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Re: lavender germination


Hi Patricia

I sow botanical types of lavender (for example L. lanata, L. angustifolia,
L. latifolia ) in autumn, in a greenhouse with a soil temperature of 20 °
C. They start germinating after about three weeks.

Though it works for me in a greenhouse, often mediterranean plants have a
better germination if they take some cold, like in their normal habitat :
here in the wild Lavandula latifolia flowers in early summer, the seeds
fall on the ground in autumn, and they germinate after the cold of the
winter  with the spring rains. 

We grow all lavender cultivars from cuttings, they're quite easy to succeed
and you are sure to keep the same clone, while from seed you can have some
variation.

Good luck !

Olivier
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> De : MrnLibn@aol.com
> A : Medit-Plants@ucdavis.edu
> Objet : seed/plant information
> Date : mercredi 30 juillet 1997 21:45
> 
> I was poking around on the internet to find a phone # or website for
either
> Unwins Seeds, Ltd., Cambridge, or Lake Valley Seed, Inc. Boulder,
Colorado.
>  I didn't find either one (these are the names on a seed packet I have
for
> Dwarf Lavender Munstead Strain, and I was looking for further
information).
>  I didn't find either company's addresses, but I did find another site:
> 
> http://www.worldseed.com/index.htm
> 
> which is kind of interesting.  It has flower, vegetable and herb listings
for
> the U.S. and U.K., and vegetable and herb listings for Italy.  You can
order
> seed directly, but there are also picture and information entries (the
seed
> package is actually shown, with planting info. and germination time) just
for
> browsing purposes.  
> 
> Kind of handy for a quick look-up when other sources aren't available.
> 
> BTW, what I'm interested in is the germination time for Lavender (the
packet
> I bought didn't say this, and several books I checked also didn't say). 
I
> planted seed 7/7, and everything else I've planted (almost) came up a bit
> ago.  But Worldseeds says the germination period is 25 days, so I guess I
can
> relax.  I put out an inquiry on the newsgroup rec.gardens, and the one
> response I got said not only that it can take 6-8 weeks, but that the
seeds
> need a cold period, like several weeks in the refrigerator (which I think
is
> a pretty serious omission on a seed packet!). 
> 
> Has anyone else had experience growing lavender from seed?  Any
> recommendations or advice?  Thanks a bunch in advance.
> 
> Patricia Ryan
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