Crawford Road Autumn Seed Haul
Hello friends,
Last spring I grew from seed a large number of flowering plants, in order to fill my garden with colour throughout the growing season. Some of the plant species I grew and harvested are used as dried flowers, and include plants like Calendula, Love in the Mist, Statice, and Strawflowers.
I enjoyed going out into the garden to harvest these flowers, and spent some time drying them using both the hanging, and flat lay techniques.
I'm not quite sure what to do with all these dried flowers as yet, but for now they're safely stored away in cardboard boxes waiting for the coming colder months, when I will have time to craft with them.
After enjoying growing and harvesting these flowers, I wanted to prepare for next spring by buying some more dried flower seeds from Crawford Road, a New Zealand boutique seed company.
I purchased some new to me plant species, including Ammobium Winged Everlasting, Gomphrena QIS Pink, Gomphrena Raspberry Pink, Helipterum Pierrot White, Helipterum Red, and Persian Cress.
I also purchased Matricaria Magic Lime Green, Matricaria Vegmo Snowball, Verbena Bonariensis Vanity, and two zinnia seed varieties, Zinnia Jazzy Mix and Zinnia Persian Carpet. Zinnias are not only great as fresh cut flowers, but they also dry well, and they keep their colouring for months as long as they are stored properly.
And finally I bought some more Strawflower (Apricot Peach, Cranberry Rose, Creamy White, Purple Red, Silvery Rose) and Statice seed varieties (Forever Happy, Pale Blue, Pink Pokers, QIS Lavender, and QIS Rose).
All my new seeds are now entered into my seed database, and stored in my seed storage boxes.
My plan was to sow some of them this autumn, but life has been busy, so they will now have wait until spring. I'm looking forward to seeing all these new flower varieties next growing season.
Have a wonderful day
Julie-Ann
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