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Jewels of Opar - seeds
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Posted by
tomncath St.Pete-Z10A-Heat 10 (
My Page) on
Mon, Jul 23, 12 at 20:18
| Don't remember who at Lori's swap I got this lovely little plant from but it truly is a "jewel" with it's delicate petite flowers. I cut off the stalks, crushed the pods and was amazed how many seeds each small pod produced, about the size of amaranth seeds but much easier to harvest. I probably have 1000 seeds from one stalk, if anyone wants to give it a try, just drop me a line....
Tom
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RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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| have both the variegated and lime green jewels. one of my favorite and easy to propagate plants in the garden. never had them self seed? some are over six or seven years old, freeze to the ground every year and pop right back up each spring. great plant! cuttings are so easy! will be watching to see how the seeds do.....m |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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- Posted by tomncath St.Pete-Z10A-Heat 10 (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 24, 12 at 7:36
| Hummmmm, maybe I jumped the gun. Guess I'd better start some seeds to see if they are viable.... Tom |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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| I had one of these show up in a pot and it's come back for the past few years. Last year I didn't get any of the seeds from the previous year to germinate but this year a few have but they did so on their own, I had given up saving the seeds (in unheated shed.) Judging from the number of seeds each plant makes, I may be sorry for putting this plant in a bed but they seem pretty easy to pull and will be right at home with the 27,000 oak sprouts also in that bed. This native is too cute to not keep around though, and what a long bloom time, still sending up new stalks! I wonder if they need light, like Coleus seeds, to sprout? |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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- Posted by saldut 9-10 st pete, fl (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 24, 12 at 16:02
| Hi Tom - I've never tried Jewels of Opar, but sure would like to, if convenient for you please could you send me a few seeds? I appreciate it, and if there's anything in my garden you would like, it is yours- for the digging! Thanx again, sally |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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  lime green is new last year. only done cuttings, same cool pin size blooms. great plant! |
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- Posted by tomncath St.Pete-Z10A-Heat 10 (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 24, 12 at 19:45
| Beautiful M, I love this plant too. Folks, hold off and let me see if this seed idea is worth bothering with.... Tom |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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| I had some of them. They reseeded readily in every pot in the greenhouse and on the floor. |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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Not much luck with the varigated, but the common plant grows all over the place. I don't think you could kill it. It volunteers freely.
theo |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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| Sorry if what I said gave the impression the seeds were difficult to grow. My thought at the time was that I didn't why my seeds failed (either in storage or sowing) and was hoping this thread would help. After reading the other anecdotes, sounds like it would do well with winter sowing. Hope it's not one of those annoying types that only wants to sprout where it's not wanted. (wink!) 
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RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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| Like I said it shows up everywhere in the greenhouse. Easy to pull out or transplant if you don't want it in everything. They are quite cute when they are flowering. The varigated one is even prettier. I bought one in Melbourne, Fl. years ago and they were charging about 5 bucks for a tiny pot of it. |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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| Mine reseeds well,the regular and the lime green one |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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| mine must be sterile....:) glad it works for ya. cuttings here, much easier. |
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- Posted by tomncath St.Pete-Z10A-Heat 10 (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 1, 12 at 19:40
| No sprouts yet but I just sprinkled seed in some small containers Sunday 7/29 and have them outside in the shade. Do they need to be pressed into the soil or covered? Anybody know? Tom |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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I love this little plant, it has such spirit. A certain little bee hovers around and they take no notice of me as I walk around. I think the seeds just blow in the wind, grow where they want to, but it is not invasive.
There is another slightly bigger plant similar to the Jewels of Opar, but I don't know what it is. I like plants that just 'grow'.
theo |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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| Mine was never covered that came up by themselves in the greenhouse, unless watering them disturbed the soil some. The seeds are so tiny I would think that watering would sink them enough. I used to work for a man that would lay his tomato seeds on the seed mix and water them in. It worked well for him. |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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- Posted by tomncath St.Pete-Z10A-Heat 10 (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 23, 12 at 10:02
| Looks like the seed is viable, only three of the five came up but the seeds are so small maybe I didn't get them in all the pots.... 
Tom |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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| i stand corrected, found a bunch of the lime green ones coming up, first year i've had it. variegated one, nothing! have had it in the ground for years, never a one. looks like yours are the lime ones. started twenty five pots of cuttings from the variegated, much quicker than seed, but sterile i presume...:) |
RE: Jewels of Opar - seeds
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- Posted by tomncath St.Pete-Z10A-Heat 10 (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 25, 12 at 18:26
| Thanks M, I'll try some cuttings. I just love to watch seeds grow.... Tom |
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lime green is new last year. only done cuttings, same cool pin size blooms. great plant!
