Germinating now- - photos of seedlings

[johnralphcarpenter]

Genus/species: Magnolia wilsonii
Seed source: kind member of this forum
Seeds sown: mid September 2015
Germination: early/mid April 2016

Me too! Sown 30/12/2015 after three months in the fridge.

[Tristan_He]

Tulipa sprengeri, sown into the open garden last autumn.

[Graeme]

nothing special - ordered the same from the AGS and SRGC - hate to say this but the AGs seed has done best - which is not my normal experience



these are in the tiffin containers we sometimes have at work from the local curry house - fine after they have been in the dishwasher

[ian mcdonald]

So far my germination results are about the same as previous years, 10%.

[Gabriela]

Lots of the winter sowed species are starting to germinate, somehow all at once, or to show up the first leaves - like Maianthemum.
Aconitum alboviolaceum

Bupleurum longifolium ssp. aureum

Primula ruprechtii

Maianthemum stellatum

[Gabriela]

Time for more seedlings:
Delphinium fissum - (germination in the second year) a bit elongated, I didn't see right away that was starting to germinate.

Potentilla divina

Eremurus tianschanicus

Paris quadrifolia

Zigadenus elegans

[Michael J Campbell]

Hepatica seedlings.

[Maggi Young]

Hepatica seedlings.

  At what stage do you prick them out, Michael?

[Michael J Campbell]

Those that are overcrowded I will do in the next few days, the others will have to wait until next spring.  It is better to leave them  for one year in the seed pots but as you can see I have put too many seed in some of the pots and will have to prick them out now. Lack of space hinders my well meaning intentions sometimes.   

[Maggi Young]

A great seed set can cause its own problems, for sure, eh? !!

[Tristan_He]

Some more snaps from the cold frame and conservatory. This is a really useful thread to check whether what you have coming up in pots corresponds with what you are expecting!


Primula secundiflora


Meconopsis baileyi


Muscari azureum, from SRGC 2015-16 seedex. After reading some of the advice about sowing bulb seed in autumn I didn't think these would come up this spring but they have germinated very well (though not all the bulb seed has).


Primula dickieana, again from the 2015-16 seedex. Really excited about these, I hope I can keep them going.


Gentiana verna. I bought three plants from Pottertons last year and thought I had better grow some replacements as this is a short-lived species. Germination has been excellent, fingers crossed.

[Tristan_He]

Some more seedlings.


Cremanthodium rhodocephalum, another exciting plant from the 2015-16 seedex now potted on. I have been keeping these on the wet side, as every photo in the wild I have seen of a Cremanthodium shows it growing with wet feet. One of the seedlings snapped as I tapped them out of the pot but it seems to be rerooting in the wet compost, perhaps they are tougher than they look.


Meconopsis "regia" of hort - not the real thing but a hybrid. This was actually sown last year and grew slowly due to neglect on my part, but is now responding well to some TLC.


Dianthus callizonus, from alpine-seeds.


Oxytropis campestris subsp. rishirensis, also from alpine-seeds.


Pedicularis 2 spp. mixed from trillium.no. It looks as if both species have germinated, I'll be interested to see what they look like.

[Tristan_He]

Veratrum album, just germinating.


Saxifraga sp. yellow from China, these are last year's seedlings again from trillium.no. I'll be really interested to see what these are, the photos of them in the wild look beautiful.


Pulsatilla alpina. I was interested to read the thread on yellow-flowered Pulsatillas saying that they just produced the cotyledons in the first year, do all pasque flowers do this? Certainly no sign of a true leaf.


Androsace vandelli. Possibly a little bit of growing before I walk off with a Farrer medal at the Exeter Show!


Campanula barbata.

[Tristan_He]

Primula sp., pink from trillium.no


Gentiana terglouensis from alpine-seeds


Linum sp - the bigger ones came up last year.


Astrantia carniolica


Aconitum lycoctonum

[Tristan_He]

...and finally I have at last managed to get some hay-rattle (Rhinanthus minor) to come up in a couple of the meadow areas. I know this is supposed to be easy to establish but not for me it seems. Hopefully this will help to weaken the grasses and allow me to work on developing a more flower-rich meadow area. Now I just need to get some seed of Franz's Ornithogalum!