Images of Seedpods, Seeds and Seedlings

Abutilon to Agastache

Name Seed Pod Notes Seeds Germination
Method I Used		 Seedling
Abutilon
vitifolium

Malvaceae

Flowering Maple		 Seedpod is a slightly hairy ball with 8 chambers. Seeds are small brown beans. Winter/Spring
Deno (5 days)

Summer
Outside (63 days)
Acacia
- many

Mimosaceae

Wattle, Mimosa		 Seed pod is a bean pod. Seeds are shiny, dark brown beans with a white tuft at one end.
Many seeds in a pod.		 Nick & soak seed

Any time
Deno/Propagator
(1-16 days)
Acer tataricum ssp ginnala

Aceraceae

Amur Maple

 Seeds are large and woody, with a thin woody wing, joined in pairs. Winter
Outside (99 days)
Achillea
millefolium

Asteraceae

Yarrow

 Seeds are like tiny yellow spearheads with a short black handle, in a chaffy seedhead. Many seeds in a seedhead. Spring
Inside (7 days)
Actinidia
chinensis

Actinidiaceae

Kiwi Fruit

 Seedpod is a fruit with brown fuzzy skin and green flesh. Seeds are small dark brown pips. Many seeds in each fruit. Spring
Inside (23 days)
Deno (30 days)
Aethionema
grandiflorum

Brassicaceae

Stone Cress

 Seedpod is brown, flat, heart-shaped with two sides. Seeds are hard yellow discs. 2 seeds in a pod. Winter
Inside (11 days)
Agapanthus
- many

Alliaceae

African Lily

 Seeds are shiny, black, papery with a bulge at one end - like tiny tadpoles. Several seeds in a pod. Winter/Spring
Deno (10-16 days)

Spring
Outside (57 days)
Agastache
- many

Lamiaceae		 There is no seed pod. Seeds are tiny dark brown pips which sit on a pad at the bottom of the calyx. Winter/Spring
Outside (22-89 days)
Agastache
mexicana

Lamiaceae

Mexican Giant Hyssop

 There is no seed pod. The seeds are held inside the dried calyx. There are four seeds in each calyx. Seeds are dark brown and flattish. Winter
Outside (89 days)

Spring
Outside (29 days)
Ageratum
houstonianum

Asteraceae

Floss Flower

 There is no seedpod. Each individual flower produces a tuft of seeds, looking like an old-fashioned shaving brush. Seeds are tiny dark brown logs. Many seeds from each flower. Spring
Outside (29 days)
Agrostemma
githago

Caryophyllaceae

Corn Cockle

 Seedpod is a capsule inside the long pointed calyx. Seeds are large black chips. Many seeds in a pod. Spring
Outside (7 days)
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