Gardening: Reaping the benefits Why wait until next year to buy seed when...

The Independent - London;  October 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ......ground. Just cut off one of the spiky seed heads and shake it where you want the plants...go, and then dry them. I tie large seed heads such as sunflowers upside down in...beneath. I do the same with smaller seed heads, but use brown paper bags instead...

Flowers for free! Sow seed that you've collected yourself and you'll reap...

The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  November 13, 2005 ;     685 words ......are the easiest to grow from seed - these are plants that go from seed, to plant, to flower, to death...'s hard to comprehend that a seed no bigger than a speck of...The best time to collect seed is on a lovely dry day in...seeds are not damp. If the seed heads are still green, the ...

NATURE'S SEED PROVIDES COLORFUL FALL BOUNTY.(At Home)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  September 11, 2004 ;     578 words ......As autumn descends, gather seed-laden bunches, tie them together...to allow flowers to go to seed. The bright cone-shaped seed heads of purple coneflower are incredibly...let your sunflowers go to seed along with your bee balm...will either set their final seed before death, or their ...

Save pounds pounds pounds s by using your very own seeds;...

Birmingham Mail (England);  September 12, 2008 ;     541 words ......day to gather seeds, looking for seed heads that have turned brown and seem on...verge of splitting. Collect semi-ripe seed heads of rock plants and perennials in...in a dark, well-ventilated place. Seed heads from some species will open, releasing...

NOW IS THE TIME TO START SHOPPING FOR SEEDS

Post-Tribune (IN);  March 9, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Instead, go shopping - garden seed shopping. Plants that you start by seed in a sunny windowsill, greenhouse...from bad. Overindulgence in seed buying gives way to giving...was a few dead stems with seed heads atop them. Cosmos are annuals...basically dried stems and seed ...

gardening; BEFORE you ditch those tired summer container plants, cut down...

Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  September 11, 2008 ;     519 words ......day to gather seeds, looking for seed-heads that have turned brown and seem on...verge of splitting. Collect semi-ripe seed heads of rock plants and perennials in...in a dark, well-ventilated place. Seed heads from some species will open, releasing...

Gardens: Strip teasel; GARDENING The bare seed heads of plants like...

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  October 5, 2008 ;     636 words ......plants that are known for having super seed heads they will look really dramatic against...weeks before being followed by the seed heads - which are perfect for leaving through...light shines through the hedgehog seed heads they glow like little torches. EXPERT...

Gardening: A canopy of stars The seed heads and skeletons of alliums are...

The Independent - London;  September 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ......of onions), or you can harvest the seed heads to display through the winter, changing...point. A. cristophii has flower and seed heads which are slightly smaller, but its...and July the buds, flowers and then seed heads will lean in and over the path, forming...

Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) Associated with Seed Heads of Sarracenia...

Northeastern Naturalist;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......We discovered that spiders use seed heads of Sarracenia purpurea (Northern...July-August 2001 at Acadia National Park, seed heads (n = 301) of S. purpurea from four...of spider webbing and retreats in seed heads were greater than expected (G-test...

Garden Life; Beauty of going to seed.(Features)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  August 12, 2000 ;     700+ words ......It's often said that primula can be quite tricky from seed. Last September, a gardening friend gave me a large paper bag of seed from primula 'postford white' collected from her own plants...to flower next year. The key to success is good quality seed and the best seed is home-grown. It's fresh ...

Small beginnings Growing your plants from seed is the frugal way to a...

The Scotsman;  April 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......individually with the naked eye, to the largest known seed in the world - the Coco de Mer, a species of Indian Ocean...One of the joys of having my own nursery is collecting seed from my own plants," says McVicar. "The disadvantage is...the case, of course; I am simply allowing them to go to seed so that ...

Seed-head beauty

The Press;  January 24, 2004 ;     700+ words ......design naturalistic gardens where seed heads and browned foliage take on their...that white frost glistening on dried seed heads and grasses lit by low-slanting winter...followed by the feathery, brown seed heads of a drift of astilbe ... and so...

Consumption of fresh and buried seed by ground beetles (Coleoptera:...

European Journal of Entomology;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Key words. Seed predation, soil seed bank, preference, Carabidae, Harpalus affinis, Pseudoophonus rufipes...Abstract. Ground beetles (Carabidae: Coleoptera) are predators of the seed of herbaceous plants scattered on the ground, but prefer that of...

A GARDEN FOR ALL SEASONS; Bright berries, showy seed heads and shiny bark...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  February 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ......ornamentation to trees and shrubs. Seed heads in shades of brown can add texture...when the tree blooms in May. Showy seed heads Many shrubs, perennial flowers and...in the form of dried flowers and seed heads. While the color range is limited...

Gardening: Green-up with the soft welly shuffle; Heavy dews make this the...

The Birmingham Post (England);  August 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ......collecting your own seed you now need to let some seed-heads mature. When the seed-heads are ripe collect them on a dry day and empty the...play safe then tie a paper or muslin bag around seed-heads when they are virtually ripe - polythene can create...