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| Hi!
I am new to planting perennials from seed. I purchased Lavender Ellagance seed, but have since read that the lavenders don't come true from seed. Does this mean that my lavender won't be like the Ellagance I read about? Why do they sell so many types of lavender seed if they won't come true? Thanks! |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 6a CT (My Page) on Thu, Mar 8, 12 at 16:20
| Swallowtail Garden Seeds sells three varieties of Ellagance lavender which would suggest that these do come true from seed. They also sell Munstead and Hidcote which are also reputed to come true when grown from seed. I've read that many lavenders do not come true but chances are seed sellers like Swallowtail who stand behind their products wouldn't offer the seeds if they didn't come true. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Swallowtail Ellagance Lavender seeds
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 8, 12 at 16:31
| oh boy .. lets see ... how to explain.. w/out making your head explode ... lol .. first.. welcome to GW ... when a name is in quotes.. like 'Ellagance' .. that means its a named cultivar ... and it is probably an F1 ... but even i dont know what that means precisely .... but i do know that you can cross .. e.g. momma A and with daddy B .. to get seed that is true to the name 'Ellagance' ... and that is what the seed producers do .. on a very large scale .. insuring who mom and dad are ... its mysterious to me.. but they do do it ... perhaps where you are getting lost .. is thinking that you can then take the seed off 'Ellagance' and get more 'Ellagance'.... and that is usually where peeps say.. they dont come true from seed ... but in that case its momma 'Ellagance' crossed with unknown daddy ??? and that is most likely not going to produce seed consistent with 'Ellagance' .. for sure it will be a lavender.. but it may or may not perform like 'Ellagance' can you wrap your head around that much ... if so.. ask more questions ... or maybe that is enough ... all i know is that i dont want to go further.. if that is enough of an answer ... i mean this could be a masters thesis dissertation.. and most of us dont need that level of info ...... it is the same reason .. that your would graft a good apple .. because the seed inside of it .. will not produce the same apple type .... make any sense???? your quest for knowledge is inspirational ... keep it up ... ken |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 8, 12 at 16:37
| drat.. she beat me to it.. lol ... check out the link ... you can not offer 3 types of a plant with quotes around its name ... it defeats the whole point of the quotes ... the quotes mean it is a unique individual cultivar .... but the link shows that there are two names withing the quotes... all seem to have Ellagance .. but with a second word.. like 'Ellagance Sky' or 'Ellagance Purple' .. etc ... for all i know.. Mr Ellagance has named 3 different varieties .. lol ... some producers like to put a keyword within the name.. so you can ID their plants ... and here.. that is the 'Ellagance' part .... you can track down that history ... but they are not the same plant.. for sure ... and they are all probably F1 hybrids .... but that is just a guess ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
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