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 virginianum Norman Singer’s form. It is a good occasion to spread […]
What else better for a January gloomy day than the last April’s bright Adonis ramosa flowers? Interested to know more about early flowering perennial Adonis species? I organized my material worth a few years and will share my adventures on growing a couple of them from seeds. Not everyone may be familiar with these wonderful […]
Lacking inspiration, I thought let’s see what was published in January of previous years; and the Green hedgehogs post from Jan 2022 was just what I needed. It seems we have longer and longer snowless periods in the winter, so all perennials and shrubs that retain their ‘good looks’ all year long are now more […]
Due to mild weather a particularly early snowdrop is already above the ground; on the same time, snowdrops seedlings are growing under lights! Such events need to be captured for record keeping. So, instead of the regular year-end flowers review, I’ll write a bit about the excitement of first time collecting and sowing seeds from […]
At this time of the year, plants & seeds addicts usually take a small break to review the accomplishments and failures of the past season, while looking forward to a bright, new season. In this idea, I am now looking through the pictures and we’ll have a review of 2023 around the New Year. Amidst […]
We somehow arrived at the last seeds announcement of the year! As it happens, all species are warm germinators or require first a warm/moist stratification period. Because someone once told me that he couldn’t grow a certain species from lack of indoor lights – I should, once again, write an explanation. All species indicated as […]
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 problems because of the widespread polyploidy and apomixy among them. Most Antennaria species […]
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 Musineon divaricatum, Leafy wild parsley I had somewhere an older picture with Rudbeckia maxima but cannot find it. If we look […]
I’ve been busy preparing the garden and seedlings for the winter, so only two new species, both drought resistant, were added to the Seeds List this week. Campanula alliariifolia – a vigorous and floriferous bellflower with large white flowers. I intend to grow it for the edge of the woodland beds. Glaucium flavum, the Sea […]
Glaucidium palmatum germination wrapping-up and latest seeds (jump to the end of article) One of the orders this week asking for Glaucidium seeds, reminded me that I haven’t posted my latest adventures regarding Glaucidium germination. I’ll do it now as a final revision for the Germination page. Having a bit too many older seeds left […]
Probably the last call (!) for the moist packed seeds; we have again a window of opportunity for shipping, but it won’t last long. New seeds in stock for today: Hamamelis virginiana,Viburnum lentago (Nannyberry), plus a replenished stock for Triosteum aurantiacum. They can be grown together in the garden as they enjoy similar conditions. For […]
The seeds announcement of today come in pairs. Two species for dry, sunny areas: Oenothera macrocarpa (Missouri evening primrose) and Astragalus missouriensis (Missouri milkvetch). A pair for moist locations: Nabalus racemosus and Smilax tamnoides (Bristly greenbriar). I’ll take this occasion to present Nabalus racemosus (aka Prenanthes racemosa, Rattlesnake root) which is rarely cultivated in the […]
We arrived at the last offering of moist packed seeds of the season: Eastern skunk cabbage seeds, Symplocarpus foetidus. They have been missing from the Seeds list in the last couple of years, so despite the not-so-pleasant process of cleaning/processing of these seeds, a couple of fruits have been collected. They blend in very well […]
More seeds! More seeds from me and friends; and there will be more as soon as they get cleaned and the website files prepared. For now, we can enjoy again Amphicarpaea bracteata, Groundhog peanut. Due to the last year’s drought, there was a break on seeds. By chance, I discovered that they enjoy climbing up […]
There are a few seeds of Gentiana paradoxa hybrid to share this fall, so the time has come to talk about the marvelous group of so called fall Gentianas: Gentiana paradoxa, Gentiana septemfida and their hybrids. On we go! Gentiana paradoxa is an endemic species with limited distribution in the Western Caucasus region. In some […]
The printer went out of order as of yesterday afternoon unfortunately; just when you need it most… So, for a limited time the seeds packets will arrive at destinations with hand written labels. I think it is better to go on like this than to delay the shipping of orders at this time of the […]
