Looking

[rosebud]

For Cardoon seeds please has anyone got a flower head to spare?
EJ, sent me one last year but the young woman who helps me out decided it was a dead flower head and put it in the bin, without asking me if i wanted it .

[rosebud]

[Mrs Ava]

Mary, I can send you another entire head as I have lots in bloom at the moment.  If you are okay to wait until they are dry, they are all yours!  ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

Have you got one to spare?

[rosebud]

Thank you very much Emma, whenever you are ready :) :)

[Mrs Ava]

Yes Robert - if you can wait a few weeks for them to get nicely dry, I will cut them down and happily send you one.  ;D

[Mrs Ava]

As you can see, they get mighty tall!  ;D  I am hoping to grow some fresh ones just for the garden as they look amazing and the bees LOVE them!

[Robert_Brenchley]

I've got no problem waiting since I won't be planting yet anyway. Let me know when they're ready, thanks.

[Jitterbug]

Good grief - what absolute monsters!! But they are beautiful flowers and I really love them.  I howver do not have any space until I get my allottment.

Jitterbug

[Mrs Ava]

Rosebud and Robert, the cardoon seeds are at the ready.  If you PM me your addresses, I will get them posted this week for you.

;D

[shirlton]

Hi Emma Jane I would be grateful for  afew seeds love, anything to encourage the bees

[Rosyred]

Can you do anything with them or are they just a flower? Could I have some seeds if you got any left please. Bees we need these pollenation machines down at our lot. Do you sow them every year??

[Robert_Brenchley]

It's a perennial, though it's apparently frost-sensitive. It can be used as a vegetable if you blanch it by wrapping something round the stems, but I want to try it as an ornamental.

[Mrs Ava]

OKay, I have peeled back the layers and have seeds.  What a palava!  ;D  Would you prefer sorted seeds, or entire heads?  Sorted seeds is about 25 or so seeds, entire heads could be about 100 seeds I suppose. 

Rosy - pm me your addy and I can send you some.
Shirlton, I will stick a packet of seeds in with your cheque if that is okay.

I plan (famous last words) to go to the postoffice around 2pm so if I haven't heard before then, I will just stick in a packet of the sorted seeds for you all.

Cheers

[Robert_Brenchley]

Sorted seeds would be fine if you've done them already, or you could save yourself the trouble and put a flower head, or part of one, in the post and I'll sort them.

[rosebud]

Just got back this evening Emma, and the seeds were here thank you very much.  Mary ;D.

[Mrs Ava]

You are welcome Mary.  Rosy, I have them here, just gotta drop them in the post box - fingers tightly crossed, they will hit Royal Mail tomorrow!  ;D

[Rosyred]

Thanks EJ