Propagation: What seeds will you be collecting?, 1 by Illoquin

Illoquin wrote:
Sure, Maoza, red mini Snaps for you.

I have Cerinthe major and love it! I need to figure out what the seeds are because I forgot already. Are they big and dark? Or do I open that thing up to get the smaller seeds inside? They aren't quite ripe yet, but I was investigating today.

Shirley, no, Martagon lilies take 5-6 years, they are the only ones that take that long. (That we are likely to run across, anyway) Your lily formosanum should take 2 years, or 3, if it's a slow poke. Here's the photo of Claude Shride -- backlit, it's not that bright. People on the Lily List complain that all the offspring look just like it and it shows no admixture of any of the other parent's characteristics....so in other words, it pretty much comes true from seed.

Suzy