February-March – a great time to start indoors species that will germinate at warm; also species that only need a short cold stratification period (like Primula x polyantha)

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Friday’s seeds & plant portrait: Eriophorum virginicum

I am very happy to notice that more people are willing to grow species listed in the Grasses & related genera category, which contains various grasses per se and sedges, most of them unrepresented in our gardens for no good reason. Eriophorum…

Attention – Attention

First, Canada Post Union is in the last stages of collective agreement negotiations, and the last ‘reassuring’ update we received was: ‘no labour disruption can occur before November 3’. Take note… Second, due to family obligations…

Old & new

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

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

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…

Latest news from propagation

Progress with the Campanulaceae

Two years ago, in a cold January day I was musing about various members of the bellflower family, wishing to grow more of them in my garden: Forward with Campanulaceae!. I like this genus which includes so many good species for the rockeries…

Friday’s seeds and plant portrait: Soldanella pusilla

This year, I sowed very late in January a few species. I have a feeling that we will have enough time this winter to provide the cold period in our region. Among the sowings, there is also the lovely Dwarf snowbell, Soldanella pusilla,…

First seedlings of 2025

The first post of the new year, talking about the first, prematurely ‘born’ seedlings of 2025. Paeonia obovata (seeds sown in 2023) has started to grow in the garage (I took various outdoor pots in the garage in late December: Cold…

Year’s end

Concentrating to process the current orders as fast as possible, I’ve missed the usual Friday posting. There were also a few new species to be announced, so I’ve prepared the files for uploading. What better way to end the year than announcing…

Cold alert

A few days and nights with extremely low temperatures are announced for SW Ontario. For other regions – please check your weather forecast. If you still have unprotected/or with little protection pots with summer & early fall sowings…

Campanula persicifolia ‘Nitida Alba’ & CP

Canada Post update: the latest news is that starting tomorrow Canada Post should resume activity. If that will happen remains to be seen and in any case it will be a slow start. Plus, we don’t know when will they start accepting new mail. I…

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.