Well, shoot. I was really looking forward to growing those.
Today, I have been sorting and cleaning seeds and packing them in little envelopes and labeling them, etc. Igot to the cup with the hardy hib. seed heads in it and got started -- and found a couple little tiny bugs. Thought, oh well, and being the kindhearted fool I am, I carefully carried them outside.
Right away when I got back to the seedheads, there were more bugs, and more. I decided to take this part of the project outside.
And in the sunlight I saw that every one of the seeds had been colonized by a bug -- some kind of weevil I believe. One seed actually started running around on little bug legs, as the critter tried to get away from what was clearly becoming a bug debacle.
Very sadly and with great regret, I put the whole mess of seedheads and bugs in the garbage. I doubt there was a viable seed left in there anyway; they all had little holes in them like beads.
So.... I will be looking to collect seeds from the hardy hib that's growing right here, instead.
I do love collecting seeds around and about! and this is my first ever such experience.
