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Seedy Subjects! => Seeds Wanted => Topic started by: gordon julian on September 25, 2014, 10:13:20 AM

Title: Scilla madeirensis seeds
Post by: gordon julian on September 25, 2014, 10:13:20 AM

Can anyone please suggest a source for fresh seeds of Scilla madeirensis ,many thanks

Title: Re: Scilla madeirensis seeds
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 25, 2014, 01:34:02 PM

Let me know if you find out, Gordon!
The pics from Wisley are stunning!
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Scilla madeirensis seeds
Post by: Karaba on September 25, 2014, 07:06:51 PM

You can buy some at rareplants.eu when they will be back from vacation (on october 12) : http://www.rareplants.es/shop/prodtype.asp?strParents=0,70&CAT_ID=208&numRecordPosition=1 (http://www.rareplants.es/shop/prodtype.asp?strParents=0,70&CAT_ID=208&numRecordPosition=1)
I don't know if the Scilla maderense seeds are fresh, but for other seeds that I bought this year, the quality was very good and the packets had quite a lot of seeds.

Title: Re: Scilla madeirensis seeds
Post by: GordonT on November 30, 2014, 12:18:32 AM

We saw it in bloom late last month at the Jardim Botanico da Madeira

Title: Re: Scilla madeirensis seeds
Post by: brianw on November 30, 2014, 09:31:54 PM

I flowered mine too late this year to get seed; sorry. Plenty of seed if flowered early when the bees are still around here. If I start them late then inside and no bees and next to no seed, and the few pods get mildew usually. I will try and remember next year. Just a case of when you start watering again after summer.

Title: Re: Scilla madeirensis seeds
Post by: ArnoldT on January 20, 2015, 07:23:38 PM

Scilla madeirensis from a New Jersey supplier.