Paeonia japonica
Arisaema consanguineum
Clematis viorna
Echinacea purpurea
Sep
2
2018
Collecting
Fernwood Nursery & Gardens
Maine's Shadiest Nursery
Paeonia japonica
Arisaema consanguineum
Clematis viorna
Echinacea purpurea
Fernwood Nursery & Gardens 
Wonderful shots from Mother Nature’s library. 🙂 Would it be okay if I post the first photo on our Master Gardener’s Instagram account with credit back to you?
Of course, Judy , you are welcome to use the photo. Thank you for asking! So many amazing seeds and pods. Mother nature truly artistic and functional.
I posted your photo on Instagram today and got some nice comments. You can check it out at: NHSCMGA (NH Strafford County Master Gardener Assn.). Thank you for letting me showcase it. 🙂
You got it! Beautiful and fascinating.
Always amazed at how nature has designed the capsules for seed dispersal…quite something!
I know! Captivating and beautiful.
Collecting seed is one of my obsessions. I swear I’m not going to collect so many but when I’m faced with a beautiful seed pod how can I not? Did your P. japonica have any fertile seed in the pod?? I’ve collected lots if you need any.
Here to , of course! Seeds are the foundation of it all, yes? We have plenty of Peony japonica seed, it just so happens that the one in the photo had only crimson seed. See you this month, perhaps? let us know!
The wonders of nature well captured!
Wonders they are!
Those are beautiful! I don’t see anything like this in my gardens . . . or maybe I’m not looking carefully enough!
They are some of the unique specimens we grow, except for the cone flower, which is common. Love the design of seeds and their pods! Even those fluttery maple seeds are interesting and well engineered for dispersal!
When I went to Oklahoma in the autumn of 2012, I could not collect enough seed! I do not make a habit of it here where I am familiar with most plant species; but in Oklahoma, there were SO many unfamiliar plants! . . . and most of them were just throwing their seeds at me! Seriously the redbuds dropped seeds when I bumped into them!
Yes, I feel exactly that way when I am in Ireland! ( every year in the Fall I am there for some extended work). Mostly it is the urge to collect fern spores. The climate very different from Maine, much more temperate. I am sure I would be amazed at the flora of the west coast ( never been) and their seed as well! We are often all plant enthusiasts but I often find that the capsule that hold the plants information…seeds…equally fascinating.
I found the specialization of seed capsules to be fascinating. They put so much effort into appealing to their vectors who distribute the seed, although some just want to stick into their fir.
Several years ago I collected many different seeds( mostly from trees ) and filled my cornucopia, I added feathers and it looked cute for a Thanksgiving display… As a kid I used to love to open milkweed pods , it looks like silk…Right now I have what looks like pea pods hanging from my trumpet vines. I’ll always be a kid at heart.