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Sida elliottii |
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| Synonym(s) |
Sida gracilis |
| Common name |
Elliott's fanpetals |
| Family |
malvaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial? |
| Flowers |
orange-yellow (summer) |
| Size |
18" |
| Light |
sun |
From seed  |
I give several weeks cold treatment, then germinate at room temperature
Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | late August |
This came to me as mislabeled seed - it was several years before I finally arrived at a plausible identification for my mystery plants. The only information I've been able to find on the web lists this as a perennial, but it has been a one-year plant for me - perhaps it is not hardy to zone 6. Even as an annual, I grow it every year for its simple charm - upright growth with linear dark-green serrated leaves, and lots of orangish-yellow flowers. Won't bowl you over, but worth growing.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back yard island Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
- Seed from '01 trade. Baggy 35F (6w)-70F (11%G,3w)-70F with light (11%G)
- Seed from '02 garden. Baggy 35F (9w)-70F (55%G,11-21d)
- Seed from '03 garden. Baggy 35F (8w)-70F (51%G,3-26d)
- Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 35F (32d) - 70F (65%G, 10-48d)
- Seed from '05 garden. Baggy 35F (4w) - 70F (no G, 11d) - dehusked and nicked inner seed - 45%G, 3-9d
- Seed from '05 garden. A: baggy 70F - not scarified (20%G, 7d)
B: Baggy 35F (27d) - 70F (3w; 10%G, 4d) - dehusked, sandpapered inner seed - 70F (70%G, 3-16d)
- Seed from '07 garden. Dehusked, sandpapered. Baggy 65 (62%G, 4-6d)
For years I believed these needed cold treatment. Turns out scarification is all that's needed.
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January 06, 2008
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