28 June 2024

igenlode: The pirate sloop 'Horizon' from "Treasures of the Indies" (Default)


I planted up a chunk of self-sown seedlings that didn't look like the standard corn-marigold/poppy/camomile mix, and they are turning out to be offspring of last year's trough flowers. Above we have a much more vigorous specimen of the mystery Linaria which now actually *is* showing a tendency to grow its flowers in spikes, so I think it genuinely is a toadflax cultivar -- a Linaria purpurea that isn't purple!
https://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/Toadflax-Springside-White/


We also have a crop of the Gypsophila vaccaria, and an unexpected purple cornflower in the trough, which I think comes from the 'Flowers for Birds' seed rather than being an offspring of the original cornfield mix!

Interestingly enough it is looking as if I genuinely do have germination from the saved seed that I planted (and it definitely was a Swan River daisy in there, presumably pink... Read more... )

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