Cinda
I love the hyascent vine sweet-pea-like flowers, too. But I don't cut & gather them in the flower stage because the purple seed pods are even more beautiful. I let the pods dry on the vine, to be collected at maturity for next years garden.
"Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing." Shakespeare
I like this combo, the hummers really appreciate the black and blue salvia, the orange yellow Bananas BBQ Ligularia not so much, guessing to much work, but they try it every day.
As Yogi Berra said, βIt's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.β
Central Florida (Zone 9a) I recycle, reuse, repurpose!
Cinda, love those Zinnia's, but love all your photos and RJ I love that Black & Blue Salvia. I used to have that in my garden and I loved the scent. I also love the chartreuse color of the leaves with that blue. Thanks so much to both of you for posting those pics.
there were 4 butterflies in the zinnia patch today
I am going to tag the flowers I like ,to collect seeds for next year ....may have a large patch out in the pasture just for the butterflies in the fall.
katesflowers said: Save all the seed heads after frost ! Just separate & label your favorites.
This gal is getting saved. Too funny.
Kathy, can you collect any of the flower heads before frost? I'm going to collect mine this year for the first time to save myself some money on seeds. My zinnias are out of control with an abundance of blooms I can harvest from! Wondering what signs to look for though so I know if they're ready to be collected or not. Or if I should just tag my favorites and wait a few weeks? Here was one of my first bouquets of the season. :)
I am not sure what others do but I wait till the petals go brown before collecting for seeds
unfortunately some times the birds beat me to the best seeds
Thanks Cinda! That's really helpful. I think I'm on the right track then ππΌ I loved seeing your garden through the seasons in this thread. You have some beautiful ephemerals I'd love to add to my garden one day!!