{"id":800,"date":"2008-11-01T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=800"},"modified":"2018-08-15T17:19:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T16:19:02","slug":"nearly-free-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/nearly-free-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly Free Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/chestnut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-803\" title=\"chestnut\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/chestnut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/chestnut.jpg 448w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/chestnut-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>RHS Seed Distribution<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">One of the joys of RHS membership is the annual free seed distribution. A 24 page listing of available seeds, collected from the RHS gardens, provides a wide and unusual selection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The descriptions are short and the official Latin names send me off to look up the species in books or the internet before deciding. At the beginning of next year I will receive the 20 packets together with a germination guide. In addition to recommended temperatures and likely germination times there are many tips on covering seeds, chilling to break dormancy and other influencing factors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I have just ordered my 20 packets from the catalogue of over 500 different options. Half of my selection this year are trees or shrubs as I like to have something different and taller than usual from the RHS. This was my selection:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Annuals &amp; biennials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Anethum graveolens dill<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Angelica gigas purple<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>No bulbs, glasshouse seeds or grasses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Herbaceous Perennials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Aconitum lycoctonum<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Cynara cardunculus cardoon<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Dianella carulea<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Eremus robustus giant dessert candle<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Mixtures <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Astilibe, Hemerocallis and Alstromeria<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Rock Garden <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Iris innominata<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Trees &amp; Shrubs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Acer davidii snake bark<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Betula pendula purpurea<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Betula utilis jacquemontii (Himalayan white bark)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Buddleja globosa (Orange ball tree)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Coronilla valentine glauca<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Eucalyptus vernicosa semi prostrate<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Nadina domestica (Heavenly bamboo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Rhodotypos scandens<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Sophora davidii<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Viburnum betulifolium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RHS Seed Distribution One of the joys of RHS membership is the annual free seed distribution. A 24 page listing of available seeds, collected from the RHS gardens, provides a wide and unusual selection. The descriptions are short and the official Latin names send me off to look up the species in books or the internet before deciding. At the beginning of next year I will receive the 20 packets together with a germination guide. In addition to recommended temperatures&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/nearly-free-seeds\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19440,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions\/19440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}