Many of my plants are going to seed - basil, hyssop, agastache, nepeta, fennel, cosmos, salvias, chard, sunflowers, and more. Benefits include lots of bird activity (sunflowers especially encourage birds) and seeds for more plants. Earlier this summer I collected and sowed seeds from my salvia verbenaceae and the second generation are blooming and creating seed. This is especially good for biennials like chard. I'll now have first-year and seeding chard plants every year. One of the red chard plants has been producing seeds like crazy. The birds love this plant and lots of baby chard (pictured) are growing near the mother plant and in places where I've scattered the seeds.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Going to seed
Many of my plants are going to seed - basil, hyssop, agastache, nepeta, fennel, cosmos, salvias, chard, sunflowers, and more. Benefits include lots of bird activity (sunflowers especially encourage birds) and seeds for more plants. Earlier this summer I collected and sowed seeds from my salvia verbenaceae and the second generation are blooming and creating seed. This is especially good for biennials like chard. I'll now have first-year and seeding chard plants every year. One of the red chard plants has been producing seeds like crazy. The birds love this plant and lots of baby chard (pictured) are growing near the mother plant and in places where I've scattered the seeds.
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