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 […]
Seeds of the following native species have been added to the Shop. We can consider them ‘new’ since last time they were offered in 2016, and not from lack of trying. You can read more about each of them by clicking on the links provided. Cornus canadensis, the lovely bunchberry; also read more about it […]
The Seeds Shop is open! It has been a very dry, tough summer in SW Ontario; also in other regions weather has been very capricious this year, to say the least. The seed set has been affected in general, not only in the wild areas, but also in the gardens. We remain committed to only […]
Before the announcement for the Shop re-opening, I have good reason to ‘recycle’ and update a post about the lovely Cornus canadensis (bunchberry, dwarf cornel) from a few years ago. Reason is that fruits have just been collected and, together with few other species, they await the seeds extraction. So, keep in mind that a […]
First, in the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words: Trillium grandiflorum leftover seeds from 2021, germinating after following a warm (summer-fall 2021)- cold (winter 2021-2022) – warm (spring-summer 2022) cycles regime. They took me by surprise, usually the rootlets start to grow somewhere in September. As I mentioned before, from any batch […]
Not so long ago, when collecting seeds of Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula, I noticed that on a few clumps of Carex rosea (the Rosy sedge or Curly sedge) the seeds were ready. I intended to collect seeds of it a while ago but it was never the right time. Many times you need to get […]
Before the announcement for the Shop re-opening, I have good reason to ‘recycle’ and update a post about the lovely Cornus canadensis (bunchberry, dwarf cornel) from a few years ago. Reason is that fruits have just been collected and, together with few other species, they await the seeds extraction. So, keep in mind that a […]
Here we call Sanguisorba canadensis, Canadian burnet or White Burnet (Fam. Rosaceae). On the other side of the border it is called American burnet; we are all talking about the same species. The reason I show the Canada Burnet is not only because the glorious flowering, but also as a continuation to the posts on […]
The few peonies from my garden have opened their fruits. Given the capricious spring and following drought it is no surprise the harvest is small from a few species like Paeonia japonica. They start to flower a bit too early in our climate. On the other hand, Paeonia officinalis, which flowered later in the spring […]
