As the autumn season progresses, many of our annual and perennial flowers are sporting seed heads or fruit. If you examine the tops of spent flower spikes, you will usually see a nice seed head with lots of seeds – plenty for next year’s crop of flowers! Collecting flower seeds from your favorite plants is a fun and rewarding pastime, and growing plants from seed is not only easy but also economical.
It is not difficult to collect and save seeds from your garden. Many annuals and perennials like cockscomb, zinnias, black-eyed Susans, cleome (Spider flower), and hollyhocks can simply be harvested and dried to use next year. You can also save seeds from vegetables like pumpkins and squash, but be sure not to save hybrid varieties, as they are often patented. Also, you may not get what you expect when and if the hybrid seeds bear fruit!
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