Botanically Inclined – Seed Adventures – Plants seeds for everyone: wildflowers, medicinals and alpine species

The Seeds Shop reopens on September 15th!
Thank you for your interest and patience.

Podophyllum peltatum

Caulophyllum thalictroides

Stylophorum diphyllum

Dicentra formosa

Asarum canadense

Sanguinaria canadensis

Kalmia polifolia

Soldanella hungarica

Silene lerchenfeldiana

Latest from Wildflowers of North America

Thanksgiving

Wildflowers of North America

Many thanks to all our customers on Thanksgiving Day! We celebrate with seeds of a few native species, which for various reasons we can’t provide every year. They are not new to our Seeds List; let’s call them ‘rare’. The most beautiful…

Old & new

Wildflowers of North America

Those interested can find the following native species seeds back in stock: Diervilla lonicera, Lilium michiganense, Lespedeza violacea and Thalictrum pubescens. New for this year: Ageratina altissima, formerly Eupatorium rugosum,…

Things I’d like to grow

Wildflowers of North America

Alas, it is not possible at my location; or some species would need an artificially constructed bog. Firstly, the beautiful evergreen leatherleaf: Chamaedaphne calyculata which inhabits edges of the ponds, bogs and swamps. It’s been…

New seeds additions

Wildflowers of North America

Many thanks to all shopping seeds from the Early fall BotanyCa Seed List! With the bulk of the orders coming in the first day after Shop reopening, there was a slight delay with shipping the orders, my apologies; new seeds collections are also…

Open!

Wildflowers of North America

Just a few more words about the importance of growing plants from seeds, even if a lot has already been written about this subject. Leaving aside the fact that one can obtain plants not offered in regular garden centers – we all need them…

Latest news from propagation

Orchids and other mycorrhizals

Propagation

There is a section in the Seeds Shop – reading ‘Orchids & other mycorrhizals’, where various species with particular needs regarding germination were included. The species are all very handsome and interesting looking, but do not be…

Stellar alignment & Sassafras

Plant portraits, Propagation

During a recent hike, I was in the right place at the right time, shortly after a recent storm broke down a few Sassafras fruit-bearing branches. According to my records, this happens only every 10 years, when a stellar alignment leads to…

Closed

Propagation, Wildflowers of North America

A kind reminder that, as posted in multiple places on our website and announced in the blog, orders are not accepted until the Shop re-opens. Please subscribe to the blog to stay up-to-date with all announcements. Orders that are being…

Back to seeds

Propagation

The feeling that the late summer is slowly sliding towards fall is more and more pronounced and with it the thought of seeds. So, while the inventory work is getting under way in parallel with seeds collecting, we are getting back to weekly…

Time-off

Propagation

As previously announced, the Seeds Shop will close for orders starting this weekend (July 14th) – until late Aug./September. Seeds collecting, inventory updates and website administrative work, all will be done during this time-off, plus…

Let me explain about evergreen Epimediums

Propagation

While waiting for Jeffersonia diphylla capsules to open and the heat dome to go away, I will write a bit about the evergreen Epimedium species. Seeds will be offered soon and I know that not everyone is familiar with them/growing from seeds. Years…

Germination page

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.