Re: New England Wild Flower Society Seed Catalog 2004

Bobbi, don't get your hopes up.  If the seed receptacles are brown and
withered, germination is quite low.  Dirr said he planted 75 seeds, one
germinated.  He got 90% germination when he collected seeds in August (when
seed coats were changing from green to brown)...Check his "Manual of Woody
Landscape Plants" if you have access at a library.

Thanks so much. However, this brings up another question. The seeds spent this
long cold winter on the shrub, and I just now harvested them. I presume this
means they have been sufficiently stratified already and don't need to spend
three months in the fridge? Or do they need to be in soil during
stratification?

Bobbi 

Margaret L
Gardening in Intermountain West and Handicapped gardening
http://www.margaretlauterbach.com

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