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 .
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
Have you got one to spare?
Thank you very much Emma, whenever you are ready :) :)
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
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!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/Mrsava/cardoons_giants.jpg)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/Mrsava/tallest_cardoon_competition.jpg)
I've got no problem waiting since I won't be planting yet anyway. Let me know when they're ready, thanks.
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
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.
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Hi Emma Jane I would be grateful for afew seeds love, anything to encourage the bees
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??
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.
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
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.
Just got back this evening Emma, and the seeds were here thank you very much. Mary ;D.
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
Thanks EJ