I have horrible plant/garden withdrawals during winter. I love to grow things and since my usual shop where I get paperwhite bulbs hadn't had them yet I decided to try something new while I wait. I bought this pot awhile back and it had been sitting outside getting stained and ugly...er...than normal. :)
Spray paint magic and now it matches the rest of my indoor pots.
What I wanted to try was planting some lavender seeds I harvested at the beginning of fall. I have a TON of them saved and had never tried lavender from seed before.
After I got my pot painted and filled with potting soil I googled for info on planting lavender seeds and had my hopes immediately crushed with the article I read. It basically said that they are difficult to grow from seed because not many of them germinate. I was sad but thought about the work I'd already done and how successful all of my gardening endeavors had been lately. I decided to ignore the article and try it anyway.
I sprinkled a pinch (which contains quite a few seeds because they are tiny!) into my pot and moistened their dirt. Then I put them in my bathroom where they will be next to a heat vent and get sunlight all day. Then I went house-sitting for two weeks. I confess I'd forgotten about it but when I returned home look what awaited me!
I'm so proud of my little lavender sprouts! How fun will it be to nurture my little lavender all winter. And how glad am I that I decided to ignore that article and believe in the impossible? :)
I'm so proud of my little lavender sprouts! How fun will it be to nurture my little lavender all winter. And how glad am I that I decided to ignore that article and believe in the impossible? :)
6 comments:
Oh they are growing how great is that, and I bet they will smell heavenly.
I love lavender.
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Oooooh, lavender! I'm proud of you for forging on ahead and believing in those little seeds. :) What a pay-off!
How fun is that?! I'm so glad you decided to plant them anyway, I hope they keep right on growing!
Looks like they are going to take off and grow pretty fast!
Oh, lavender! How nice! Visit me soon please!
good for you molly! way to believe! i so much enjoy your blog. and i'm going to enjoy the fact that you have a bathroom heat vent (we heat with wood and the stove's in the kitchen. the bathroom can get a little cold) AND a window that the sun shines into (my only bathroom window looks out into the carport and is on the wrong side of the house for sunshine). course, i'm a little jealous too but hey! i'm glad YOU have it!!
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