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Door 23 is verbena bonariensis

Door 11 has germinated godetia grandiflora “azalea flower mix” pink & white.

I love Verbena bonariensis - and so do the butterflies, bees and goldfinches in winter.

My Door 23 hides Morus Alba - White Mulberry (2016).
I have a blurry memory of White Mulberry trees lining the streets of Rethymnon, Crete, where they were harvested and turned into the local firewater, Mouroraki. You couldn't go anywhere without having a glass of Mouroraki given you - waiting for the bus, buying bread in the bakery and so on. That was some holiday

The last door number 24 is aquilegia clementine red

https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/a...ine-series

My Christmas Eve door is more suitable for Halloween....................Dead Man's Fingers!
Of, if you're feeling hungry..............Blue Sausage Fruit!

Its proper name is Decaisnea fargesii which is far more difficult to say. https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinNa...a+fargesii

The Sow must go on.............
 
Day 25  - Cyphomandra betacea / Tree tomato / Tamarillo. https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item_430...ra_betacea
Very old seeds from 2015 but they'll never grow in their packet.

Day 26 - Wonderberry - Solanum retroflexum x burbanki . Sow by 2013!!!
I did sow some when they were in date but I just found these leftovers so I'll give them a whirl.

My last Advent sowing will be tomorrow when I fill the last module.

(19-12-2020, 09:46 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]Door 19 concealed Clary Sage/Salvia viridis "Blue Monday" from a Seed swap on here or "there"?
Thanks if you were the donor.

First signs of Advent Calendar life. Sown 19/12

(03-12-2020, 11:38 AM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]Day 3 is Psidium cattleianum - sounds much nicer as Strawberry Guava.
https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinNa...attleianum

Kore grow it and they're in Wales so I may be lucky! https://www.korewildfruitnursery.co.uk/P...ianum.html

We have germination!!!  I'm excited about this one.

(08-12-2020, 10:53 AM)Small chilli Wrote: [ -> ]Behind door number 8 I found quaking grass.
Thanks veggie   .

(10-12-2020, 01:24 PM)Small chilli Wrote: [ -> ]Door number 10 reveals papaver Lauren’s grape

https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item_954...rape_seeds

Until I just googled it I didn’t know papaver was poppy. It seem to be very similar to the poppy seeds I’ve just sent into the seed circle.

Both of these are up and doing well