That would be great - I think I found a couple of small lupine starts in one of the gardens (at least I think they are since they are a bi-annual and I could be off on my leaf identification). but if I throw some seed out this year, I might be able to get the whole cycle started so I have them every year.
What started out as a few Black Eyed Susan’s.. has filled out the front bed pretty much... plus my Naked Ladies have decided to show up....
I found a tub of all the remaining seeds at big orange box store today. I wonder if seeds hold til next year? The field grass area in the side yard is just about done. The lupine seeds never sprouted. I have voles living in there making mounds on the lawn. The foxglove and columbine tanked. 14 turkeys went through and probably ate all the bugs in there. It just looks unkempt. I'm thinking it may go back to lawn for the remainder of the year. Black eyed Susan's or purple coneflowers would look great there next year. I want to plant sunflowers next year by the wasteland on the side of the barn. All the blackberries bushes never produced. Maybe time to mow them down. I need another two wood racks set up in that space. The front wildflower patch struggled and lost out to the crabgrass. I weed whacked that area and ran the tractor over it to mulch it. I'm starting to see the other wildflower patch go by. Fall is not far off.
If you can place the seeds in the fridge, they will last longer. Are you sure the lupines didn't sprout? Those are a plant that grows starts the first year, then the next year (or sometimes 3 years later), bloom. I always have that problem that I plant blooming lupines then the next year pull the little starts thinking they are wild geranium weeds so there goes my crop for the next year .
I could not find any. I left that area undisturbed since I threw the seeds down, so I would expect them to have some size to them.
Kiddo and I saw a hummingbird moth last week, it went pot by pot on the dark purple petunia's. Very cool, I have never seen one before. It appeared like a hummingbird but not quite right from the ones I've had before. Lucky, he stuck around and both of us got a pretty good look, so cool! AND a week of so before that we both saw Sandhill Cranes in real life too. Almost comical 3 big birds standing around in a swamped cow pasture, still there 3 hours later when we drove past them on the way home too. HUGE.
Still have some day lilies blooming, but the real interest of mine right now is the tree Hydrangea From the house side From this side you can tell where the deep shade is - right where the blooms stop. And then there is the Autum Fire sedum that is starting to blush
Our provincial government put out this booklet on invasive flowers that take over the native natural one. I thought it was quite interesting. Unfortunately one of the flowers listed is one of my favourites although I have been only admiring it in the wild not realizing that it is an import. I thought it might be interesting reading for fishingpol as you are trying to establish a wild flower patch. Edit: I don't know if anyone can open this. Let me know.
I could open it. There is some overlap in species between your area and mine, so I found out some interesting info about invasives here.
At my last place Bachelor's buttons got way out of hand - and ants love them so transport seeds everywhere! I am currently fighting spurge that came with some day lilies. This year I've only had a couple of starts that I've had to pull but they are masters of hiding in "good" foliage and it is especially hard to find them when they meld with the creeping phlox. I did find it interesting that in at least one case, they suggested using an Asian native.
Those Yellow ones don't seem to want to start dying back - they still look nice and gold. I'll keep checking them though. I did cut a couple of the Sombrero Flamenco Orange ones that are starting to turn. I have them up where the cats can't get to them while they finish drying. I have been holding onto false indigo pods that ripened a couple of weeks ago. Just a reminder of the colors - Sombrero Flamenco Orange Sombrero Granada Gold Since I work in Nashua, I will drop them off some time.