Seedpods, Seeds and Seedlings


Name Seed Pod Description Seeds Seed
Close-up
Germination
Method I Used
Seedling
Epilobium
dodonaei

Onagraceae

Willow Herb

Seedpod is a long thin cylinder. Seeds are tiny brown pointed logs. Many seeds in a pod. Winter
Outside
(90 days)
Epilobium
glabellum

Onagraceae

Willow Herb

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

Summer
Propagator
(3 days)

Epilobium
hirsutum

Onagraceae

Great Willow Herb

Seedpod is long and thin. Seeds are tiny brown balls in a creamy fluff. Many seeds in a pod. Autumn
Outside
(148 days)
Episcia
dianthiflora

Gesneriaceae

Carpet Plant

Seedpod is a pointed beak inside the calyx. Seeds are tiny brown sticks. Many seeds in a pod. Winter
Propagator
(30 days)
Eremurus
robustus

Asphodelaceae

Desert Candle

Seeds are large, black and pointed. Several seeds in a pod. Winter
Outside
(88 days)
Erigeron
aureus

Asteraceae

Fleabane

Seedhead is a ball of fluff. Seeds are tiny black lines with a creamy parachute. Many seeds in a seedhead. Winter
Outside
(40 days)

Inside
(7 days)

Erigeron
compositus

Asteraceae

Fleabane

Seedhead is a ball of fluff. Seeds are tiny light brown ovals. Many seeds in a seedhead. Winter
Outside
(70 days)

Spring
Outside (10 days)

Erinus
alpinus

Plantaginaceae

Fairy Foxglove

Seedpods are tiny balls up the flower spike. Seeds are tiny black balls. Many seeds in a pod. Winter
Outside
(86 days)
Eriobotrya
japonica

Rosaceae

Japanese Loquat

Seed pod is a fruit, the loquat. Seeds are large, brown, fleshy. 4 seeds in a fruit. Nick & soak seed

Spring/Summer
Deno/
Propagator
(8-33 days)

Erodium
cicutarium

Geraniaceae

Common Storksbill

Seedpod has a long woody 'beak'. Seeds are long, thin, woody and pointed at the top. 5 seeds in a pod. Autumn
Outside
(7 days)

Winter
Deno (7 days)

Erodium
manascavii

Geraniaceae

Storksbill

Seedpod has a long woody 'beak'. Seeds are long, thin, rounded at one end, pointed at the top. 5 seeds in a pod. Nick seed

Winter/Spring
Deno
(2-12 days)

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