Re: Seed collecting

> I am wondering if there is a definitive book that talks about how to
> collect seed, what to do with it once you've got it, etc.  I would also
> want it to address the issue of which plants propagate from seed versus
> rhizome, etc.

Well, for wildflowers there is an *excellent* book called "Growing
and Propagating Wildflowers.

   http://www.mallorn.com/bookstore/lists/review.cgi?ISBN=0807841315

There's a three paragraph writeup at the above URL.  Other books are
listed at

   http://www.mallorn.com/bookstore/lists/seeds-list.cgi

> One example:  I purchased a native "shooting Star" (dodecatheon-- ?can't
> recall variety??) this year, and after a wonderful bloom period, it
> formed seed pods.  I watched them age, and when the first one split, I
> collected the others and now have them stored in a small glass jar.  But
> I don't know what to do next.  Plant the seeds now?  Store them until
> fall?  Chill them?  etc.

According to our May, 1997 plant of the month page at

   http://www.mallorn.com/pom/May97/

   "Should be sown at 41F in moist soil.  Germination is relatively 
   easy, but flowers will take 3 years to bloom."

Chris

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