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Bernadette, typing the latin name, followed by 'sow' or 'propagate' will usually lead you to a good database that includes those hard-to-find toughies, I tend to stay away from suggestions from most personal websites.
I don't grow it, I suspect it's too wet here in winter to establish perennially or grow well.
Hardy Plants database, not even Clothiers had this one but warm, followed by moist chill if no germination occurs is standard for most silene...
Here is a link that might be useful: Hardy Plants
most annuals or veggies do have short lifetime- they are preprogrammed to grow fast produce flowers/fruits all season and die at the end of the cycle. Giving them good soil with plenty of moisture or whatever conditions they need will get you great results. Perennials have slightly different schedule- that old rule sleep, creep,leap works well to explain why first year perennials are usually puny and only by third year they achieve maturity. Of course, it is generalization, there are first year blooming perennials but they also need to be divided every second year as well to perform well. Plants that live 90 years or so like clematis are found to do much better rootbound in the small pots initially and it takes a few years before such clem will get into its own strength.
apple seed REQUIRE a cold treatment (40F) for 4 months. (2) It was probably self polinated (3) Yet the chances of getting a tree exactly like the parent. is slim to none. (4) The key is "exactly" several will be close & (5) you will only know which seedling is the best when it is 5-10 years old.
Hi Dirtdiggerky, If you have any more lupine seeds--then I would just scatter them around where you want them to grow. If you have any more plants, I would plant them outside now. Lupines like cool weather. Try it and let me how it works for you. Lucylou
i grow alot of lupine, i have 10 dogs and the pee them to death, just the right height i guess. i have had your problem many times, now i start them inside, i use lg pop bottles, chop the top so you can use as a dome. i plant about five, when the start to get leaves and kind of pop out of the soil seed and root, i burry them in aquarium sand, just so a little green is showing, i repeat this about 3x as they grow, when it looks safe i put a fan on them, to strengthen the stems. they are just so beautiful! cath
Tina, i bet if you start them early enough indoors you could get nice sized plants by the time winter comes along. I had some volunteer seedlings come up in May, and here are some pics taken last week. They are FAST growers.
Any chance it also goes by a different name? Google pulls up nothing by that name and even Heirloom Seeds doesn't list it in all their heirloom lettuce varieties. You might check out their site and see if any of the photos of heirloom lettuce ring a bell with you. What type is it - heal or leaf - and what color?
I do find several articles about a man named Ziegler who did a lot of research on lettuce back in the early 60's but nothing about a variety named after him.
Dave
Plants have to be sexually mature to reproduce; improved varieties are cloned via cuttings. Butterfly Bush seeds need stratification (cold treatment) before they germinate, usually 3-4 weeks in the fridge will do.
This link shows pictures of the seed pod and comments on seed collection and handling:
wintersown.org/wseo1/Butterfly_Bush_Seeds.html
Tommie
I seeded it in spring and it did not bloom the first year . I planted it in very rough soil ( rocky limestone rubble)and it did not get moisture here in central Texas, high on a limestone hill. It grows slow but comes back bigger every year, no special care taken to protect it from sun or winter. I am Zone 8b but almost 8a. I moved it from a somewhat shady spot where it wasn't growing much and shoved it out into the harsh rock garden and when it got its roots into the rock, it took off. I don't think it liked the process of being moved. Maybe you could just bag it where it grows, once it is planted outside. It grows very easily from cuttings.- mara
I go to my neighborhood nursery and they have a recycle spot of all their trays and 4" pots. They let me take home all I want. i have a veritable baby nursey going under my oak trees. I germinate seed in them outside in here in Texas. I ahve a bout 100 of them.
I have found the plastic trays from Lowe's or Home Depot, the ones that hold the larger pots until they are sold are PERFECT. they are about 4 to 5 inches deep, they have holes in the bottom already for drainage and there are 6 spots, so you can plant all one thing or several things (just be sure to label well). They obviously come in different sizes and style, they all work :)
Peat pots BTW are the WORST and I'd never use them again. Styrofoam cups work 1000 times better to me.
I also recycle the plastic 6 pack trays that most plants come in. Notice the big plastic storage container in the bottom right corner of the photo...these work great too.
here are some pics of seedlings in these.
I have also taken them from these containers and then transplanted them to the styrofoam cup after they get their first true leaves...They to the garden.
PS: They are free. And these take out trays work great too
I have heard that cleome likes cold stratification like mentioned above. I have also heard that they like several cycles of cold/ warm /cold/warm I throw mine in pots outside and they always come up in my pots. They don't seem to come up in my bed because my soil ids dry and the soil moisture on top is not good for germinating most things. They come up in the pots easily. I through them in the pots during the seeding process and think nothing more about them till they sprout.
Seed will germinate if the temperature is in the correct range for the species and the seed coat dormancy has been overcome either by stratifiying or nicking and moisture is available. Many gardeners start seed way too early and have plants too big/too leggy/or root bound that do not transplant well. Al
seeds have different temps. for germination. Tomatoes are ones that like 70-75 degrees. I have a room in my basement that I heat for seeds like tomatoes. Other seeds need a cooler temp like 60.Once germination has taken place a cooler temp would be okay but 40 degrees is too cool. Myself I have started plants earlier then the packet states but I provide plenty of light till I can place them in my Gh in March. I have Geraniums now that came up within 3 days and will pot them up this weekend, They may start blooming by April but most annuals that is not a problem
Will have to investigate the link you provided. COTW is the source for all things clematis and am surprised that they still list the parentage of Margaret Hunt as unknown. You may want to provide COTW with the specific link to the information regarding Margaret Hunt and it viticella heritage since they tend to be the main repository of info on clematis. It is by far the largest database on clematis information that I am aware of.
The simple answer is Yes... But you can protect them by 1) keeping the soil damp (throughout the winter) every time it warms up rewater the plants. 2) adding straw, leaves, mulch will reduce evaporation.
Roots freeze at about 28F IF the soil is damp/wet it will freeze at 32F AND STAY AT THAT TEMPERATURE. IF the soil is dry then it will reach the same as the air temp in your case -10F & the roots will freeze