Saturday, May 2, 2020

Seed Collections from Botanical Interests

Anyone who knows me knows that I am an avid listmaking person. (And I'm unaccountably fond of making spreadsheets and color-coded file folders.)

I'm also using Amazon quite a lot, as I know many people are, so that I'm not going into stores. When I went onto Amazon to look for Botanical Interests nasturtium and marigold seeds I found that I can't buy them individually, but only as parts of seed collections. This doesn't bother me, except that the photos of the collections are so tiny and you can't zoom into them! The only way to know what is in them is to click on each link and then (if you're like me) you forget as soon as you've started looking at the next one, which makes it hard to compare and decide what you want to buy.

Therefore, I'm going to make a note of all the Botanical Interests seed collections currently (05/02/20) available on Amazon in the hopes that it is helpful to me as I organize my thoughts, and maybe to someone else too.

If I buy some seed packets as part of a collection and don't plant them this year, I can give them as a gift, save them for next year, or use them in lessons. Young children love to see how seeds from different plants are different! Seeds of different sizes and shapes can be used in seed mandala projects. We love to put seeds in handmade paper pulp for "plantable paper." They can also be used in all Science experiments on seed germination (racing seeds in a glove, seeing how seeds respond to different conditions).



Butterfly Garden and Monarch Way Collection

    1 - Butterfly Flower "Milkweed"
    2 - Milkweed "Common Milkweed"
    3 - Milkweed "Irresistible Blend"
    4 - Milkweed "Showy Milkweed"
    5 - Heirloom Delphinium "Butterfly Blend"
    6 - Dill "Tetra"
    7 - Flower Mix "Bring Home the Butterflies"
    8 - Flower Mix "Precious Pollinators"
    9 - Hollyhock "Happy Lights"
    10 - Hyssop "Lavender"
    11 - Nasturtium "Jewel Blend"
    12 - Heirloom Verbena "Brazilian Vervain"



For the Birds (and Bees and Butterflies) Collection

    1 - Flower Mix "Bring Home the Butterflies"
    2 - Flower Mix "Hummingbird Haven"
    3 - Flower Mix "Precious Pollinators"
    4 - Flower Mix "Save the Bees"
    5 - Flower Mix "Songbird Delight"



Bees, Butterflies, and Hummingbirds Collection

    1 - Heirloom Cosmos "Sea Shells Blend"
    2 - Flower Mix "Bring Home the Butterflies"
    3 - Flower Mix "Fairy Meadow"
    4 - Flower Mix "Save the Bees"
    5 - Heirloom Hollyhock "The Watchman"
    6 - Lavender "Hidcote Blue"
    7 - Milkweed "Irresistible Blend"
    8 - Heirloom Organic Sunflower "Lemon Queen"
    9 - Heirloom Zinnia "California Giants"
    10 - Heirloom Zinnia "Cut and Come Again"



Pollinator Garden Collection

    1 - Alyssum "Allure Pastel Blend"
    2 - Black Eyed Susan
    3 - Flower Mix "Precious Pollinators"
    4 - Heirloom Foxglove "Gloxiniflora Blend"
    5 - Heirloom Four O'Clock "Marvel of Peru"
    6 - Heirloom Hyssop "Lavender"
    7 - Milkweed "Showy"
    8 - Morning Glory "Sunrise Blend"
    9 - Penstemon "Dazzler Blend"
    10 - Organic Sunflower "Golden Honey Bear"
    11 - Zinnia "Persian Carpet"



Deer Resistant Flower Collection

    1 - Heirloom Alyssum "Rosie O'Day"
    2 - Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia)
    3 - Heirloom Columbine "McKana Giants"
    4 - Heirloom Organic Cosmos "Sea Shells Blend"
    5 - Heirloom Foxglove "Gloxiniflora Blend"
    6 - Hollyhock "Happy Lights"
    7 - Lavender "English Tall"
    8 - Heirloom Zinnia "Cut and Come Again"



Play It Again Perennial Flower Collection

    1 - Heirloom Carnation "Chabaud Blend"
    2 - Heirloom Chinese Lantern
    3 - Heirloom Columbine "McKana Giant"
    4 - Heirloom Delphinium "Pacific Giant"
    5 - Lupine Heirloom "Russel Blend"
    6 - Milkweed Butterfly Flower
    7 - Heirloom Pansy "Swiss Giants"
    8- Heirloom Shasta Daisy "Alaska"
    9 - Heirloom Verbascum Mullein "Shades of Summer"



Cut Flower Collection

    1 - Heirloom Delphinium "Pacific Giant"
    2 - Heirloom Hollyhock "Chater's Double"
    3 - Heirloom Shasta Daisy "Alaska"
    4- Heirloom Verbascum Mulein "Shades of Summer"
    5 - Heirloom Zinnia "California Giants"
    6 - Ammi "Green Mist"
    7 - Organic Celosia "Chief Red Flame"
    8 - Heirloom Love-Lies-Bleeding
    9 - Heirloom Money Plant "Honesty"
    10 - Yarrow "Colorado Blend"



Sunflower Delight Collection

    1 - Heirloom "Autumn Beauty"
    2 - Dwarf Organic "Elves Blend"
    3 - Organic "Goldy Honey Bear"
    4 - Heirloom Organic "Lemon Queen"
    5 - Heirloom Organic "Mammoth"
    6 - "Moulin Rouge"
    7 - "Vanilla Ice"



Poppy Profusion Collection

    1 - Poppy "Black Swan"
    2 - California Poppy "Mission Bells
    3 - California Poppy "Orange"
    4 - Heirloom Flanders Poppy "American Legion"
    5 - Heirloom Iceland "Nudicaule Blend"
    6 - Poppy "Lauren's Grape"



Talls and Giants Flower Collection

    1 - Columbine "McKana Giants Blend"
    2 - Dahlia "Decorative Double Blend"
    3 - Heirloom Delphinium "Pacific Giant"
    4 - Heirloom Four O'lock "Marvel of Peru"
    5 - Heirloom Foxglove "Gloxiniflora Blend"
    6 - Heirloom Hollyhock "Chater's Double"
    7 - Penstemon "Rocky Mountain Blue"
    8 - Wheat "Utrecht Blue"
    9 - Heirloom Zinnia "California Giants"



Sunny Delight Yellow & Orange Flower Collection

    1 - Black-Eyed Susan "Indian Summer
    2 - Calendula "Oopsie Daisy"
    3 - Coreopsis "Double Sunburst"
    4 - Heirloom Cosmos "Bright Lights Blend"
    5 - Milkweed "Hello Yellow"
    6 - Heirloom Nasturtium "Trailing Single Blend"
    7 - Poppy "California Orange"
    8 - Organic Sunflower "Goldy Honey Bear"
    9 - Heirloom Zinnia "Solar Flare Blend"



Rhapsody in Red Flower Collection

    1 - Heirloom Organic Amaranth "Burgundy"
    2 - Castor Bean "Impala"
    3 - Organic Celosia "Chief Red Flame
    4 - Heirloom Flax "Scarlet"
    5 - Heirloom Love-Lies-Bleeding
    6 - Nasturtium "Mahogany"
    7 - Sunflower "Moulin Rouge"
    8 - Sweet William "Black Adder"



Pretty in Pink Flower Collection

    1 - Ammi "Dara"
    2 - Heirloom Alyssum "Rosie O'Day"
    3 - Heirloom Balsam "Camellia Flowered"
    4 - Celosa "Flamingo"
    5 - Heirloom Cosmos "Sea Shell Blend"
    6 - Forget-Me-Not "Victoria Pink"
    7 - Painted Daisy "Robinson's Blend"
    8 - Heirloom Sweet William "Double Blend"



Purple Passion Flower Collection

    1 - Alyssum "Oriental Nights"
    2 - Bluebonnet "Sundial Lupine"
    3 - Heliotrope "Marine" or Hollyhock "Watchman"
    4 - Honeywort "Purple Tear"
    5 - Hyssop "Lavender"
    6 - Lavender "Munstead"
    7 - Heirloom Lobelia "Crystal Palace"
    8 - Heirloom Morning Glory "Grandpa Ott's"
    9 - Organic Poppy "Lauren's Grape"
    10 - Organic Zinnia "Giant Purple"



Singing the Blues Flower Collection

    1 - Heirloom Bachelors Button "Blue Boy"
    2 - California Bluebells
    3 - Columbine "Rocky Mountain Blue"
    4 - Lobelia "Cambridge Blue"
    5 - Heirloom Love-in-a-Mist "Miss Jekyll Blend"
    6 - Heirloom Morning Glory "Heavenly Blue"
    7 - Penstemon "Rocky Mountain Blue"
    8 - Heirloom Scabiosa "Isaac House Blend"
    9 - Heirloom Organic Wheat "Utrect Blue



Power Greens Collection

    1 - Heirloom Organic Arugula "Rocket"
    2 - Heirloom Collards "Georgia Southern"
    3 - Kale "Premier Blend"
    4 - Lettuce "Farmer's Market Blend"
    5 - Heirloom Organic Romaine Lettuce "Little Gem"
    6 - Heirloom Organic Parsley "Moss Curled"
    7 - Heirloom Organic Spinach "Bloomsdale"
    8 - Organic Swiss Chard "Five Color Silverbeet"
    9 - Organic Wheatgrass "Liquid Sunshine"



Hot and One Sweet Peppers Collection

    1 - Chile "Cayenne Blend"
    2 - Heirloom Organic Chile "Habanero"
    3- Heirloom Chile "Jalapeno"
    4 - Heirloom Chile "Pasilla Bajio" or Heirloom Ancho/Poblano
    5 - Heirloom Chile "Santaka"
    6 - Heirloom Chile "Serrano"
    7 - Heirloom Organic Chile Shishito"
    8 - Heirloom "Thai Hot"
    9 - Heirloom Organic Sweet "Habanada"



Tomato Lovers Collection

    1 - Bush "Glacier" or Bush "Ace 55"
    2 - Heirloom Organic Pole Cherry "Red & Yellow Pear Blend"
    3 - Pole Cherry Sungold
    4 - Heirloom Organic Pole "Beefsteak"
    5 - Heirloom Organic Pole Brandywine "Red & Yellow"
    6 - Heirloom Organic Pole "Cherokee Purple"
    7 - Heirloom Pole "Principe Borghese"
    8 - Bush Roma "Supremo"



Starter Veggies Collection

    1 - Heirloom Organic Bush Bean "Blue Lake 274"
    2 - Heirloom Organic Broccoli "Di Cicco"
    3 - Heirloom Organic Carrot "Danvers 126"
    4 - Heirloom Organic Celery "Utah"
    5 - Heirloom Organic Cucumber "Straight Eight"
    6 - Pea "Sugar Snap"
    7 - Pumpkin "Red Warty Thing"
    8 - Heirloom Organic Radish "Cherry Belle"
    9 - Heirloom Organic Summer Squash "Black Beauty Zucchini"
    10 - Heirloom Organic Pole Tomato "Beefsteak"


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