Queen Anne's Lace

I know a lovely lady who has a garden full of Queen Anne's Lace.

When it is in flower there is not a prettier picture in the world.

I bought myself a packet of seeds, sowed them freely throughout my garden

AND WAITED AND WAITED.

Nothing !!!!

Not even a hint of one tiny seedling.

Apparently they self sow and spread in the wind and carry their teeny tiny seeds to every crevice.

Well it didn't happen in my garden.

I was recently given these 2 little sprigs of Queen Anne's Lace and am waiting to collect the seeds that they will drop. This time I will sow them in seed raising mix, I will talk to them everyday about how big they will be when they grow up and I will water them ever so carefully so that I don't wash the tiny seeds away.

I would ADORE to have these beautiful romantic flowers bloom in my garden.

I believe that one must wear gloves when working with them as they can cause allergic reactions ? 

Anyhow I shall give it a try and hope that one day my garden will provide me with big bountiful bunches of white dancing petals of Queen Anne's Lace.

Anything that has been named after a queen must be worthy of living in my garden ? lol

I'm also sure that the fairies would visit a lot more if these pretty blooms lived here.

They would ride into my garden on the backs of bumble bees and land elegantly on the lacy blooms and sit for a while and drink tea from tiny cups that I will hide among the flowers just for them.

Maybe I will even bake miniature fairy cupcakes with pale pink frosting for them to eat !

When the fairies are finished in my garden then maybe they would pop some seeds into their fairy pockets and spread some in your front gardens ?

Mother nature has a way of doing such things.

Anything is possible when it comes to the fairies.

I believe in fairies.......and Santa Claus......and the Easter Bunny.

I believe in magic and miracles

and I believe that love is all around us just waiting for us to open our hearts to receive it.

So surely I must believe that these tiny seeds will work their magic and appear amongst my Hollyhocks and my Lavender bushes.

I'm crossing my fingers....

2 tiny sprigs of Queen Anne's Lace.......

I have every faith that they will deliver the goods !

PLEASE FAIRIES PLEASE !!!

Does anybody have any tips for me on how to grow these successfully ?

I would be so grateful for any advice that you may have.

See you all tomorrow for THURSDAY FLOWERS

Melanie

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