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Mystery Seed of the Week 211

July 8, 2014 / Roberta / 0 Comments

Â Sometimes common names can be misleading.

For example, when I opened the fleshy fruit surrounding these seeds I was half expecting to see a “pit.”

Instead there was a cluster of flat seeds inside. Obviously, the plants the fruit came from are not closely related to their namesakes.

Aren’t the softly fuzzy seeds nice, though?

Do you recognize what plant these seeds are from? If you choose to, please leave a comment with your ideas.

New mystery seeds and Seed of the Week answers are posted on Tuesdays.

Edit:Â The answer is now posted.

July 1, 2014 / Roberta / 0 Comments

Sometimes things don’t go as planned, so there won’t be a mystery seed this week. I’ll post a new one next Tuesday.

Hope you have an enjoyable week!

July 1, 2014 / Roberta / 0 Comments

When you think of clematis, you likely think of the vine with the big, brightly-colored flowers.

These are the typical garden or cultivated clematis.

Our seeds came from a clematis that is a little different.

It is still a vine.

Even though the flowers are pretty, however, they are small and lack the big, showy petals.

In fact, the seed heads are more showy than the flowers.

The common name for this species is “old man clematis.”

When the vine is hanging in a tree, the seed heads do look like beards.

Showy flowers or not, it still is an interesting plant.

What kind of clematis do you grow?Â Have you ever seen the seeds?