From Seed to Flower in 49 Days

When we lived not far from where you are now, we had a whole yard full of beautiful nasturtium flowers. They are one of my favorite plants, right up there with poppies and anenomes! I have eaten nasturtium flowers too.

I will try to get a picture of them for you! Are they always orange? Too many times, I se them by the side of the road, but I cannot eat them as they are the same level as dogs, if you know what I mean! I will try to grow them again.

Jasmine is nice. It smells very pretty in the evening. I put the name of this flower with the photo so if you click on the photo you will see its name.

I never would have guessed!

Could it have been a honeysuckle? We used to suck the juice from them growing up on the farm. Here are some of the 180 species of honeysuckle.

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That is a beautiful link, thanks. I did not see it before!

I totally love elephant garlic and have never grown that. I have to try some in my contraption, although I'd have to find a nutrient formula that would encourage the flower growth at the expense of the bulbs, as with my method the roots would go in the water but the bulbs, I presume, would have to be suspended in air just above the water and below the growing surface. Did you buy garlic sets or plant some from the grocery store?

I bought them at the grocery store. Although, if you can find them, sets are always better. I cut the flower stalks off of the ones that I wanted to use for garlic bulbs and left the others for the flowers. Personally, I think the flowers taste better than the bulbs. LOL

I wonder why he does not want to be recognized, is he growing MJ? Yes, violets. I forgot about those being edible and now I must keep an eye out for violet seed and plant some as they are so lovely.

Although I don't do wine, we used to harvest elderberries along the roadside (back before they had blacktops and other trappings of "civilization) and juice them. The juice is quite delicious and one doesn't not hear about it often any more. I wonder why not? Acai and Goji and all those good things are all the rage, but I bet elderberries are healthy too.

Hehehe, yes, that's what he was growing drannhh.

I love the way violets look under an apple tree, with the apple blossoms scattered amongst them. It is so serenely beautiful.

Yeah, that's weird about how particular food items become the rage for awhile and then go out of favor. I love the way Elderberries look, hanging in those clusters of dainty purple berries.

When we were camping in Ohio, where I found the Elderberries growing, on my evening walk I noticed that they were all ripe. I made a mental note to come the next day with a basket, but by the time I got there at about 10AM they were all gone! Every single one of them!!! The birds must have had a yummy breakfast!

Gotta get up early to beat the birds! All those flowers are so wonderful. Bummer, I've missed out, as I never ate an elderberry flower~!

No, the flowers had turned into rich purple berries. It was the berries the birds were eating. But I took cuttings from those bushes and now I have 7 ft saplings in my backyard! No flowers or berries yet but I suspect that I will see some next year!

Well, yes, I love kelp seasoning too. Hubby does not like it on his food, though, so like the curry just season mine with it after cooking.

How is your pothos doing? We still have two of those in dirty, but I just started 3 new plants rooting in my "clone" machine, lol.

Oh the Pothos is beautiful Ann, thank you for asking, and I did get my 'seaweed' stuff today..I will need it, as I have my grown son here and the nephew is also coming to me now for the summer here in one small room hahahha. Amazing how many friends you gain while living by the sea..Oh I love it!
This is so cool, this cloning machine you have Ann.
Well, I must tell you a friend here was moving out today from here and asked me to go up the road with her to assist in getting the new room. I did, and while I was there, I saw the beautiful hanging plants with the red bells on them, do you know the name of them? Well, I asked the owner if I could have a sprig of the plant, and I promptly put it in water to root and will hopefully have a new plant soon.
I also got a free tomato plant, and a sweet pea plant by the side of the road..2 plants with a rock in front of them saying FREE LOL, and I never would have seen them if I had not been on my trusty bicycle.
Love the plants, and have put up a nice iron shelf in the back of my window facing the sun, actually a table, and it works well to put all the friends plants out to sun and I can see them so beautiful in the morning sun and the soft rain falling on them Ann..what a beautiful sight. xoxoxoxo

Hey, that is a great description of the flowers, and although you wrote it months ago, I just want to add that a sweet pea "seed" we planted on August 9 just sprouted today. Soon we will have flowers I hope!

Such a pretty flower! When I was a child there were flowers that grew wild in the hills that I loved to suck the nectar from, but they were very different from your Gulmohar, which is the color of our edible Nasturtium flower but very different, too, I guess, as it grows on a vine instead of a tree among other things.

I am so clueless about many plants and should look this up, but are Sweet Williams part of the carnation family as well? I think I will try growing them next.

I was going to immediately say "yes", but decided to give it a quick look up, and I still will say "yes". The description makes me feel like I should plant it sometie.

That Medieval House sounds very cool! Can you help me out here, however, as I do not believe I know what a cheese plant is. Can you describe it for me? Maybe I know it by another name.

Hi there a Swiss Cheese plant or Monstera Delicosa. They grow great big leaves with holes in them. I've not worked out how to add photos yet. Maybe if your stuck I can get a pic uploaded? The place we went to was Kentwell hall if you ever visit the UK. Although I'm sure there are other places that do that type of thing around.

That is my problem too, I could not ruin the blossom in its prime just to satisfy my taste. On the other hand, I eat the greens from my Okra plants so fast than I doubt if they will ever have a chance to make the vegetable. The leaves are probably more healthy anyway, but I want to see the flowers. After flowering, however, they say the leaves of the plant are not tasty anymore. I will have to choose!