A symphony of seeds

This rain is putting a damper on my plans to get digging in the garden so today I've opted for sowing seeds indoors. Especially as yesterday I popped in to the Lostwithiel seed swapping event and came away with various bargains.  I swapped some beetroot, sweetcorn, tomato and mixed leaf salad seeds for leek (Autumn Neptune), pak choi, cabbage (Cabez Negra 2), Alyssum maritimum (Easter Bonnet Pastel Mixture) and a strange packet labelled 'non-anonymous mixture'.  This last one was so intriguing I just had to have it. On opening it I discovered a pack of assorted seeds accompanied with a list of contents.....34 different varieties to be exact. Are you ready for this?  Ok, so here's the list:

Aronia arbutifolia

Arthropodium cirrhatum

Asarum hartwegii

Baptisia tinctoria

Celtis edulis

Clematis cirrhosa

Cosmos, yellow-flowered ex Rhodes

Dendropanax arboreus

Diospyros cathayensis

Ennealophus fimbriatus

eranthis 'Orange Glow'

Eranthis 'Schwefel glanz'

Hibiscus syriacus 'Woodbridge'

Hosta 'Fire and Ice

Hypericum olympicum

Jeffersonia dubia

Kalopanax septemlobus maximowiczii

Lachenalia obscura

Liatris platylepis

Lythrum salicaria 'Robin'

Mahonia pallida

Malus toringoides

Muscari white ex Eastern Turkey

Pulmoniaria longifolia

Salvia hierosolymitana

Scabiosa argentea

Scilla tubergeniana

Scutellaria albida

Serratula coronata

Sternbergia sicula graeca

Tulbaghia simmleri

Tulipa, large-flowered varieties

Verbascum blatteria var. album

Veronica orchidea

Some list huh? I've no idea how I'm supposed to know which seed is which... that's the fun part.  I'll sow them into seed trays and see what comes up.  One day, I'll know what I've grown. In the meantime, it's time to get on to Google and research most of the plants on the list.  I have such a limited knowledge of garden plants that I don't even know what some of these look like............time to put the kettle on!

A small selection of the seeds from my treasure trove