April is a celebratory month for Hepatica flowering, plus other spring flowers!
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Friday’s seeds: the curious case of Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
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I first wrote a very short post on Leptarrhena pyrolifolia seeds in 2018, after receiving a small package of seeds from a friend. I was wondering that time about the particular shape of the seeds, different than any other seeds of the Saxifragaceae…
Greens and golds
Wildflowers of North AmericaWe are all tired of the extreme cold and cleaning snow by now and dreaming of greens and other colors. When selecting a few spring pictures for a short garden walk to enjoy bright, warm colors I stumbled upon the cheerful flowers of Chrysogonum…
Pussytoes and winter sowing
Wildflowers of North AmericaWinter has arrived and with it a bit more time to look after a few postponed seeds. There were a couple of wild collected Antennaria species put ‘on hold’ for good reason. They are difficult to identify, sometimes even specialists may encounter…
November seeds and learn to ID your Phytolacca
Wildflowers of North AmericaLatest native species added to the Seeds List: from the well-known by now Asclepias exaltata to new donations from friends, always thankful for them:
Rudbeckia maxima, Giant coneflower
Phytolacca americana ‘Variegata’, Variegated pokeweed
and…
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Transplanting seedlings #2
PropagationWe sowed the seeds, took care of the smallest seedlings and they grew up. I am talking about the indoor started sowings. Those who are sowing outdoors will follow the same procedures later.
Now it is time to prick out (or transplant) some…
Out in the woods – Hepatica americana
Propagation…for admiring the second North American native Hepatica: Hepatica americana.
Again, even if there is a whole page dedicated to the Queen of the woodlands on the website and other images with these beauties, this is a celebratory period worth…
Reading seed coats
PropagationLast week we had the simple answer to the ‘up’ and ‘down’ of a seed - sowing wise. Again, do not worry about the position of the seeds when sowing. Due to gravitropism, the radicles will always go ‘down’ and the cotyledon leaf(ves)…
Ups and downs
PropagationI know that seeds germination is in the mind of all gardeners in early spring.
So, I will try to answer a question someone recently directed (as a comment): “Does anybody know the orientation of the root vs plant ends on the seeds?”
Due…
Happy sowings
PropagationAn update for this previous post, to show some newly emerged seedlings after using the Miracle Gro mix instead of the Fafard sowing mix: Minuartia michauxii, Silene saxifraga and Silene suecica. There is no need of so many seedlings, reason…
Fight back!
PropagationWe have been deceived into an early spring in Southern Ontario and, as expected, winter returned this week. Temperatures are forecasted to plunge to as low as -10C to – 12C depending on the locality.
The main reason I am writing this…
THE SEEDS SHOP CONTAINS FEW MAIN CATEGORIES. NOT ALL SPECIES ARE OFFERED EVERY YEAR AND SOME CAN BE A ONE TIME OFFERING. WE DO NOT COLLECT LARGE SEEDS QUANTITIES, AIMING TO OFFER FRESH SEEDS AS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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