Re: Germinating Blackberry Lilles

> I'm having quite a bit of difficulty in germinating
> my Blackberry Lillies.  I've tried keeping the moistened
> seeds in the refrigerator for a few weeks and then into
> room temperature.  Nothing has germinated and I believe
> that my seed stock is fresh.

If you are talking Belamcanda, they are one of the few things that I
can directly sow.  I'd do it now....  (you are in Georgia, if at the
Emory U. there)....

Or, buy one plant, and it will soon throw enough seeds that you will
have a colony in that area.  I know.  I struggle to keep most stuff
going through our heat, clay/rock soil, and alkalinity, not to mention
drown and drought cycles, and these are problem free.

x Pardancanda norrissii (Candy lilies) I had absolutely NO luck
germinating.  I also believe them to be not as long lived or self
seeding as the Belamcandas from which they receive one genus as a
parent.  However, this was when my seed germinating skills were beginner
-- I can be much more successful now with learning and practice.  I may
try them again, as their colour range is much greater than the
Belamcanda (basic orange with reddish-purple dots) and blackberry-like
cluster of seeds.
-- 
Amy Moseley Rupp (amyr@austx.tandem.com)  Austin, TX, USDA z8b, Sunset z30
Amy Moseley (amy@ece.utexas.edu) Graduate Student in Software Engineering
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