Re: hellebore seeds
- Subject: Re: [SG] hellebore seeds
- From: Diane Whitehead v*@ISLANDNET.COM
- Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 13:45:53 -0800
It is temperature conditioning, like placing in a refrigerator crisper
for a certain length of time.
Yes, but hellebore seeds need warm conditions first. This copies
what they are accustomed to in nature: seed falls to warm soil in the
summer and remains warm until temperatures begin falling. In mild
areas, seedlings pop up in the fall, and presumably in cold areas, in
the spring. Seedlings in my garden have been growing a couple of
months.
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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil
