Floss Flower Seeds (Ageratum houstonianum). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.Floss Flower was discovered in Central America by William Houston (c. 1695-1733), a Scottish botanist, plant collector, and ship's surgeon. Houston sent seeds to England in the early 18th century and British author Philip Miller referenced the species in a 1768 edition of his Gardener's Dictionary. It was first documented in American gardens in 1836. This self-seeding species forms a spreading, loose-growing plant. The pale blue,... - Floss Flower Seeds (Ageratum houstonianum). |