As early as October or November, seed catalogues for the coming growing season are sent to avid gardeners to tempt their desires for a different, more colourful border.
Some seeds are large and easy to handle.
Southern Belle Hibiscus, Caster Bean, and Job's Tears are so large that sowing is manageable and easy. And seed can be very expensive, especially if the new hybrids are part of your spring order list. It is therefore important to sow the seed thinly and as evenly as possible to give every valuable propagule the best opportunity to develop. During sowing, fine seed is often unintentionally deposited in congested clumps. Our fingers are too clumsy to manipulate each dust-sized individual seed into a position where it can successfully germinate, free of competition from those nearby.