This fall we got lucky: not only Disporum uniflorum has set fruits but I also got to them before the squirrels did (I suppose one of them was guilty for breaking the stems last year). A simply gorgeous plant all year long; if I would really have to choose only 3 plants for a part- […]
Yes, Symplocarpus seeds are in stock and customers are starting to notice it. Before more questions arise, especially from new customers excited to find seeds not offered by someone else, an explanation for ordering/shipping of species with large seeds. Right on the Symplocarpus foetidus page one can read: “These seeds cannot be ordered using the […]
Sent by young seedlings of Erythronium americanum – courtesy of Vivienne. And a long overdue note for AU customers: Orders from AU are most than welcomed, dry or moist seeds, although the latter take a lot of time to process. I am always very happy to receive updates, especially about the germination of moist […]
The seeds are in stock! Reminder: when kept moist, Paris quadrifolia seeds will start to germinate (root only) somewhere in October/early November. Also, Clintonia borealis and Caulophyllum are back in stock.
Like it or not, the colored berries of the baneberries are heralds of the summer’s end. Looking at my Actaea pachypoda raised from seeds four years ago, I realized that I forgot to mention the baneberries when talking about what species should be sown first. Actaea pachypoda, A. pachypoda fo. rubrocarpa and Actaea rubra (in […]
Knowing that most Ranunculus seeds have short viability, about two weeks ago I put the Ranunculus crenatus seeds in moist storage. I thought that it may not happen again to find such treasures and what a pity to have them go to waste. Today, surprise in the Ziploc bag! Few are still just about to […]
With many thanks to the owner of the well known by now Aspen Grove Garden (Guelph, ON), who collected and successfully tried a new method for storing hydrophilic seeds, we can continue to indulge in Jeffersonia diphylla seeds. This lovely (and rather rare in Canada) North American native species doesn’t fit the profile for mass […]
Almost ready to be served; many more to come! Aristolochia steupii *Hydrastis canadensis not for sale, we need more plants first!
Last call – ordering for the summer will close tomorrow, July 5th! Updates were just made to the Spring shipping category. I recently put in order all my remaining seedlings and it’s time to do a wrap up on the fall 2018/winter 2019 sowings. The spring of 2019 was unusual cold and rainy; unseasonal low […]
It is easier with a little help ;) It would be a pity to miss the seeds from this beauty, don’t you think? This is a gorgeous anemone center specimen from the Cherry Blossom seeds strain; not all seedlings will come entirely true from seeds of course but all other possible forms to obtain are […]
The woods are lush, green and full of mosquitoes at this time. Few perennials are flowering (Anemone virginiana in the header image, Hydrophyllum canadense and Medeola), most late spring flowering species are busy growing fruits and few shrubs take center stage, notably: Lonicera canadensis, Cornus rugosa, Diervilla lonicera (also Polygala senega in the image) and […]
The first moist packed seeds of the season are flying to various destinations. I want everyone to be successful in germinating and growing these species. I cannot devise a test but few previous writings are actually mandatory for all purchasing any moist packed seeds: Moist packing – what’s that? We got the moist packed seeds […]
Viola species are not that easy to ID and when collecting seeds in the wild, usually in a hurry there is not enough time for proper observation/pictures. For this reason Viola declinata, an endemic species from Carpathian Mts., it was offered as Viola cf. declinata in 2017. Flowering now in the garden, it is a […]
Let’s have a short garden walk. We will soon talk again about seeds and seedlings…. The species shown here have something in common: they all have been grown from seeds by myself or friends who gifted them to me. Click to open the gallery to see the names.
Now that the Hepatica seeds are all safe and moist and Claytonia capsules are making popping sounds from the paper bags :) we can enjoy a woodland walk. As the Trillium grandiflorum is coming to an end other species start flowering. The mayapples (Podophyllum peltatum), Trientalis borealis, Aralia nudicaulis, Aquilegia canadensis, Maianthemum canadensis, Maianthemum stellatum, […]
Last year there was only one capsule with few seeds on a Trillium luteum. Nothing else to do but to sow the few seeds. Easy germinator after warm/cold cycles; moist at all time of course.
