Oh my gracious mercy me, what seeds did I get? Well, this friend has been saving some things for a while, some of these are in packages packed for 1999. They've been carefully stored so I expect some if not most will still be viable. Others are from 2006 and some from 2009. There are many varieties of sunflower (yes!) and a couple packs of cosmos, one a mix of the usual pink and purple, and one a white variety. There is a packet of lavender seeds. (L. angustifolia) Some white nicotiana, some Argostemma (corn cockle --I'd seen it I think but didn't know about it much), some ipomopsis -- new to me, looks wonderful (TX wildflower, hummingbird plant). Uh, what else? Some Sweet Annie -- an annual Artemesia used in wreaths and herbally as a cancer remedy! Oh, other things I've forgotten now. I just sorted through all those and grouped them for what I want to try now and what I'll hang on to.
Oh there was a pack of Asclepias -- forget which one.
And this is without even opening the ones that came in the mail. I forget which group that is, I've ordered seeds from a couple of places and not sure which these are until I look. I am going to sow some kale so that's probably in there....
If my body holds up, I'm gonna have a garden, by dinkum!
I remember getting into an argument on DG once, about perennials and annuals, because I said I thought those were mostly human designations and plants themselves don't really fall into such neat categories. I said it more eloquently then of course -- and someone took great issue with my assertion!
