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

Various species that are ‘warm germinators’ can be sown starting in late February (indoors) or outdoors later in April-May (depending on your location)

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Cold stratification – part 3, the practicals

Wildflowers of North America

Cold stratification - part 1, dormancy Cold stratification - part 2, FAQ Let’s dive into the methods used for providing cold stratification as a seeds germination treatment, drawing from my personal experience. They often overlap with…

July colors

Wildflowers of North America

Let’s have a short break from the cold stratification with flowers from July 2025, to visually counteract the white, bitterly cold outdoors. There are many plants flowering in July; usually the drought hasn’t installed yet and some of the…

Latest for October

Wildflowers of North America

The latest seeds collected and added/replenished in the inventory belong to the following native species: Ceanothus americanus, New jersey tea Desmodium nudiflorum, Naked flowered tick-trefoil Euonymus obovatus, Running strawberry-bush…

Moist packed seeds update

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As announced, we are ‘back to business’, thanks to Canada Post resuming activity. It seems that all works well for the time being. The regular check-up on the moist packed seeds yesterday revealed the first signs of germination on Trillium…

Maple-leaved Viburnum

Wildflowers of North America

Just a few words to announce the seeds of Viburnum acerifolium, my favourite Viburnum, for many reasons. First, this eastern North American native shrub is very hardy and adaptable, growing from sun to shade, in deciduous and mixed woods.…

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Friday’s seeds – Dalea purpurea

Propagation

Back again with the hugely (un)popular Friday’s seeds, by necessity. In the first week of March I used the HWT on a small lot of Dalea purpurea, purple prairie clover ‘seeds’. Using the whole dispersal units (calyces containing the…

Happy Spring equinox

Propagation

Today we welcome the astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere, even if it doesn’t look like it in our region. However, the few early flowers and the colourful buds of Helleborus and Hepatica agree with the announcement (Hepatica transsilvanica…

Superb fringes

Plant portraits, Propagation

Superbus, superba, superbum – Latin adjectives used as specific epithets in the scientific names of many plants and animals. Back in stock after a few years absence: Dianthus superbus ssp. sajanensis, a truly superb Dianthus. I am very…

Repetition

Friday's Seed(s), Propagation

Like most other years, the first week of March brings with it the first snowdrops (early forms) and the hope for the spring’s arrival. It is always an exciting time when we are eager to start working in our gardens. Until possible to do so,…

A feast with poppies

Plant portraits, Propagation

The days are noticeable longer and the seeds are germinating; the spring cannot be too far away :) Having the indoor lights fired up, I also sowed some older seeds just for testing. Papaver bracteatum (Iranian or Persian poppy) seeds…

Ready, start, go – 2026!

Propagation

The traditional February post on indoor sowing for the records. Actually, I started sowing last week with quite a few accumulated seeds from last year when I sown very few species. Here are the previous February posts, each with details…

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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.