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Chelone obliqua

Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa

Penstemon cf. saxosorum

Dianthus arenarius ssp. bohemicus

Penstemon barbatus Pinacolada Series

Salvia austriaca

Dianthus deltoides ‘Confetti Deep Red’

Iris tectorum ‘Alba’

Dictamnus albus

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Out in the woods – spring beauties

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Back to the ‘Out in the woods’ posts, with less ‘talk’ and more pictures. But make no mistake there is plenty info on this website to keep you reading about the featured plants. A bit earlier this year, the flowering of Hepatica…

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

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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

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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

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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…

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Reading seed coats

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Last 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

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I 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

Propagation

An 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!

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We 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…

Re-starting warm sowings

Propagation

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

Propagation

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…

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FAQ – Moist packed seeds

What species are usually available as ‘moist packed seeds’ and when

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.