Honesty mix-up

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Comments

[dark_phoenix54]

That is so gorgeous! Are you going to save seeds from it?

[angelchrome]

Since it's not my land I don't know that it will be allowed to set seed. I was considering trying to get a couple cuttings so I could leave the plant intact and grow them on and try to get them all the way to the seed point before the end of the season.

[angelchrome]

A gardening buddy of mine from another community said it's just plain ol' incomplete dominance and you can just cross your whites and purples and get this for the next generation. She had them pop up after she planted purples and whites together. Think I might just have to do that.

[armygeezer]

Honesty grows easily from seed, but if the regular plant is close to the sport, there'd be no way to guarantee the sport. Honesty is a biennial, so it has to have been there before. I don't think it will grow from cuttings.

[rhodielady_47]

Hmmm. I wonder if your Honesty plant would take to clay soil? If it does, I think I'll give it a try. It's simply gorgeous!
:)

[angelchrome]

My grandmother grew them in Kentucky red clay (red clay in the South? Say it ain't so!)

I'd say give it a go!

[rhodielady_47]

Red clay is common in many parts of the South.
:D

[angelchrome]

I know, that's why I put it that way. I never lived anywhere until now that had anything but red clay. I always found it really disconcerting to see construction sites 'cause the earth was so red it looked like a wound.

[angelchrome]

It's pretty good - nice flowers AND neat seedpods, what more can you ask for?