Sean Conway seed ?

17 years ago

I went to target yesterday and and while looking in their gardening section I saw a rack of seeds (it's the first time I've seen seeds in target) Anyways, they had the usual burpee stuff, but then I turn the rack and what do I see? It's cosmos double click and rose bonbon right in front of me!!

I been wanting to order to seeds for awhile, but I already have so many to plant and already sown that I couldn't justify paying the shipping. But since they were right there I couldn't resist!

These seeds come from the Sean Conway brand name. Has anyone ever grown from them? Do they have good germination? or should I sow the whole package? They're supposed to be an organic seed (which flower wise, I don't really care about) and they're price is decent, 2.19 per pack.

So I came home with dahlia cactus flowered mix, foxglove strawberry, nigella hot fudge sundae, rudbeckia double gold and of course both cosmos.

Your opinions will be greatly appreciated, as I hope to sow dahlia, rudbeckia and nigella soon.

Thanks!!

Monica

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mmqchdygg
17 years ago
They appear to be some affiliation with Burpee. Here's a recent thread, and as I recall, those Rose Bon-Bons weren't the same height as the T&M ones.

Here is a link that might be useful: Sean Conway/Burpee
brandymulvaine
17 years ago
Mixed reviews for me-the calendula came up fine but I never saw any of the passionflower vine that I started inside-my fault or theirs, who knows?
-B
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Victorine72_mail_com
17 years ago
Hi. I bought a packet of morning glories and single white nigella at Target in February, which I started inside a few weeks later. I was very surprised to find tomato seedlings had sprouted along with my nigellas-- especially since I hadn't purchased any tomato seeds and was using sterile potting mix! The germination rate was fine, but the entire Sean Conway line seems suspect to me now. If they can't keep tomato seeds out of their nigella packets, how well do you think they can separate different varieties of the same plant?? I'm very curious to see if my white nigellas are white and my red morning glories are red.
token28001
17 years ago
Brandy, I got one passionflower seedling from the 8 seeds in their package. I was very disappointed in the germination. Most of the seeds looked like they weren't viable when I sowed them. I started them indoors in February.
brandymulvaine
17 years ago
I didn't get any from Target this year, matter of fact I only got seed from online catalogs(and seed trades!!) I have been able to spend less $$$ and get more of what I want. I like seed packets with the drawings like Botanical Interest and Renees Garden.
-B
MissMyGardens
17 years ago
I got all excited when I misread the thread title...thought it was "Sean Connery" seed...LOL.

Ashley Stuart, that's really 'out there' having a tomato seed mixed in with any flower seed! They better get their operation in order cause I wouldn't want to buy their seeds for fear they make other mistakes. Hope you get the right colors on seeds that germinated.