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Seed give-away!

Seed give-away!

Sorry, only 10 Canadian followers will get my gifts…

How to receive your gift? Just comment on this post by telling me your choice of seed (only one kind from the list below) and your mailing address with your initials.

To keep it private I will not show your comment. No charge! May this world be more beautiful! Happy planting!

Seed give-away list:

Item Scientific name Common Name Q’ty of seed Information
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1 . Acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’ Japanese Maple 20 Small tree or shrub

2. Allium tuberosum Garlic Chives 100 Perennial, white flowers, leafy veggie

3.Baptisia australis False Indigo 30 Perennial, blue flowers, toxic

4.Centaurea montana Bachelor’s Button 30 Perennial, blue flowers

5.Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower 100 Perennial, pink flowers, herb

6.Echinops ritro ‘Vietch’s Blue’ Blue Globe Thistle 30 Perennial, blue flowers, herb

7.Epipactis helleborine Stream Orchid 10seed pods Perennial, native orchid

8.Helleborus x hybridus ‘Red Lady’ Christmas Rose 30 Perennial, deep pink flowers, toxic

9.Hibiscus moscheutos Dwarf Hardy Hibiscus 30 Perennail, pink flowers, winter hardy

10.Magnolia acuminata ‘Yellow Bird’ Yellow Magnolia 20 Small tree or shrub, yellow flowers

秋冬天冷室內玩孵孵樂Winter gardening – Seedlings growing time!

秋末孵的目前成果:Results of germination so far since end of September:

賽靛花Common name: False Indigo — soak in warm water for 3 days then plant — about 2 months

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Hibiscus moscheutos

大花扶桑Common name: Dwarf Hardy Hibiscus– soak then plant — about 2 weeks

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Clematis Mix

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Centaurea montana

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Ampelopsis gland. brevipedunculata

斑葉山葡萄 Common name: Variegated Porcelain Vine — dircet sow, about 2.5 months

多年生矢車菊Common name: Bachelor’s Button — about 1.5 month, direct sow

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Baptisia australis

鐵線蓮 Common name: Clematis Mix  — about  2 months, remove shell, soak in warm water in a re-sealable bag in room temperature

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Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’

另剛孵下沒多久的有: Other plant seeds I recently just start:

四照花 Common name: Flowering Dogwood — sand the shell thin, soak for 1 day then plant

無刺玫瑰(小輪) Common name: Thornless rose — direct sow

玫瑰(中輪) Common name: Rose — direct sow

聖誕玫瑰(單瓣) Common name: Christmas Rose — direct sow

希望2個月後陸續出芽!  They are going to take a while, maybe 2 months.

隔一陣子還想孵一些別的鐵線蓮呢!  Next I want to grow some other kind of clematis from seeds.

可是時間要算好,要春天到時有得種小實生苗. But I have to time it right for the seedlings to grow outdoors in spring.

多年生矢車菊 Bachelor’s Button (Centaurea montana)

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Centaurea montana ‘Amethyst in Snow’(white flower with purple center)–紫心白花

Centaurea montana ‘Blue Boy’(blue flower)–全藍

Centaurea montana ‘Amethyst Dream’(purple flower)–全紫

種子直播,經過約3-4周就長出來了…