Blue bonnets

[lovetoread]

I would love to figure out how to grow blue bonnets for my class at school. I am not a plant person but I try.

[JoAnn Purser]

The seed is actually sewn in the fall prior to rains and cold.

There are plants at nurseries available too for an instant gratification.

[Ludwig]

One can fake it by placing the seed in the freezer for a couple of weeks. They do, however, germinate around the 1st week of February so you need to plan ahead.

[JoAnn Purser]

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I would love to figure out how to grow blue bonnets for my class at school. I am not a plant person but I try.

An interesting discovery within the bloom is the "cat claw" you could show to the children.

Peel away the blue petals and you will find this "claw".

[IronErnin]

Didn't Mrs Johnson (Lady Bird) endow some program to provide seeds free of charge to interested parties? Whatever happened to that?

[mac]

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One can fake it by placing the seed in the freezer for a couple of weeks. They do, however, germinate around the 1st week of February so you need to plan ahead.

it always helps to rough 'em up a little bit with a fingernail file or emory board or something like that or, even better, to crack the seed like you would a nut.....mac

[mac]

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Didn't Mrs Johnson (Lady Bird) endow some program to provide seeds free of charge to interested parties? Whatever happened to that?

they're still there.......in a barrel....well, actually a keg right there in the gift shop next to the t shirts. problem is that most of the time they don't have any bags so you have to use your shirt pocket or the cellophane off of your cigarettes.....mac

[IronErnin]

And where IS this barrel?

[mac]

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And where IS this barrel?

don't know why but I assumed that we were talkin' 'bout the lady bird Johnson wildflower center down there in Austin. supposedly the seeds comes from her ranch....but who knows....if some of you haven't been there you might wanna think about it befor it gets too hot. it's really a great way to spend a day or afternoon........mac

[IronErnin]

What I meant was that I thought there was a place to which you could write and they'd send you a packet of flower seeds. What about sending a SASE to the Wildflower Center? Do you think they'd do that?