The first 5 seed boxes have been shipped during the vernal equinox week! It’s been a hell of a work again and took longer than last time from start to finish. Extras inlcuded are some rare Echinacea ‘Green Twister’, darkred climbing monkshood, different ‘slate black’ lenten roses, Caucasian mandrake, some lovely low growing foxglove called ‘silverfox’ and big fat mandrake seeds harvested by my German friend @bussardflug Further this year’s box comes with seeds for growing your own fragrant sweet grass (Hierochloe odorata) and the endangered white sage (Salvia apiana).
This year’s seed box is different! The boxes are pyrographed on all sides, with a variation of the Sigillum Major (Greater Seed Sowing Sigil) on the lid and devils and lunar planting symbols on the sides. The bottom is pyrographed again with the Sigillum Minor (Lesser Seed Sowing Sigil).
I have now started on the next 5 boxes… there’s exactly one box left for pre-order. 🙂
The preview shows the plain pyrographed boxes. In the next step these are stained with dark oak on the corpus and dark green to light oak color on the lid.
They are filled again with the annual seed harvest, gathered from my own witch plants, as well as seeds sourced from trusted nuseries and herbalists. The full list:
- Aquilegia atrata
- Aconitum napellus
- Aconitum hemsleyanum ‘Red Wine’ (rare!)
- Atropa belladonna
- Datura ferox (rare!)
- Datura innoxia
- Datura metel var. Fastuosa ‘Black Currant Swirl’
- Datura metel var. Fastuosa ‘Golden Queen Triple’ (rare!)
- Datura stramonium
- Digitalis purpurea ssp. heywoodii ‘Silverfox’ (rare!)
- Helleborus foetidus
- Helleborus x orientalis, dark color mix (rare!)
- Hyoscyamus niger
- Mandragora caulescens (rare!)
- Mandragora officinarum (rare!)
- Nicotiana tabacum
- Papaver somniferum ‘Black Peony’
- Solanum dulcamara
- Angelica archangelica
- Artemisia absinthium
- Circaea lutetiana
- Echinacea purpurea ‘Green Twister’ (rare!)
- Foeniculum vulgare ‘Bronce’
- Helianthus annuus ‘Black Magic’
- Hierochloe odorata
- Hypericum androsaemum
- Rudbeckia occidentalis ‘Green Wizzard’
- Ruta graveolens
- Salvia apiana
- Symphytum officinale
- Tropaeolum minus ‘Black Velvet’
- Valeriana officinalis
- Verbena officinalis
Below are some examples of plants and flowers I have grown successfully from seed and which are included in this year’s seed box:
Update: the pre-order for the second batch of boxes is sold out. When I have finished these I will announce the next five boxes.
April 1, 2024
Posted In: Garden, Herbs & Seeds
Tags: blackingreen, woodwork, wooden boxes, witch garden, handmade, sigillum major, pyrography, poison path, seeds, black flowers, witch herbs, gothic garden, seed boxes
