Hi Jane, I am pretty sure in my ignorance I dumped that pot, but will check in my nursery when the snow goes - I did put some pots out there to face the winter weather uncovered and see what happens - mostly fritillaries, but some others. I am happy of your experienced suggestions and will hang on to the pot of Castilleja scabrida seeds I am trying this year. Ditto on the Aquilegias I am trying. I will let you know how the C. scabrida fare - I rubbed them between my fingers and hope not too hard. Sincerely, Valerie Melanson
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 4:47 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > Valerie, > > Did you save the combo starter mix with the ungerminated seeds? I was > just wondering if maybe some Castillejas might need more than a year to > germinate. I noticed a lag in outdoor germination of Aquilegia seeds up > here. It took 3 years from sowing the seed in situ before I saw the first > seedling. > > Jane Hendrix > Mountain View Experimental Gardens > Peak 7 Area - Breckenridge, Colorado USA > Elevation: 10,000 feet > USDA Zone: 4 > Website: http://www.picturetrail.com/hendrix > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Valerie Melanson <[email protected]> > To: "Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society, postings copyright by > authors." <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Castilleja Seed Germination > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:54:10 -0800 > > Hello Jane, > Last year I successfully germinated 1 out of 10 Castilleja miniata seeds > obtained from the SRGC seed exchange. �I sowed them on combo of starter mix > and grit, just covered with granite grit, gave them outdoor treatment (we > did get some days of freezing), in a tray with a vented dome over it. �The > 1 seedling was well up by May 15th. �I planted it out in the garden about a > month later when it had good root growth and some good leaf growth, in a > sunny dry bed with a Penstemon davidsonii x menziesii that likes the same. > �It was doing well, enjoying our dry summer, new leaves growing slowly, but > unfortunately the deer liked it too and nipped off most of the top in late > summer. �No sign of a resurgence in the fall and right now it is covered in > snow. �I will be interested to see if it comes up again and is happy or if > it succumbed. > Sincerely, > Valerie Melanson > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:45 AM, [email protected] <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I sent seed of Castilleja miniata, C. rhexifolia and C. sulphurea to a >> fellow grower at a botanical garden in Austria.� He has tried every >> combination of techniques (light, dark, stratification, sowing with a >> "host", etc.) and has only gotten 3 C. miniata seedlings.� I collected the >> seed myself from the wild-growing plants in my backyard.� It was definitely >> ripe.� I have never tried to germinate seed of those particular 3 >> Castilleja species as I have a ton of them naturally growing and spreading. >> � >> Has anyone had good success with germinating any of these 3 Castilleja >> species, either indoors or in situ? >> � >> By the way, I have been able to transplant the naturally-germinated >> seedlings and mature plants of all 3 above-mentioned species to my garden >> and to my neighbor's garden with no problem (and I did not include a nearby >> "host" species in the relocation). >> � >> Jane Hendrix >> Mountain View Experimental Gardens >> Peak 7 Area - Breckenridge, Colorado U.S.A. >> Elevation:� 10,000 feet >> USDA Zone: 4 >> Website:� http://www.picturetrail.com/hendrix >> � >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Alpine-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l >> > > > > -- > Valerie Melanson, > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Alpine-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l > > -- Valerie Melanson, [email protected]
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