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Meanie, the seeds don't have to be really fresh. They germinate like cress - warm germinators and need light
Few seedlings images before more thunderstorms:Jeffersonia diphyllaGabriella, when did you sow the J. diphylla? I sowed some fresh seeds last summer but they have not germinated yet. We did not have a very cold winter - just a few frosty nights, not much below 0C, I wonder of that is why the seeds failed to germinate? Unfortunately the parent plant - which I only bought last year, also failed to come up. It was planted in a woodland area with trilliums, erythroniums etc, so the right sort of habitat, I imagine. Looks as if I am destined not to be able to enjoy these beautiful flowers.
Here are some seeds that have started to germinate, first is Lillium Formosanum Pricei, can't remember where I got the seed from. The next one is narcissus Bulbocodium, these are rhs wisley seed, I was at wisley last spring for the cyclamen society show and they had a grassy bank full of these, a really beautiful site.Lillium Formosanum Pricei by johnstephen29, on FlickrI posted the above item in March last year, the other day I was checking over the L. formosanum pricei and I was surprised to see flower buds on all three plants that had germinated, is this species normally this fast to reach flowering size?Narcissus Bulbocodium by johnstephen29, on Flickr
Here are some seedlings I'm pretty excited about - Thermopsis barbata, from Bjornar's seed (trillium.no).