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Friday’s seeds: the curious case of Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

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

We 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

Winter 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

Latest 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…

American Witch-hazel

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Probably the last call (!) for the moist packed seeds; we have again a window of opportunity for shipping, but it won’t last long. New seeds in stock for today: Hamamelis virginiana,Viburnum lentago (Nannyberry), plus a replenished stock…

Latest news from propagation

Re-starting warm sowings

A weird phenomenon is happening with my indoor sowings one species after another: the seedlings would start to elongate excessively right away after germination, just to vanish in a blink of an eye afterwards (exemplified with Minuartia…

Timing the sowing in springtime

The Crocuses, snowdrops, the first Hepatica in bloom and others announce that spring is in the air, a bit too early this year. It is an exciting time with renewed hope when we all think about new plants to add to the garden and new ones to start…

Updates and Dobrogea self-guided tour

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An update to the HWT treatments of last week: Anthyllis montana and Astragalus missourinesis seeds were the first ones to react; they were sown and the first Anthyllis montana seedling showed up this morning! It seems that not all Anthyllis…

Something old and something new for 2024

Winter returned yesterday and the kettle was on for tea; the perfect day to start the warm sowings and to test the hot water treatment (HWT) on more species. A customer asked me more details about Lespedeza violacea, Violet bush-clover, seeds…

Ready, start, go – 2024!

This is the almost traditional post for this time in February when the washing of the pots for indoor sowing starts! I never wash the pots for outdoors sowing, but you may want to avoid bringing indoors eggs of various insects which can…

January thaw

This year we are experiencing a classic January thaw in Ontario. Not only we have above 0°C temperatures, it is also raining. It is a welcome respite from frigid temperatures for both people and plants, and also on this occasion the snow cover…

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.

Hepatica seeds are available (almost) every year ONLY during the month of JUNE.