am I asking for trouble?

I think you'll be OK - they might belong to the same family, yes, but they are very different!

I was hoping you would come to the rescue, thank goodness for that I had visions of these things shooting seeds at me as I work in the garden hehe

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That would be fun - DUCK!!!! lol.

I can imagine it to being target practice when my back is turned!!

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Very different plants. For a start double flowers do not produce seeds! (Usually).

That's interesting! Why???

many doubles are harder for the pollinating insects to get to. some plants are self fertile though.

drat... I new why i had heard of the double but, I remember craftnutter saying now that doubles confuse the insects....

I suppose that's why my Lychnis coronaria 'Gardeners' Delight' is sterile, then. I did wonder why.

Sorry, Mookins - no fun amongst the flowers!! :-(

More often than bee confusion, it is because the anthers of the plant (the pollen producing parts) have become petals, thus forming the double part of the flower. When this happens of course the plant can no longer produce pollen, hence no seeds.

ooh thats terrible, how did this happen, is it the pollen that makes the seeds? so the pollen mixes and produces something of a mix breed flower?

I really should have paid more attention in science at school

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Possibly you should yes. Lol
The pollen is the male part of the equation, it is carried from one flower to another where it fuses with the female part of the equation to produce a seed. That is why you need a male and female Holly to get berries on the female plant.
Bit like humans really!

so that explains in depth but quickly why losing the bees means less flowers as they are a major part of carrying pollen!!

see if never was this clear at school!!

ever thought of being a teacher OB?

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I was!

How can you tell??? lol. Takes one to know one, Owdboggy!

haha where you Owdboggy hehe thats great

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