerous forms and colors.
Cypress Vine: Red
This annual flowering vine can grow up to 15 feet in a single season and is great to grow along a trellis or fence. Native to Central America and parts of tropical South America, the species is happy in the early months of Kansas City summers and will flower into the fall season. This is a real treat to experience and our local pollinators will thank you for planting it.
Native (Kansas) Wildflower: Lemon Beebalm
Lemon Beebalm is a native annual plant that produce extravagant white, purple, and pink colored flowers, that when crushed, emit a lemony oregano scent. The flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Can be added to salads, teas, flavor meats, and is good in desserts. Good medicinal and insect repellant. We wild harvested these seeds from the land we steward in Garnett, Kansas.
This year's bonus gift was a packet of 'Red Spike' amaranth seeds. The young leaves and mature seeds are edible. I've never grown amaranth before, so this will be interesting. If it sets seed, I expect the birds will be very excited, because amaranth produces zillions of tiny grainlike seeds. I am imagining tall red spires festooned with yellow goldfinches and blue indigo buntings. :D
Territorial Seed Company
TOWERS OF FLOWERS
Give your summer flower garden wings with this glorious blend of stately sunflowers and climbing bloomers! The 6–7 foot tall sunflowers provide the structure to support a mix of morning glory, thunbergia, cowpea and firecracker vine. Direct sow a row of Towers of Flowers and the resulting display is a solid wall of interlacing blooms. Exceptional as a living and blooming privacy screen, partition for a bistro vignette or garden room and, of course, a strong draw for pollinators and hummingbirds. Planting rate: 5 grams per 9 square feet. Germination code: (4)
I was annoyed by the packaging on this. There is not a complete list of seeds, nor specific planting instructions (e.g. light, water). The back is just a complete list of all the germination codes, and the relevant one was not stamped on the front. Sure I can look it up, but it's annoying that I have to.
