THE MAGIC OF SEEDS
“ I have a stronger connection with plants I have grown from seed than any I have bought”
A seed holds the possibility of a future plant. It is a miraculous yet everyday event. As a child, I was fascinated by the horse chestnuts that would germinate in the leaf mould. I’d dig one up to look at it, a snaking white root breaking from a conker, a bright new leaf shaped like the palm of my hand. Seeds still thrill and amaze me. In my garden, I have a stronger connection with plants I have grown from seed than with any that I have bought.
A seed contains an embryo – the young root
