When I first started pulling the old flower heads off, I noticed seeds were popping out before I even detached them from the stems. Then I tried holding this sea shell underneath and ‘pouring the seeds into it.’ The short video shows how delighted I was with the results.
A small pile of seeds using my pocket knife as a reference.
These seeds are TINY.
A few seeds on the knife blade show how small they are.
To plant, just throw some seeds into one of these planting kits. We start planting under “Grow-Lux” fluorescent lights in February or March. The four squares on the left are Hypericum, pollinated by our bees the previous year and planted from that very fine seed. If your winters aren’t too cold, you can scatter some seeds in some bare ground and see if they come up. If they grow, you’ll enjoy watching all the bees go crazy on the flowers. Note: I’ve been calling this plant a Hidcote Hypericum, but I just read that Hidcote is considered a hybrid, so I could be wrong.
Adventures in Natural Beekeeping 