tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167253300383555521.post602236163165512898..comments2023-10-07T01:28:40.518-06:00Comments on Sowing the Seeds: WATCHIN' 'EM GROW!Susanne Holland Spickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717598186166470256noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167253300383555521.post-87860605843214851052016-05-07T14:48:50.118-06:002016-05-07T14:48:50.118-06:00I read that columbine is short live. I am wonderin...I read that columbine is short live. I am wondering if they will die in a few year then I will lose the types I got.... This is my first year have them from seeds I planned last year. I planted so many kinds(not all survived). I don't even know what's gonna come out! Haha. I m planting more seeds this year. They are those hybrid colorful ones. Have you had those before? If it survived the winter, will they flower the same next year? Kexinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764062633039657013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167253300383555521.post-59195715859060772892016-05-06T22:32:02.449-06:002016-05-06T22:32:02.449-06:00What I mean is that sometimes they get too big, an...What I mean is that sometimes they get too big, and I need to thin or take some out. So to keep the exact plant color, I make sure that part of the original plant is still in the ground growing. If I scatter the seeds of that plant, there is no guarantee that the plant will be identical--columbine seeds aren't "true to plant," or, in other words, they don't necessarily grow into the exact same plant--they will be variable.Susanne Holland Spickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717598186166470256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167253300383555521.post-818944427896855232016-05-06T22:31:57.438-06:002016-05-06T22:31:57.438-06:00What I mean is that sometimes they get too big, an...What I mean is that sometimes they get too big, and I need to thin or take some out. So to keep the exact plant color, I make sure that part of the original plant is still in the ground growing. If I scatter the seeds of that plant, there is no guarantee that the plant will be identical--columbine seeds aren't "true to plant," or, in other words, they don't necessarily grow into the exact same plant--they will be variable.Susanne Holland Spickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717598186166470256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167253300383555521.post-69679213506211638232016-04-28T15:17:46.275-06:002016-04-28T15:17:46.275-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kexinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764062633039657013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167253300383555521.post-14133869886799721642016-04-28T15:17:18.044-06:002016-04-28T15:17:18.044-06:00What do you mean by keeping a part of the columbin...What do you mean by keeping a part of the columbine? I have been wondering about how to keep them the same. You seem to have the answer! Could you please teach me?Kexinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764062633039657013noreply@blogger.com