Re: asclepias germination

**"* P* L* <l*@hort.net>**

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Palmer Dargan" <mpdargan@dargan.com>
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 7:44:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [GWL] asclepias germination
> 
> Thx Doug, I think these are sporatic native germinators
> anyway....they are
> infrequent & find funny edge of forest moist locations,  but boy, are
> they
> stunning. I did stratify for about 3 months, then put them into seed
> trays.
> Fresh seed. Maybe the chipmunk got them!  *Asclepias exaltata*, poke
> milkweed.

Hi Mary,

I maintain an archive for Tom Clothier of his now shuttered, but famous, 'Garden Walk and Talk'
site at 

   http://tomclothier.hort.net/

His notes on Asclepias exaltata say

   Sow at -4 to +4ÂC (24-39ÂF) for 4 wks in moistened sand, move to 20ÂC (68ÂF) for germination

There's a ton of info there for anyone writing about seed-based plant
propagation, despite the 1998 web design.

Chris
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