Propagation: Sprouts and Seedlings 2008! Any pics to share?!, 1 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:

I just looked up Joe Pye Weed germination on the internet (because mine didn't germinate either) and got this advice from Jelitto:

http://www.jelitto.com/english/EA206.htm

Did you notice the write-up says Joe Pye Weed won the Award of Garden Merit from the RHS? That really amazes me since I really think of it as a weed and not really garden worthy except maybe in a very casual natural garden....the Europeans like it though...

And germination sounds very complicated from the Jelitto write-up. Other sites said just seed it out into the meadow in fall using fresh seed. Maybe mine wasn't fresh enough--but I collected it last fall from plants around our park's butterfly garden...oh, well...maybe next year!

I started my alyssum in trays inside and set them outside when they sprouted in a few days. The alyssum I direct sowed into the garden doesn't look like it has germinated (yet). I didn't do any WS alyssum. I started several different kinds--purple, rose and two kinds of white.

My wintersowing seeds are germinating OK but the seeds I collected like different liatris, eupatoriums, and others from the butterfly wildflower garden in the park are slow to germinate and spotty in the containers...

These are liatris, mysotosis, verbena bonarienses...among others...