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Old 03-07-2012, 05:24 PM
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Thanks for the reply, are these classed as an hardy annual? and what time of year would you expect to see the seed pods please.
In principle they are perennials, but being mediterranean in origin they often don't survive an English winter, so they are generally treated as annuals in Britain. They flower over a period, so some seedpods form quite early, from midsummer onwards, ripening from late summer into early autumn.