This is one of my very special seeds.
I have fresh seeds of this beautiful and rare vine, the Lapageria rosea .
Here you have some information:
http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/uk/product/2542/1
And photos:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Lapageria+rosea&sa=N&tab=wi
Have a look at my "Wish" list or tempt me !
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Lapageria rosea , Chilean Bell Flower vine
Oooooh! I'd love some of these, please! I don't have anything on your want list, but might I tempt you with the few things I do have on my list? http://www.moment.net/~wingnut/tradelist.htm
Christiina, I would love a few! I have some freshly collected hosta seeds. It's a mixture of the hostas I have... pods from prolly a dozen different hybrids. The babies could turn out to be anything.
Hi
I have lily of the valley and I would love to have a few of your seeds.
Let me know if you would like these.
Alice
I would love to trade...I have canna seeds~ Please let me know if you're interested~ thanks Debra~
Hi Cristina,
I don't have anything on your wish list to trade, but maybe there will be something on my list that would be of interest to you. I'd sure like to try out that beautiful vine! Thanks for the offer.
I would love to try those seeds again,if you have any left
You've got mail
Lapagerias are MY very special trade.
They are difficult little things, they need long term stratification and for you, it is a God send that we have inverted season : as you're going into winter and cold weather, Lapagerias requires a long term stratification.
Plant them now and leave them in the cold, protected, soil moist but not wet and do not allow it to freeze......
By your Spring, dormancy will break and they'll start to germinate for you. This seeds have a very high % of germination.
wingnat, poppysue, aknapp, RedSunDance, roshana, crestedchick,
You've got mail.
I would love to try some of these! I have Amur Maple seeds and lots of other enticing ones too.
Hi Christina, I would love to try some of your seeds if you still have them available. The only seed that I have from your want list is Canna. It has pretty maroon and green leaves and orange flowers. I do have alot of other
seeds. You can check my list and if you don't find anything there, I can also send you a list of seeds I have in my personal seed stash.
Patricia
Christina, I just realized that I don't have my list posted on Daves Garden. If you would like to see my list please e-mail me and I will send it too you.
Thanks, Patricia
Shirley1md, jerodsmom I've just mail you!
I have some Canna seeds to trade for yours. I don't have the name, but it has the purple leaf and the flower is red and fades to an orange.
Cristina, for some reason your mail didn't reach me???.... I will E you.
Ok. poppysue
I would love to trade for some of these as well...I
am expecting an assortment of Canna lily seeds in the
nest few days. PLMK
Cristina,
Do you have any more? I would like to try them again. I do have an assortment of hosta seeds and also have pyracantha (but don't know when the seeds are ripe on this).
Brenda
Please eMail me
I do still have seeds, They're fresh, 2003 harvest and you need to put them in soil now at your Fall.
Cristina,
Your seeds arrived the other day. Thanks SO MUCH for sharing them with me. I can't wait to see this beautiful vine in bloom!
Shirley
Cristina
Your seeds came in the mail this morning, and I hope you have received mine.
Thanks so much for sharing these wonderful seeds.
I am so excited about the upcoming growing season that I can hardly wait!!!!
I am all ready running out of patience and it isn't december yet. I will be a mess by January.
Thanks again
Alice
hi i would love some of your special seeds. what are you looking for.. thanks blessings . hope 43--twyla
Oh poo mine haven't come yet. Hurry up mail man. Christina were you ever able to get yours from customs??
cristina, I have some hosta and lotus seeds
shirley
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i would like some of the seeds but i dont have anything you're looking for plmk
moretz
Shirley and Alice, lovely that they got to you two safely ! Now, happy sowing and wait till spring.
Donna, nope . I did not get them. I feel you'll get them back !
twyla I'm easy to please. Let me see your list.
Shirley ( scooterbug) , I'm ready to trade!
moretz, what do you have? Hey, that sounds groovy! Send me the list of whatever you have now.
Hi, lucky Lapageria growers!
Just want to add a link that can be useful to have your seeds germinated:
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/lapageria/myhomepage/garden.html
Cristina is supplying you with very, very special and hard to get seeds.
I wish you all the best of luck growing our national flower.
Greetings and sunshine from Chile,
Ursula
The seeds came today in your clever packaging! Thanks so much. Now that I see how you packaged the seeds, I will try again on the seeds I tried to send earlier. This time I think I will be able to squeak them through! Thanks again. I'm really looking forward to growing the vines. And thanks also, Ursula, for the great link!
I will resend also when I see how to do it. Does that mean also not to fill out customs form??
DonnaB If you send it as a letter, you don't need to.
If you send it in bubble wrap envelope, you can declare it as cards, greeting cards or photos. Someone once wrote: "garden ornaments" LOL well plants are VERY decorative, I thought that one was very clever.
Just wait until you get my letter
Love you!
Cristina
Lapagerias are difficult seeds to germinate because they do have a very set dormancy.
The only requirement is patience, they do need a long period of cold humid medium, mimicking their natural enviroment. With this specie, we cannot do better than nature.
In a pot put some good seed raising soil, rich with humus ( compost) and wih good drainage. Wet the soil and on top scatter the seeds, cover them with soil making sure that they will remain covered (1/8 "), spray some water in top to make sure that the top soil is moist.
Keep it in a cold medium, protected from heavy rain ( they love humidiy but they hate wet "feet") and do not allow them to get frozen (no snow on top).
Just use the fall and winter to stratify the seeds in a natural way and you will be happy with the results.
By spring you will see them germinating.
I do disagree with what the information you'll find in the link.
The photos are good, though.
In my opinion, it is too complicated and it is not necessary to follow all those steps.
I did my lot in the way I described and know I have lots of green little shots appearing in my seed sowing pot
Cristina
Cristina
Thanks so much for sharing the info with us Cristina!
Your method sounds much easier!!!
Can I accomplish the same thing by putting them in the fridge instead of outside.
Our weather makes it to risky to put things out that can't have snow on them!!
Thanks
Alice
I agree Cristina,
....... I have found mimicking Mother Nature is usually the best way to go.
.......I have germinated many seeds just by simple methods. Some seed were recommended to start in exotic ways such as gelatin ,etc. When these plants grow outdoors ...there is NO gelatin and they still grow..
..... Just like plants that freely re-seed over winter, most of these will be winter sowed with good results. Just because a seed has been given a special name does not change the way it needs to grow.
......The only exception I believe would be older, hard seeds....due to our storing them.... that may need some help via soaking ,nicking, peeling or filing..... =)
....I ramble on again....I'm finished....lol
I am very much looking forward to the conclusion of our trade ;~D
Shirley
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Alice, the only problem with fridge is that there isn't any air circulation and fungus can grow rampant in 3 month.
A little place in a cold porch? or in the garage were they could be cold enough?
I would find a little place where you could put an empty plastic pot on top of the seed raisin flat, that you can take off from time to time to check humidity and give some air circulation, that would be fine.
If you have to do with the fridge then you will have to keep a good eye on them....
In the area where they thrive winter is cold and rainny so they need to be moist.
In the temperate forest where the vine thrive it may snow a bit but never for days on end and the high tree canopy protect them. The main feature of temterate forest in rain and mist.
cristina
Okay sounds like maybe I had better regroup that plan and figure out an alternative.
Thanks Cristina
cristina
i emailed you
moretz
hi i have a list on gardenweb.com sophiew is name ..please let me know if i have something you like would trade.. thanks so much.. blessings.. hope43-- twyla
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Cristina
I got the seeds back yesterday that I sent to you and got your seeds today. I will try again on Monday with cardboard in bubble package. The casterbean and moon vine seeds are large so don't think I could send them in envelope. If I need to do other wise please let me know
Cristina, just want to say thank you and I received the seeds you sent today, it is a nice Thanksgiving present.. Also, last time we e-mailed there was some confusion so I had deleted all the e-mails and no longer have that information.. Please let me know what I am supposed to send to you.. I can't find the post, there must have been another one somewhere.. anyway, please forgive my scatterbrainess.. I will get the seeds in the mail as soon as I know which to send. Antoinette