The objects you find in the garden when the snow and ice recedes. I found these nastuurium seeds. I do not know if they will germinate next year, but I will leave them to find out. Nature certainly has her ways of preservation.
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My great grandfather gave me my first nasturtium seed before I was in kindergarten. They were my first experience with seed. I put them out in the garden as he instructed. They grew into healthy nasturtium plants that promptly bloomed. I was so pleased with the first yellow and orange flowers, but was then briefly saddened as they deteriorated after bloom. That did not last long. New flowers bloomed as readily as old flowers deteriorated. Then, these seed appeared where the first flowers had been. I watched for a few days as they dried to become the same sort of seed that I planted to get the original plants! Half a century later, my Pa still considers nasturtium to be an invasive weed that gets everywhere. He gives them too much credit. Nasturtium grows like a perennial here, not because the individual plants last very long, but because they replace themselves so readily. Plants that grow through spring eventually succumb to the dry warmth of late summer, but before they do so, new plants grow up through their deteriorating foliage. Plants that grow through autumn eventually succumb to the cool weather of late winter, but before they do so, new plants grow up through their deteriorating foliage.
I planted the seeds in Spring, but they only flowered in late Summer because of the hot weather we had. The last flower opened in the first week of December and now all I have are a few remaining seeds. The snow and cold temperatures are now coming to a close and it seems Christmas will be 10 degrees C which is very unusual.
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My great grandfather gave me my first nasturtium seed before I was in kindergarten. They were my first experience with seed. I put them out in the garden as he instructed. They grew into healthy nasturtium plants that promptly bloomed. I was so pleased with the first yellow and orange flowers, but was then briefly saddened as they deteriorated after bloom. That did not last long. New flowers bloomed as readily as old flowers deteriorated. Then, these seed appeared where the first flowers had been. I watched for a few days as they dried to become the same sort of seed that I planted to get the original plants! Half a century later, my Pa still considers nasturtium to be an invasive weed that gets everywhere. He gives them too much credit. Nasturtium grows like a perennial here, not because the individual plants last very long, but because they replace themselves so readily. Plants that grow through spring eventually succumb to the dry warmth of late summer, but before they do so, new plants grow up through their deteriorating foliage. Plants that grow through autumn eventually succumb to the cool weather of late winter, but before they do so, new plants grow up through their deteriorating foliage.
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I planted the seeds in Spring, but they only flowered in late Summer because of the hot weather we had. The last flower opened in the first week of December and now all I have are a few remaining seeds. The snow and cold temperatures are now coming to a close and it seems Christmas will be 10 degrees C which is very unusual.
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Well, if these seed ripen, you can put them out after winter.
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I will try.
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Nasturtiums in waiting!
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Who knows?
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