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Windowsill progress
Somewhat to my surprise, the fifth and final anemone has now shown its head, looking very smuch smaller and weedier than the others; we now have a 100% survival rate over the winter. However, not only were they a long way behind the ones growing outside, they have yet to show any signs of flowering or doing anything beyond producing one leaf each. They may have been given to me as suitable windowsill plants last autumn, but as forced flowers they are obviously a complete non-starter: if they had been put into the cold earth outside they would probably have done better!
On the other hand, my £3 mystery seed has germinated with great enthusiasm. in consecutive order according to its variety. I still have no idea what any of them are, though the first seedlings are just begining to show their true leaves (something pinnate). There are some tiny ones that were the latest to germinate and must have come from seed like dust, some with a round cupped seed like a miniature poppy head (but different), some from long thin black and white sticks, some that came up with seed leaves so pale as to be almost white and are now showing intriguing signs of blushing pink, some with bright orange seed husks, and probably more....
I have also planted some apple pips in the hopes of creating 'pippins' for a 'native woodland hedge' in a year or two, which are currently in fashion. If and when they fruit in five years' time, the fruits will be small sour throwbacks, as the vast majority of randomly sprouted hedgerow pippins are, but the wildlife doesn't mind :-)
On the other hand, my £3 mystery seed has germinated with great enthusiasm. in consecutive order according to its variety. I still have no idea what any of them are, though the first seedlings are just begining to show their true leaves (something pinnate). There are some tiny ones that were the latest to germinate and must have come from seed like dust, some with a round cupped seed like a miniature poppy head (but different), some from long thin black and white sticks, some that came up with seed leaves so pale as to be almost white and are now showing intriguing signs of blushing pink, some with bright orange seed husks, and probably more....
I have also planted some apple pips in the hopes of creating 'pippins' for a 'native woodland hedge' in a year or two, which are currently in fashion. If and when they fruit in five years' time, the fruits will be small sour throwbacks, as the vast majority of randomly sprouted hedgerow pippins are, but the wildlife doesn't mind :-)
