poppy
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:09 pm Post subject: Eryngium alpinum (Sea Holly) growing tips needed |
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Can anyone please tell me the best way to grow these please, ive got some green pods off a plant and these pods have a single seed in them is this the seed to plant i would be grateful for advice thank you...poppy 
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eileen
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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Poppy I've grown Sea Holly here in Scotland. I found that the best time to sow the seeds is in late summer/early autumn. I just scatter the seeds pods where I want them to grow and leave them alone. I now have a nice group of Sea holly each year that I don't have to tend at all.  I doubt if this is the official way of sowing them but it works just fine for me.
I have them growing in part sun/part shade and they flower well for me each year. I now allow the seeds to fall creating a larger patch every year.
You can, however, plant them up in pots if you prefer and then transplant them into the garden once they are big enough.
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poppy
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| eileen wrote: | Poppy I've grown Sea Holly here in Scotland. I found that the best time to sow the seeds is in late summer/early autumn. I just scatter the seeds pods where I want them to grow and leave them alone. I now have a nice group of Sea holly each year that I don't have to tend at all. I doubt if this is the official way of sowing them but it works just fine for me.
I have them growing in part sun/part shade and they flower well for me each year. I now allow the seeds to fall creating a larger patch every year.
You can, however, plant them up in pots if you prefer and then transplant them into the garden once they are big enough. |
Thank you eileen will pot them up now cheers...poppy
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Droopy
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Here in Norway we have to make certain they grow in as full sun as we can give them and in a sand-mixed soil since they don't like our wet weather. They self-seed freely here and I've already given lots away. Good luck with them.
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