I hope mine will eventually germinate. I am looking around for the texensis but cannot find anyone with any plants to sell. If you get enough of the purple to germinate I would love to adopt one!
C
We have the native seeds, What to do now?
Hey Guys, call me crazy but I just ordered all these seeds from Everwild Farms, the price was right and I had wanted these for a long time. The packets were 2.50 each and the shipping only 3.00 dollars.
I predict that there is going to be a lot more winter sowing, wish me luck.
Josephine.
Phlox divaricata (Wild Blue Phlox) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (30 Seeds)
Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (300 Seeds)
Penstemon cobaea (Showy Beardtongue) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (500 Seeds)
Amorpha canescens (Lead Plant) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (800 Seeds)
Amsonia illustris (Blue Star) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (60 Seeds)
Asclepias speciosa (Showy Milkweed) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (200 Seeds)
Asclepias verticillata (Whorled Milkweed) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (150 Seeds)
Baptisia leucophaea (Cream Wild Indigo) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (10 Seeds)
Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (100 Seeds)
Dodecatheon meadia (Midland Shooting Star) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (300 Seeds) Engelmannia pinnatifida (Engelmann Daisy) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (400 Seeds)
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master) Wildflower Seeds - Packet: (600 Seeds)
lol - Step away from the seed catalog...
What are you going to do with the eryngo? I keep pondering that (and the purple one) for our native plant security fence, but I'm still hesitant about it spreading.
I am going to put some on the slope, it looks like it would be very good for butterfly nectar.
Is shooting star native to TX? I had them in MI or one of the species anyway.
C
Yes it is, it is so beautiful!! http://wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=DOME
Wow, hopefully you will be successful enough to pass some along to us at one of the RUs. :)
I surely hope so Dennis, although with seeds it is hard to know, I feel more secure with cuttings, but of course I didn't have those plants to take cuttings from.
The other draw back to seeds is that some plants take years to really reach maturity and not just trees and bushes. I guess I am pretty impatient about that. Still I am very excited about the possibility of all kinds of new plants this spring. If your shooting stars do well I might just have to order some seeds myself. The plants I had were pinkish purple and I looked forward to seeing them for the short time they bloomed in early spring. I also had dutchman's breetches...I miss those spring flowers.
C
Yes....you are crazy woman!!! You don't have time to take care of more seedlings! LOL!! But I know with your plant talents, you will make them grow and share down the road. LOL!
What can I say, I love native plants so much I want them all. Those seeds I ordered a very special.
Just think if we can get all those milkweeds to do well we may not need the Mexican milkweed for our beloved Monarchs, wouldn't that be great?
Josephine.
I didn't know all of those milkweeds were native to TX. I am still wanting the little white milkweed that grows in mostly shade but cannot find a source for its seeds. The only thing that keeps me from starting more seeds is a lack of prepared places to plant them.
C
Which milkweed is that Cheryl?
LOL I was hoping you would remember. I am going to look it up today.
C
A. texana, guess I really want a native.
C
Oh yes, I had that plant for a while and it is beautiful, it even bloomed the first year, but it declined and died, I just haven't had any luck with it, I have tried it twice. Of course that doesn't mean I am giving up on it, but at this time I don't have it.
I got it from one of our members who lives near San Antonio, she lives out in the country and has many special plants growing wild in her area.
Josephine.
I watched a Zizotes Milkweed, A. oenotheroides all summer for pods. As soon as they formed something ate them. When the weather clears I'm going to dig it up and bring it home. BTW I have 4 pods growing on my Mexican Milkweed.
Dane
I collected seed from my Mex. mlkweed this fall and have some in pots outside.
I wonder what conditions that plant needs Josephine?
C
Found these on Native American Seed:
http://www.seedsource.com/catalog/search_resultsB.asp?txtsearchParamTxt=milkweed&txtsearchParamCat=ALL&btnSearch.x=8&btnSearch.y=8&txtsearchParamType=ALL&txtsearchParamMan=ALL&txtsearchParamVen=ALL&txtFromSearch=fromSearch
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Cheryl, if you are asking about A. texana, I really don't know, but I think it might need a more alkaline soil than the one I had it in.
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Dane, I hope you get some seeds from the Zizotes milk weed this year, it would be nice to have that one too.
Here's a website with tons of info re: milkweed:
http://www.texasento.net/dplex.htm#Milkweed
Really worth exploring.
Thank you for that link Txgardener, I will put it on the first post so we can find it later.
Josephine.
You're welcome..
Hey Everybody, I found this link on Propagation and thought it might be helpful
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/landscap/h1257.pdf
I also added it to the top post.
Josephine.
I just received a bunch of wildflower seeds, like bluebonnets, indian blanket, and indian paintbrush, that I plan to use in the rarely mowed greenbelt area behind my house. Everything I have found recommends planting the seeds in September or October. Should I save the seeds until then, or would it do any good to plant them now?
I really don't know for sure, but if I were you I would plant half now and the rest in the fall, that way if it doesn't work out you haven't all of them.
I planted the rest of the seeds I ordered today, I now have 108 small pots planted, I suppose something will work out, we shall see. Wish me luck.
Josephine.
Josephine... you "lucky duck" at getting all those seeds!! I wish I had the space too!!
Can you tell me something?? If the plant says native to US does this neccessarily mean it's also a Texas Native?? I am trying to decifer Lady Bird's site in regards to all Texas native, as I want to certifly the garden some day & understand it has to be at least 60% (?) or more.
Your advice is greatly appreciated ( as with anyone else who can help :0) ). I won't be able to have a lot of plants so I must be choosy...I do have a list started by the way.
Thank you Cindy, all the plants show at the Lady bird site are native to north America, that includes the US and Canada.
Not all the plants shown are native to Texas, to find out if they are you scroll down on the page and you will see the states that it where it is native listed there.
Here is a list of recommended plants for North Central Texas.
http://wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=TX_northcentral
Here is a link to all the Texas native plants, have fun!!!
http://wildflower.org/plants/combo.php?distribution=TX&habit=&duration=
Josephine.
I have my first seedlings popping up! The snapdragon vine seeds that I have in my mini greenhouse have sprouted, but the ones I have outside have not, so it appears that snapdragon vine does not require cold stratification. Nothing else has sprouted. Is anyone else having anything pop up yet?
Yes, I have a few different ones, but haven't made note of which, they are all outside.
I will check later which ones are up.
Josephine.
None for me and I hope its not because they weren't watered enough.
C
I have sprouting;
Purple Clematis
Standing Cypress
Wild Groundsel, Packera plattensis
Heath Aster
Heal All
Wild Gaillardia, probably multiceps
Clasping Coneflower.
I am very excited already!!
Josephine.
This message was edited Jan 31, 2011 9:40 AM
Hooray for your seedlings!
Me, too, stuff sprouting but I haven't been systematic about figuring out what.
Very dramatic difference from this time last year, though, after all that nice rain all last winter.
I did plant mine later than some others but I still wonder if I have done something wrong. I always worry about covering the seeds with too much soil.
C
Cheryl, if you are wondering about the Purple Clematis, I must tell you that I planted the seeds in this pot last year, so they took quite a while.
The Clematis i planted this winter hasn't come up yet, but all the others I listed today were planted in December.
Josephine.
I planted in January so maybe there is hope.
Well I haven't planted yet!! But I have soil in my pots and my light stand ready. My great nephew is here for a visit or I would have done the planting yesterday. So tomorrow is the day for at least a few.
I did take time to sort ALL of my seeds and bag up the ones that were in a cup or envelope etc. I have so many that I forgot I had and would like to plant. I ran across several bunches of seeds that no telling what they were. I always think I will remember and don't take time to label when I am in a hurry. I had one that said noid from pocket! LOL! I have two pods that I know someone will know what they are, especially if they grow, but I will take a picture also.
Glad to know everyone's bounty is sprouting! I will catch up now that I have my lights in place.
Yes Sheila, you better get going Girl!!
Josephine.
I started some wintersowing on 1/22 and already have 12 different kinds sprouting. I'll sure be covering those later this week as we dip into the 20's.
We have a wildlife exemption on our property in Blanco and we found out this week that activities can include things like planting texas natives and creating a butterfly garden. I'm off to a good start on both of those!
Tonya