Friday’s more new seedlings
Today, few species from the sunny, wind swept rocky hills of Dobrogea region (Romania). There are no plans to collect there again soon, so I suggest to take advantage while possible.
From the ‘to try again’ list: Paronychia cephalotes. Interesting, showy and not often cultivated, the seedlings are not difficult to grow; I even enjoy it in the rockery for a while. Sadly it never went any further. I suspect the limestone based substrate had something to do with it.
Paronychia cephalotes germinated seeds
From the ‘sow while still available’ list, from the same habitat with Paronychia: Minuartia glomerata and Thymus zygioides (and few others not yet germinating).
I also recommend Hedysarum grandiflorum. My young plants were looking good when last I saw them in late November. The seeds were germinated using the ‘hot water method’ – again, a very useful method for germinating any species within the Fabaceae family.
