I will finish the review of April 2023 before Christmas, to show that just 2 days after the snow (see: Remembering early spring 2022) the sun was up, plants were flowering and the bees were happily foraging. After the storm, sun always follows… In summary the early spring of 2022 was challenging for many species, […]
A favorite winter past-time for most gardeners is to review the pictures of their plants & garden while dreaming about the new season. It is not only about dreaming though. Keeping pictures-records of your garden can serve many other purposes: use them to compare the emergence of species over the years (so you don’t have […]
Most probably due to a mild November, I found Geum triflorum, prairie smoke, with few flowers! It is, of course, not good. These flowers will freeze sooner or later. Until then, we can enjoy them. I also found some of my pictures, Geum triflorum included, copied and used by other people, no less in their […]
As mentioned, gibberellic acid (GA3) it is now available for purchase in portions of 1g. I brought it in only in the idea of helping BotanyCa customers and it is available only coupled with purchases of seeds. It certainly makes no sense to use envelopes and have trips to the Post Office to ship only […]
As we slowly approach the end of the year, it is time to announce the last seeds added to the Seeds List in the 2022 season. They are all in rather limited quantities, due to the dry season and pollination problems; we can only hope for better conditions next year. Centaurea jankae, presented last week […]
Only about Centaurea jankae today; this species is too important to be mixed with other announcements. Centaurea jankae is an endemic and extremely rare species, which can be found growing in steppe habitats only in Dobrogea, Romania and Bulgaria. In fact, two small populations exist in both countries. It is a tall species with beautiful […]
Few more species have been added to the inventory; mostly seeds that arrived from friends, with many thanks: Dianthus deltoides, Phlomis tuberosa, Ratibida pinnata, Althaea officinalis, Primula florindae and Gentiana asclepiadea (a wonderful mix of colors :-). Also Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi, Iris tectorum ‘Album’ and Silene uniflora ‘Compacta’, of which I forgot to post […]
Ontario went from summer-like fall weather to winter in a blink of an eye! First, the shipping of the moist packed seeds has been cancelled as of today! With apologies to the few people who had them included in the recent orders; there is no point to ship non-viable seeds. Second, are your seedlings prepared […]
We are all enjoying the gorgeous weather of November. However, and I hate to spoil the mood, winter is fast approaching and there is no escape from it. So, I did a check-up on the moist packed seeds to place one more call for the remaining seeds in stock! Do not wait any longer for […]
While seeds are still collected into late fall, we continue with the updates of the Seeds List and occasional plant portraits. I introduce two more new North American species this season: Amsonia illustris, Shining Bluestar, Ozark Bluestar Veronicastrum virginicum, Culvert’s root Both of them are well known and present in our gardens, but Amsonia needs […]
I haven’t collected buttonbush seeds in many years. Most people prefer to purchase already grown shrubs and it is understandable. However, after seeing how nice and floriferous a small group of buttonbushes were looking despite the terrible drought, I had a change of heart. After all, most sources indicate that it is an easy to […]
As announced, we travel local this weekend trough Eastern and Central North American woodlands with: Amphicarpaea bracteata, American hog-peanut Asclepias exaltata, Poke Milkweed and Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry – counting as new for this season, so we’ll stop for a few seconds to talk about it. The Black Chokeberry is a great shrub for the […]
For this weekend we do an imaginary travel to Japan for the elegant Sanguisorba tenuifolia ‘Alba’, with a stop in the Caucasus for the robust Dioscorea caucasica, and we return via some of the European alpine meadows where the gorgeous Anemonastrum narcissiflorum thrives (syn. Anemone narcissiflora, Narcissus anemone). Given the cool nights, I added a […]
Disporum uniflorum, Korean Fairy Bells, had a good season despite the drought – and the seeds were just placed in the inventory! We already had a plant portrait for this species: Korean Fairy Bells, plus a Friday’s Seeds, so there is no point for a whole new discussion. I found this Disporum to be a […]
I am always on the lookout for carnivorous plants seeds for the small but dedicated group of ‘carnivorously inclined’ that follows the blog/seeds offerings. This late summer I was pleased to find a Drosera intermedia population with seeds at the right moment, growing together with Utricularia cornuta, Horned bladderwort, also with seeds at the right […]
Medeola virginiana seeds have just been placed in the inventory. The Indian cucumber is a species that germination speaking “breaks with the tradition” (Breaking the tradition- Medeola germination). In some places it can be found growing on mossy decomposed tree trunks together with Coptis trifolia, the goldthread and Maianthemum canadensis (Canada Mayflower). This is a […]
