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Sunflower64
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janie
Canton
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Apr 02 2011 : 12:51:13 AM
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Anyone ever grown it? I want to have it in my flower bed or herb garden. Getting married next summer and want to make my own bouquet with it.
Anyone know where to get the seed? And, I could harvest my own if I knew what the seed looked like...they have a black spot in the middle at some point, is that the seed?? Are they annual or perennial?
Thank you girls!
~Janie~
"The country way of life is the closest thing to heaven"
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2011 : 06:55:35 AM
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Queen Anne's lace (wild carrot)is soooooo pretty! Never had to grow it. It grows itself wild in the ditches across from us, and all around us. I've seen seed packets. I'll look into collecting seeds late summer. They make pretty bouquets in the house too. Like peonies..make sure you check them for ants before using them for bouquets. (a good shake or flick should do it.)
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2011 : 07:22:30 AM
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It could to grow wild when I lived at home on the farm, We used to cut in and add food color to the water and they would change color.
Nancy Jo
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Arctic Flower
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marjorie
Nenana
Alaska
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2011 : 12:29:46 PM
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Janie there is another flower called "Ami" (ammi majus) that looks just like Queen Anne's Lace. It is listed in Select Seeds catalog this year. Here is the website and the catalog number is P6065. Hope this helps on your quest.
www.selectseeds.com
Farmgirl #2416
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Edited by - Arctic Flower on Apr 02 2011 12:30:47 PM |
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Sunflower64
True Blue Farmgirl
173 Posts
Janie
Canton
Ohio
USA
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - May 19 2011 : 11:39:07 PM
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I love Queen Anne's Lace too. Nancy that was a cool idea to add the food coloring to the water. We have the biggest,
healthiest, hugest Queen Ann's Lace around where I live that I have ever seen in my life. I took some pictures
of it last year. The heads were so full they looked like half of a snow ball...just gorgeous. I have never
seen them in a bridal bouquet but I think they would be breath-taking!
Hugs and Smiles,
Peggy
Farmgirl #1326
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Edited by - LadyInRed on May 19 2011 11:41:13 PM |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 20 2011 : 12:50:25 AM
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It IS beautiful, we have it growing here in the wild in abundance :)
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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ChickieMama
True Blue Farmgirl
303 Posts
Angela
Banks
Oregon
USA
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Posted - May 20 2011 : 12:33:35 PM
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OOhhh great idea! We always put food coloring in daffodil water but never thought to do it to queen annes lace.I will have to try that this year. Thanks for the idea!quote:
Originally posted by Nancy Gartenman
It could to grow wild when I lived at home on the farm, We used to cut in and add food color to the water and they would change color.
Nancy Jo
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sister#2808
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - May 20 2011 : 12:50:21 PM
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Now is a great time to try the food coloring with branches of spirea.
My aunt colored huge bunches blue for my cousin's wedding. Beautiful!
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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