Seedpods, Seeds and Seedlings

Asclepias to Aubrieta


Name Seed Pod Notes Seeds Germination
Method I Used
Seedling
Asclepias
incarnata

Asclepiadaceae

Swamp Milkweed

Seeds are warm brown drops with a papery rim. Many seeds in a pod. Summer
Inside (27 days)
Asphodelus
fistulosus

Asphodelaceae


Asphodel
Seedpod is a ball.
Seeds are small, segment-shaped, dark brown.
Few seeds in a pod.
Winter
Outside (63 days)

Spring
Deno (51 days)
Astragalus
- many

Papilionaceae
Seedpod is like a tiny peapod.
Seeds are tiny green, yellow or dark brown balls.
Several seeds in a pod.
Nick & soak seed

Summer
Outside/Inside
(4-29 days)
Astrantia
major

Apiaceae


Masterwort

Seeds are like grooved grains of wheat with a tuft at one end.
Many seeds from each 'flower'.
Winter
Outside (58-94 days)
Atriplex
hortensis

Chenopodiaceae

Red Orache

Seedpods are brown papery discs clustered along the flower stalk. Seeds are brown balls. One seed in each pod. Spring
Propagator (5 days)
Aubrieta
- many

Brassicaceae
Seedpod is a small pod like a rounded peapod. Seeds are small dark brown balls.
Many seeds in a pod.
Winter
Outside (12-23 days)

Inside (10 days)
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