Every Spring I empty out my main seed tin which always has lost seeds on the bottom and plant them. It's always a nice surprise when they start blooming. This year there were only 2 mystery seeds and they looked poppy seeds. When they started flowering my jaw dropped on the greenhouse floor. I don't ever recall buying these seeds or getting them in trade.
Anyway, they are Schizanthus .. utterly beautiful flowers.
Xeramtheum
wow! i've never seen that before. beautiful.
what are the growing conditions like for this plant?
Lovely! I've never grown those before. What a nice surprise for you!
Steve
Oooooh! I'm excited. I bought a packet of them from Value Seeds and winter sowed them...I hope I get something as pretty as yours!
This is one of my favourite plants. I've been growing it almost every year since 1978 when I first saw it in spectacular hanging baskets at Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC.
http://davesgarden.com/journal/edit/showimage.php?eid=84831
This is a scanned Polaroid from 'way back but you can get an idea of the profuse bloom. Very easy to grow. I've never seen them in a nursery, so I grow them from seed every year. I have about 3 dozen growing on right now under lights in the basement.
