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Not sure what became of the first batch we started a couple years ago, but I never saw this plant in bloom - so trying again this year. The first set of plants, started indoors, met a similar fate - just never did anything. I think they're extremely cold-sensitive, not just frost-sensitive. Then I planted some seeds directly into the soil in early June, and lo - ferny-foliaged plants emerged about a month later. It wasn't until late August that the first flowers showed up, but it was worth it. Still not sure what the best planting and setting-out strategy is, but I'll keep experimenting.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: cutting garden About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Anthony I | Jun 29, 2006 | I bought these seeds this year from a catolog. They recommend soaking them for 24hrs then direct planting them two weeks after last frost. I forgot about them and ended up direct planting (after soaking) them around mid-late june. They came up in about a week. Of course it did rain for four days after I planted them. I don't know if that helped or not. There still small so I'm worried they won't have time to bloom. Just have to wait I guess. I think soaking is the key though. After soaking, the seeds were already starting to open up. |
- Seed from '02 trade. Baggy 75F (30%G, 2-3d)
- Same seed as above. Lightly sandpapered, baggy 75F (100%G, 2-3d)
June 4: direct-sowed 6 seeds, after scarifying by rubbing on concrete paver; 2G in late June
- 6/25: direct-sowed 22 seeds (unscarified); about half germinated 2-3 weeks later
- Seed from '02 trade. Scarified with sandpaper, soak 1d. Baggy 75F (100%G, 1-3d)
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