Re: Shade Garden Gone?
- Subject: Re: [SG] Shade Garden Gone?
- From: Paul Henjum M*@AOL.COM
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:48:10 EST
In a message dated 12/18/2002 10:00:38 AM Central Standard Time,
melauter@EARTHLINK.NET writes:
> What seedlings do you already have growing? Thank you, Margaret L
>
I always have germination tests going on for my seed collection, Right now I
have seedlings for:
seeds............................................#
sown...................................# of seedling
Acanthus
mollis...................................5....................................
.........5
Euphorbia
myrsinites...........................15.......................................
....15
Clematis
potanini................................15....................................
.......1
Alcea 'Chaters
'Violet'............................5.........................................
....3
Aruncus aethusifolius 'Nobel
Spirts'.......100...........................................30
Armeria 'Joystick
Red'..........................50............................................35
Gentian
dahurica.................................100..................................
.........56
Dianthus barbatus F1
'White'.................50.............................................38
Chrysanthemum 'Marconi
Double'..........25.............................................20
Dianthus x shinanensis 'Blue
Pygmy......50............................................41
Digitalis
davisiana.................................50..................................
..........19
Bupthalmum
salicifolium........................50........................................
...32
Salvia coccinea 'Lady in
Red'..................20...........................................18
Salvia
jurisicii.........................................15..........................
.................15
Heuchera 'Newest Mixed
Hybrids'.............100..........................................17
Browallia speciosa major 'Powder
Blue'......25...........................................19
Penstemon hartwegii 'Mixed
Colors'...........100..........................................26 plus 28
that damped off.
Lychnis
'SnowBird'....................................25..............................
................6
Dianthus plumarius
'Cyclops'......................26.............................................
.12
There are few others but I would have to look up the reference numbers. Some
of the above are still germinating, like the Heuchera and the Aruncus. Their
germination is spread out over a month or more.
Waiting for the below seeds to germinate:
Aquilagia 'Blue
Jay.......................................300.................................
............4
Polemonium
cashmerianum..........................200.....................................
........Just starting to see some seeds growing
Primula japonica mixed.................................100
Lychnis vesuvius
Kitaibelia vitifolia
Allium
aflutunense...........................................40......................
......................0
Anemone rivularis.............................................30
All the above seeds are from older lots,
This fall I cleaned up my collection of Digitalis seeds, Had some seed that
was 4 years old that still had 80+ germination- I started those in petrii
dishes with soil, once the seeds germinated and the seedlings were growing I
just threw them away-no room to grow the seedlings out. Two of the lots did
not grow-but thetas not so bad out of 65 lots representing 20 different
species/cultivars. They were older lots already with drawn from the general
list. I will try sowing them outside this spring-nothing to lose.
In a few weeks I will be putting a lot of seeds that need cold-moist
treatment into baggies and then the fridge for sowing in February.
Paul
