Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Seedy Subjects! => Grow From Seed => Topic started by: David Nicholson on April 17, 2012, 12:54:05 PM
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I have seed of Epilobium colchicum and E. crassum and know less than nothing about them. Any information as to when to sow and how to sow would be appreciated please.
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For the Epilobium colchicum I'd just throw it around the garden and it will have the entire county colonised in no time..... isn't Epilobium colchicum the common, and rampant, Willowherb? :o
The little New Zealander, E. crassum is cuter...... I'll grant you that. Try it in a very sandy mix... that'll grow most anything.
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For the Epilobium colchicum I'd just throw it around the garden and it will have the entire county colonised in no time..... isn't Epilobium colchicum the common, and rampant, Willowherb? :o
The little New Zealander, E. crassum is cuter...... I'll grant you that. Try it in a very sandy mix... that'll grow most anything.
Yikes! is it? I get enough of that from the nearby railway line (that bloke Brunel has a lot to answer for). Think I'll have a go at the New Zealander though. Autumn sown?
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The big one from the railway lines may be E. angustifolium... but frankly, even of E. colchicum is a bit smaller I wouldn't be too keen.
Seed Exes list it though, and the Czechs sell it......so the choice is yours! ::) ;)
Yes, for E. crassum, sow seed late autumn, barely covering the seed. Wants a poorish soil, I reckon.
I think I 've seen germination given as likely within a month at 10 to 16 degrees, but we don't go in for such luxuries here. :-[
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Many thanks Maggi.
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You could always start a colony of the Elephant Hawkmoth and / or the Small Elephant Hawkmoth. We DO have both on Epilobium in the garden ;D.
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=60 (http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=60)
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=3162 (http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=3162)