Pros:

  • Massive quantities of flowers for about 3 months
  • Bees love the blooms
  • The plant doesn’t need any care to thrive
  • We’ve transplanted a few of the seedlings. They’re true to their parent in terms of color, but the parents seems like a double bloom and the children seem like single bloom
  • If you want a hedge, this seems like a good option

Cons:

  • Seeds! So many seeds. Each of its hundreds (thousands?) of flowers will produce 10+ seeds. They all don’t germinate, but it’s a numbers game. If you want to avoid pulling volunteers up you’re best off pulling the seed pods off the plant before they open on their own

I pulled ~2 gallons of seed pods off a week prior to this picture. My wife dumped them in the compost, so no epic 5+ gallon photo 😭

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
12 points

Seeds in the compost? I hope you got them early, or that compost heap will be smothered next spring!

permalink
report
reply
9 points

Thankfully the seeds don’t seem very robust. This is year three of just tossing them into the pile and none have grown in it so far.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

It’s, uh, self-nitrogenising compost.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Gardening

!gardening@lemmy.world

Create post

Your Ultimate Gardening Guide.

Rules

  1. Be respectful and inclusive.
  2. No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
  3. Engage in constructive discussions.
  4. Share relevant content.
  5. Follow guidelines and moderators’ instructions.
  6. Use appropriate language and tone.
  7. Report violations.
  8. Foster a continuous learning environment.

Community stats

  • 601

    Monthly active users

  • 196

    Posts

  • 1K

    Comments