Comments on: ‘Eden’s Paintbrush’ Japanese Iris

By: woof001

woof001 — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:21:05 +0000

It’s beautiful.
Attached is Japanese Iris in my garden.

http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/kwoof001/diary/200605230001/

By: Administrator

Administrator — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:09:31 +0000

The thing about seeds is that they will not grow true to parent. Meaning that your seeds won’t look just like the parent.

In general though, harvest the seeds when the plant is ready for you to do so (when the seeds start falling by themself) then store them in a cool, dry, place out of direct light and start them indoors in late winter or outdoors in spring once all danger of frost has passed.

Also the seeds of a bulb plant like gladiolus will not flower their first year, possibly not even their second year, so in general people don’t save such seeds and just buy larger plants from nurseries.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:46:51 +0000

Hope you’ve had more than a few dealings with gladoilus… We’ve inadvertently let the flowers go to seed pods but have no idea how to handle, store and germinate the seeds. Know an answer to that one? Wunderfull garden!