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Amsonia hubrichtii |
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| | Yellow fall foliage in late October |
| Synonym(s) |
Amsonia hubrectii |
| Family |
apocynaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
From seed  |
Tricky to germinate - cold treatment and/or temperature cycling may be helpful.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | early November |
Tried to grow this from seed several years, with varying success. I think I finally managed to get a couple mature plants going, but somewhere along the road I lost track of which amsonia is which, so I'm not 100% sure of its identity. Still, the leaf shape and fall color (shown in the picture here) fit descriptions and photos I've seen, so I probably have it right. Next year, with a good inspection of the flowers, I should know for sure.
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| | Newly re-emerging, late April |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: side garden, big pond, orchard nursery area See comparative information about amsonias in our garden Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Mari | Apr 30, 2006 | Mine has no luck so far :-< A.tabernaeontane germinated v. easily (autumn sow, germinated in Apr) but this is the amsonia I wanted to grow in my shady woodland garden. The seeds were from Chiltern Seeds and have been in the pot for a full year and some months now! (from Berkshire, UK)
Amsonias certainly are tricky, and I've not always had luck getting them to germinate - whether that's because of seed viability or germination conditions is hard to say. Outside treatment does seem to be the best approach in many cases. |
- Seed from '02 HPS/MAG exchange. Baggy 70F (7w, no G) - to pot outside (17%G, June)
- Seed from '04 HPS/MAG exchange. Baggy 35F (8w) - 70F (4w; 4%G, 12d) - to pot outside (76%G, 4w - in late May)
- Same seed as above, sown to pot set outside 12/8/04. No G (disc. May '06)
- Seed from '06 garden. Baggy 35F (8w) - 70F (65%G, 3-7d)
- Seed from '07 garden (bench specimen). Baggy 35F (8w) - 70F (55%G, 3-15d)
Also seed from '06 garden. Baggy 35F (8w) - 70F (70%G, 6-18d)
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April 24, 2008
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