New & again

Some of the newly sown seeds are starting to germinate!
Warm germinators sown in February and grown under lights indoors, can be acclimatized outdoors in April/early May and in many cases planted in the ground by June. At least that’s my method, and I recommend it to those from a cold climate. The young seedlings are establishing fast in the ground and by late fall have developed a good root system to withstand the winter. An examples of last year with: Cerastium alpinum var. lanatum and Minuartia verna. By late summer Minuartia was also flowering.

Also from the screes and rock ledges of Carpathian Mts., the newly sowed Acinos alpinus is starting to germinate. I suspect it will be an easy to grow species at the edge of the rockery.

Acinos alpinus germinated seeds

Besides sowing new species, I also re-sow species with which I wasn’t successful, yet (from various reasons). Anthemis carpatica ssp. pyrethriformis, it is one of these species and I will persevere. It may be that I still have to found a proper location for it in the garden/rockery. In the featured picture, seen last year in July.

Anthemis carpatica ssp. pyrethriformis newly germinated seeds

More to follow….

There are many other warm germinating species in the Shop that can keep you company :) or maybe you got seeds from seeds exchanges or other sources. This is the right time to sow, if using indoor lights.

*For those who don’t use indoor lights and can only sow outdoors: keep the seeds in the fridge and start in late April/ early May (depending on the weather).