Honey Plants From Seed Planted 
in Late Fall 
Late fall is a good time to plant the seeds of 
most of our perennial honey plants. This should be 
done during the last month before freezeup (Novem- 
ber in our climate). This puts the seed into the 
ground when it is too late for it to germinate this 
fall and so the seed will be there ready to start dur- 
ing the most favorable time of cool weather and 
good moisture conditions of early spring. 
Make the seedbed as you would for planting any 
kind of small seeds. Regarding depth of planting, 
a fair rule to follow is to plant any seed at a depth 
of four times the thickness of the seed. Remember 
that with very small seed that is almost on top of 
the ground. And it is all right to plant the finer 
seeds.on top of a well worked seedbed and they will 
work into the soil during the winter or the seed can 
be covered very lightly by raking. When you have 
finished planting the seed, if your soil is inclined to 
crust following winter, then scatter a little straw or 
other loose material over the seedbed to serve as a 
very light mulch to prevent this crusting and the 
surface drying out next spring while the seeds are 
starting. 
The following seeds suitable for late fall planting. 
Most of them should bloom the first year from seed. 
Giant Hyssop Mountain Mint 
Garden Hyssop Anise Hyssop 
Purple Loosestrife Catnip (nepeta cataria) 
Wild Aster Mixture Golden Honey Plant 
Wild Indigo Simpson Honey Plant 
Chapman Honey Plant Motherwort 
Nepeta Grandiflora Golden Cleome 
Prices: 
Any 6 Packets for $1.00. 
Any 14 Packets for $2.00. 
(Can be one each of the 14 varieties.) 
You may order from our 1951 descriptive 
catalog, “Seeds of Honey Plants.” If you do 
not have a copy, ask for one. We can supply 
most items at the same price. Those we can- 
not send this fall we will send in time for 
spring planting. If prices have risen on any- 
thing you order, we will advise before ship- 
ping. 
PELLETT GARDENS, Atlantic, Iowa 
