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The listing, Indian Blanket Wildflower Seeds (50+) Great gift! has ended.

This listing is for organically grown, freshly harvested Indian Blanket (Firewheel) seeds from one seed head. Each seed head should contain at least 50 seeds. The one that I took apart for the photo had around 70. That seems to be the average. I will be taking the seed head apart before mailing because of the bulge they produced in the envelope. I was afraid it was slowing down the mailing time. So I get to do a bit of extra work, and you get to plant and enjoy the show! The seeds are said to keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 years.

I took these photo's and collected seed heads this past month. I only chose the heads that were brown and ready. We have had the flowers growing and multiplying for many years now. We brought some back from Central Texas as cut flowers years ago (they make great cut flowers) and the rest is history. The Indian Blankets are growing in the most inhospitable place in our yard. Very dry, gravel slope. We are in the middle of one of the worst droughts in our areas history here, and they are doing great! Excellent for those dry areas that nothing else will grow in. They will re-seed by themselves and spread nicely.

They will be shipped in a ziplock bag inside a first class envelope the next business day. I will even include an information and instruction card with a photo of the flower. That way you don't lose track of what the seeds were and what the flowers look like. I know that has happened to me on more than one occasion. I try to present the seeds and card in such a way that you could very well send them on as a gift to someone who loves flowers.

I will be getting the information from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center here in Texas. If you would like to learn more about this wonderful flower now, you can visit the site at:

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GAPU

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I always enjoy new fans and will be happy to fan you back!

Thank you.

Questions & Comments

As a bonus - if you win both this auction and my Coreopsis, I will double the amount of Indian Blanket seeds, That will then be over 100 Indian Blanket seeds and the over 20 Coreopsis seeds in my other auction. Both will ship in the same envelope, so it saves me postage and an envelope - and doubles your Indian Blanket seeds. They both grow in the same conditions and look great together!
Good luck!

Jul 7th, 2011 at 7:54:46 PM PDT by

i fanned you

Jul 10th, 2011 at 1:46:16 PM PDT by

i marked the box

Jul 10th, 2011 at 1:46:56 PM PDT by

Thank you for both! :-)

Jul 10th, 2011 at 1:55:15 PM PDT by

are these perennial? and do you think they would grow here in illinois

Jul 10th, 2011 at 5:14:38 PM PDT by

According to the USDA - they are native to your state. They are listed as an Annual, Biennial, and Perennial. I guess it depends on your area. They are perennials here. But they do re-seed very nicely, so I don't think it would be a problem.
The USDA website is:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GAPU
Thanks!

Jul 10th, 2011 at 5:20:26 PM PDT by

our summers are about like yours, but in the winter it can get well below zero

Jul 10th, 2011 at 5:17:13 PM PDT by

I don't think anyone could beat the hot, dry summer we have had this year. We are usually hot, but not this hot! Lost track of the days over 100 degrees. And never this dry. Your winters definitely win for being colder though..Brrrr!
I don't think that they would have a problem coming back from seed though, even if the main plant froze during the winter. They are pretty tough flowers!

Jul 10th, 2011 at 5:32:53 PM PDT by

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