Propagation: 2014 Seed Starting, continuing from 2013, 4 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
Pam...just a word of warning on the Asclepias (by the way which one is it?), mine (A. incarnata white) always come up, grow for a bit and eventually die. But if you look closely the plant is not dead!!!! It seems like the main stem dies back to the ground (potting soil line) and if you keep watering them they will eventually reemerge to grow another stem.... This has happened every time I've ever grown them.(5 or 6 times). I am hoping those that got planted this fall make it thru the winter as I'ld love to have it blooming in the garden again this season... (also just started them on top of the soil, no cold ever used). Same with Aquilegias, think I tried the fridge once and some out at the same time. Found out germination was just as good out so quite putting them in the fridge...

Love the A. chrysanthas, my favs tho are the newer ones that are fragrant. Most are now listed as A. c. Denver's Gold. Got slews of Columbine that should bloom this spring if they make it thru the winter. Was in the garden the other day after what snow was there had melted. I noticed many little babies were starting to pop out of the ground....so I went thru and stepped on a bunch of they trying to push them back in and make good contact with the soil. Then we had some more snow and our second round of subzero weather. Fingers are crossed. Will check on things again after this round melts and readjust if any need it.. Since my planting was done late in the season am thinking it might be the reason they are surfacing a bit....

Pix 1,2,3 and 5 are newly planted areas mostly with babies, pix 4 (next to the white fence and close to the house) is my holding bed for those I didn't have time to seperate into individual pots. So I'll have plenty to do this spring as they all need seperating and put into a regualr home somewhere in the garden.....