Mystery Flowers

I seeded 4 coffee filters with seeds from an old Perennial Flowers seed packet.

I learned of the coffee filter method from this youtube video: Starting Seeds in Coffee Filters

I’m going to create a little Mystery Flower garden from these sprouts. Then I’ll spend all summer trying to figure out which plant is which.

It might be kind of fun to have a mystery garden flower seed swap where you get little packets of flower seeds, labeled only with their light and moisture requirements. (Or maybe call it a Guessing Garden???) Hmmmm…

There are still many left in the packet. I knew many of the common names, but there were still many I had to look up. (The packet only listed the botanical names.)

The packets says it contains:
Achillea filipendulina, Fern-leaf Yarrow (yellow)
Achillea millefolium, Yarrow (white)
Aquilegia vulgaris, Columbine (blue)
Centaurea cyanus, Cornflower (blue)
Cheiranthus allionii, Siberian Wallflower (orange)
Chrysanthemum Shasta, Shasta Daisy (white)
Coreopsis lanceolata, Lanceleaf Coreopsis (yellow)
Coreopsis tinctoria, Plains Coreopsis (yellow & red)
Dianthus barbatus, Sweet William (pink, red, or white)
Digitalis purpurea, Foxglove (various)
Echinacea purpurea, Purple Coneflower (purple)
Gaillardia aristata, Blanket Flower (yellow & brown)
Gaillardia pulchella, Indian Blanket (red, brown and yellow)
Gypsophilia elegans, Baby’s Breath (white)
Liatris spicata, Gayfeather (pink or purple or yellow)
Linum grandiflorum rubrum, Scarlet Flax (red)
Linum perenne, Perennial Flax (blue)
Lotus corniculatus, Bird’s-Foot Trefoil (yellow)
Lupinus perenne, Blue Lupine
Lychnis chalcedonica, Maltese cross (red)
Oenothera lamarckiana, Evening Primrose (yellow)
Papaver rhoeas, Corn Poppy (red)
Ratibida columnaris, Mexican Hat (yellow)
Rudbeckia amplexicaulis, Clasping Coneflower (yellow)
Rudbeckia hirta, Black-eyed Susan (yellow)
Saponaria ocymoides, Rock Soapwort (pink)