Seedpods, Seeds and Seedlings


Name Seed Pod Description Seeds Seed
Close-up
Germination
Method I Used
Seedling
Eccremocarpus
scaber

Bignoniaceae

Chilean Glory Vine

Seedpod is thin, brown, woody, dimpled. Seeds are small brown flat discs with a papery rim. Many seeds in a pod. Winter/Spring
Inside
(9-11 days)
Echinacea
purpurea

Asteraceae

Purple Coneflower

No seed pod. Many seeds form a prickly seedhead. Seeds are light brown woody cones. Winter
Outside
(84 days)

Spring
Outside (30 days)

Echinops
ritro

Asteraceae

Globe Thistle

No seed pod. Each flower produces a large smooth brown seed in a prickly calyx on the seedhead. Autumn
Outside
(5 days)

Winter
Outside  (43 days)

Echium
russicum

Boraginaceae

Viper's Bugloss

Seeds are small black chips. Several seeds in a pod. Winter
Outside (98 days)

Spring
Propagator
(6 days)

Echium
vulgare

Boraginaceae

Viper's Bugloss

Seeds are small black chips. Several seeds in a pod. Autumn
Outside
(146 days)
Edraianthus
caricinus

Campanulaceae

Grassy Bells

Seedpod is a bell in a cluster with others. Seeds are small light brown ovals. Several seeds in a pod. Autumn
Outside
(75 days)
Embothrium
coccineum

Protaceae

Chilean Fire Bush

Seeds are dark brown disks with light brown papery wings. Many seeds in a pod. Winter
Outside
(208 days)

Spring,Inside
(12-47 days)

Entelea
arborescens

Malvaceae

Whau

Seeds are small, greyish-brown, woody pips. Many seeds in a pod. Summer
Propagator
(65 days)
Epilobium
angustifolium

Onagraceae

Rose Bay Willow Herb

Seedpod is long and thin. Seeds are tiny, brown, surrounded by cream fluff. Many seeds in a pod. Sow on surface

Winter
Outside
(Self sows)

Epilobium
crassum

Onagraceae

Willow Herb

Seedpod is long and thin. Seeds are tiny, brown, in a mass of cream fluff. Many seeds in a pod. Sow on surface

Winter/Spring
Outside (23-86 days)
Spring
Inside (3 days)

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