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Re: looking for info about easy-to-grow prairie plant

Yes them too :-)  I was sure that giving two names was gonna get me in
trouble.   Maybe Corrie can help expedite getting some seeds to your friend.
And since they do restoration as well as seed selling they probably have some
stratified seed that she could hook your friend up with.

Good luck.  Nice to have the vendors on the list server to help out with
projects like this.




Corrine Daniels wrote:

> I would also recommend as a seed source Applied Ecological Services / Taylor
> Creek Restoration Nurseries. They are excellent, but then maybe, just maybe
> I am biased. :)
> Corrie
>
> Corrine Daniels, Nursery Manager
> Applied Ecological Services, Inc
> corrine@appliedeco.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-prairie@mallorn.com [o*@mallorn.com]On
> Behalf Of Tom Schneider
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:46 AM
> To: prairie@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: looking for info about easy-to-grow prairie plant
>
> John,
>
> I've done school plantings for the past two years.  Both years we bought and
> stratified the seed.  However, a couple I could recommend that should work
> are
> Redbeckia triloba (Brown Eyed Susan) and Monarda fistulosa (Bergamot).  Both
> germinate pretty readily without stratification.  I have had good success
> with
> both purple and pale purple coneflower too.  I suspect you could still be
> successful with these plants without stratification.  These all assume the
> planting is indoors with the kids growing them until weather permits out
> planting.  Someone mentioned hardening off and that may be the biggest
> challenge.  Make sure they slowly move the plants outside for a few hours
> each
> day before planting them.  That way they will have a higher survival rate.
>
> If this is truly sowing them in the field outside then I think you are safe
> to
> plant whatever you want since you will certainly have 4 weeks of cold moist
> weather left.  You're quite lucky in Wisconsin to have a number of native
> seed
> vendors that could help you.  Give Prairie Nursery or Prairie Moon Nursery a
> call, I'm sure they would help with recommendations.  Other sources of seeds
> that may already be stratified would be a local park district, arboretum, or
> native plant society.
>
> Good luck and congrats to your friend on reinforcing the native plant
> concept
> to school kids.  They truly are the future decision makers.
>
> "J. A. Raasch" wrote:
>
> > Hello All:
> >
> > A friend of mine would like to have a group of  children sow prairie plant
> > seeds --  just one species as a learning activity -- for eventual
> > transplant to a school garden.  The problem is she wants them to sow the
> > seeds next week!  If only I had more notice. I told her this might be very
> > difficult because of  stratification requirements, low germination rate,
> > slow initial growth rate, and other challenges. She also has to be able to
> > purchase the seeds locally so she can get them as soon as possible.
> >
> > Well... maybe someone has a viable suggestion. Is there an easy-to-grow
> > native southern Wisconsin prairie (or savanna) plant the children might
> > grow from seed?
> >
> > Thank you for your suggestions.
> >
> > John A. Raasch
> > Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
> > J. A. Raasch
> > University of Wisconsin - Madison
> > Plant Biotechnology Laboratory
> > UWBC 425 Henry Mall
> > Madison, WI   53706
> >
> > Phone: 608-265-4485
> > E-mail: jaraasch@facstaff.wisc.edu
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