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Specific Info of Seed Donations for '24

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Véronique Macrelle:
another species:
has anyone successfully sown Aciphylla? and how?

Vinny 123:
Aciphylla aurea germinated well here.
Standard treatment for a hardy herbaceous plant - sow, cover with grit and leave outdoors over the winter.

I never planted it out in the garden - too wet. Sandy compost in pots, which eventually got neglected and dried too much................

Nice, unusual plant!

Véronique Macrelle:
thank, Vinny

cosine_alpines:
These notes cover my donations to the SRGC and AGS; listed here with the SRGC numbers (I don't think the AGS list is up yet). All wild-collected this year, though they weren't listed as wild in the SRGC seed exchange list; if anyone else contributed the same species I imagine they'll be mixed together.

#422 Berberis canadensis Scott Co., VA.
A well-behaved deciduous barberry with pendulous orange flowers and red fruit. These can have a lot of character if grown hard. The oldest shrublet at my farm, growing in the cracks of a limestone outcropping, reminds me of an ancient Cotoneaster from my childhood.

#476 Campanula divaricata Wise Co., VA
Lovely and dainty, with narrow leaves, threadlike stems and nodding pale blue bells with recurved tips. Prefers average to dry acidic soil and shade; looks its best leaning out from a slope.

#1507 Lilium superbum Wise Co., VA
Typical candelabras of orange recurved flowers, spotted dark brown and shaded yellow in the throat. These were collected from shorter plants since taller stems had been snapped by Hurricane Helene. Warm stratify then cold stratify, germinates warm.

#1528 Lobelia inflata Scott Co., VA
CORRECTION - should be Lobelia spicata; I got the name right on the packet, and Marc corrected the permit, but I accidentally put the wrong specific epithet on my initial email to the seed list managers. These make a tight, flat basal rosette and a single, narrow bloom stalk of the palest purple flowers. Leaves, stalks and seedpods turn purplish in fall. Dry, thin, limey soils in sun or partial shade.

#1611 Mitchella repens Scott Co., VA
Extra dwarf/dense. The species is naturally prostrate, rooting at stem nodes, but the plants these fruits came from were particularly good: small leaves almost appressed to the ground, short internodes, and prolific flowers/berries. Good for a shady, peaty spot. Tolerates light foot traffic.

#2371 Staphylea trifolia Scott Co., VA
Too big for most rock gardens (1-5m) but too pretty a plant for me not to send some seed in. Nodding panicles of white flowers in spring (like Styrax or Halesia in effect) and persisting inflated seed pods (also like Halesia in effect). For a rich, moist, shady spot with lime.

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