I haven't been going at it hammer and tongs but I'm making headway with propagation of local natives for use in my garden and on our ridge top property. Here's how it's going.
Bulb seeds!
I attempted to make the mixture as specified on Far West Bulb's page.
I wrote about this at length the first time I started seeds of plants that can then be propagated by bulb. If you are successful.
Very excited to be propagating
Lilium pardalinum from their lovely seeds. At the bottom I'll put a picture of the flower.
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| Ilium pardalinum, leopard lily |
Also
Fritillaria affinis, which I had one good year with and then - not so much.
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| Fritillaria affinis, checker lily |
And these are seeds of
Calochortus albus. I love these. The little white bit at the end - I wonder if they are elaiosomes, a fatty morsel to attract ants so the seeds get dispersed. a bit of the thing that attracts ants - Well I don't think so. I can't see it by googling anyway. That's definitive then, right?
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| Calochortus albus, fairy lanterns |
And
Toxicoscordion fremontii. I have two which are well established and I'd love to have more.
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| Toxicoscordion fremontii, Fremont's star lily |
Pricking out and potting up
Below are photos of Monardella villosa, coyote mint. I've potted up other seeds too, but I just have the photos of these.
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| Monardella villosa - I love seeing their two tone leaves - maroon underneath. |
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| Monardella villosa freshly potted up. |
Seedlings to share, and some not to share or not yet
BTW I have seedlings to share -
Monardella villosa and the
Heuchera micrantha below. Any local people out there want to take a chunk of a seed flat? Two square inches should get you more than you need! Let me know - you can grow them out yourself for planting later this year or early next.
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| Heuchera micrantha, alum root |
There's a Juncus amonk us - lots actually. I'll have Juncus seedlings to share too if any locals want to get some to grow out. Probably
Juncus patens.
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| Juncus patens, common rush |
Lupinus arboreus banging on. Some of these seedlings have been wilting - damping off I think is happening - a fungus. But only in patches. I've been removing them and the rest seem very robust. I can probably not grow all of these out. They are the lavender colored one.
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| Lupinus arboreus, bush lupine (lavender) |
Dudleya! they've stayed so small for so long! Not quite sure if
D. lanceolata or
D. caespitosa. Or something in between.
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| Dudleya lanceolata, or D. caespitosa |
Castilleja affinis - from seed to seedling in 8 days!
Castilleja affinis (or something close - maybe C. foliosa). My first time to propagate this semi or semi parasitical plant. I'll pair them with other plants when I pot them up. I just noticed them today, November 5, and sowed on October 29! They are so teeny! I put them in the fridge for a month or so first. Local wild, was lucky enough to get a few seeds from a road bank that is slowly being taken over by weeds. Not so slowly now actually.
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| Castilleja affinis - paintbrush. Look closely! |
OK and now your reward -
Lilium pardalinum, the lovely leopard lily:
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| Ilium pardalinum, leopard lily |
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