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RHODODENDRON GROWING / ARHS '07 Seed Exchange

'06 SEED INFO

FOUR SEASONS

Seeds Saved at Home 2006

April15th, 2007 was the last date to request seeds from this page.
Spring garden duties "beckon"
Check back in the fall.

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Please email your choices with your postal address.

We can no longer send orders to the United States.
We hope website visitors from the US enjoy their visit nevertheless.

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- Note that some seed lots may have a red NA (not available) designation -

Remember that open pollinated(OP) seeds do not always give a plant exactly like the seed parent.
We have NOT done germination tests on all. Some seeds are in small quantities.

- For more information on the requirements for germination check out the following links -
How to grow Rhododendrons from Seed
GROWING LILIES FROM SEED
ORGS Seed Germination Database
Tom Clothier's Germination Guide
Dictionary of Gardening Terms
Gardening Terms from Dave's Garden
Dictionary of Botanical Terms

If anyone would like to sample please email us at willowgarden_ns@hotmail.com

	Image	Botanical Name		Common Name	Variety/Color	Height	Source	Type of plant
NA		Aconitum		Monkshood	early, Blue; best sown fresh	4-5Ft.	Home	Per.
		Alcea	rosea	Hollyhock	Old Fashioned singles, dark	~6Ft.	Home	biennial+
NA		Alcea	rosea	Hollyhock	Old Fashioned - frilled semi-double, red	~6Ft.	Home	biennial+
NA		Allium	karataviense		low, purple ball-shaped blooms, streaked leaves	~12-18 inches	Home
NA		Allium	karataviense 'Ivory Queen'		White, nice foliage	~12-18 inches	home	bulb
NA		Allium	aflatunense	ornamental onion	purple, similar to Purple Sensation	~3-4 Ft.	home	bulb
		Anemone	multifida		spring, white, short	10"	home	Per.
NA		Aquilegia	vulgaris	columbine	old-fashioned Pink	<3 Ft.	home	Per.
		Azalea, deciduous			MIX - many colors	3-5Ft.	home	Shrub
NA		Azalea…White with large florets, O.P.				3-5Ft.	home	Shrub
		Azalea...bright yellow, small florets			most have brilliant fall foliage	3-5Ft.	home
		Azalea…pale yellow,large florets				3-5Ft.	home	Shrub
		Azalea, June Bride series O.P.seedlings from a 'Homebush' cross			pink mostly	3-5Ft.	home	Shrub
		Azalea			scarlet, name unknown	3-4Ft.	home	shrub
		Azalea	'Golden Lights' OP		golden yellow,large florets		home
NA		Azalea	'Spicy Lights' OP		fragrant, peachy blooms	3-5Ft.	home	Shrub
		Azalea	'July Jester' OP		late blooming, scarlet	4-5Ft.	home
		Buddleia	davidii	Butterfly Bush	collected from our best Purple	4-5Ft.	home	Shrub
NA		Buddleia	davidii	Butterfly Bush	OP from 'White Bouquet, likely will not come true	4-5 Ft.	home	Shrub
NA		Campanula	glomerata	Clustered Bellflower	white	2Ft+/-	home	Per.
		Catalpa	ovata	Chinese catalpa	creamy white , blooms at young age	~30Ft+	home	Tree
		Catalpa	speciosa	Northern Catalpa	large tree, blooms in July	75+Ft.	home	Tree
NA		Ceratotheca	triloba	South African Foxglove	pale mauve-white with delicate streaks,	~3Ft.	home	annual
		Clematis	recta 'purpurea'		early foliage purple,white bloom, herbaceous	3Ft.	home	Per.
		Clematis	stans	clematis	blue, late blooming, sprawling herbaceous	<3Ft.	home	Per.
NA		Clethra	alnifolia	Summersweet	pink, blooms late summer	3-4Ft.	StFX	Shrub
NA		Corydalis	sempervirens		low. pink/yellow bloom, blue-grey foliage	~8"	home	Per.
		Dianthus	amurensis	pink	Bluish-pink, late blooming	< 1 Ft.	home	Per.
NA		Digitalis	purpurea	foxglove	pink(mostly)	4+ Ft.	home	biennial
		Digitalis	purpurea	foxglove	white, OP	4+ Ft.	home
		Digitalis	purpurea	foxglove	ex 'Sutton's Apricot' OP	4+ Ft.	Biennial
		Digitalis	grandiflora	x 'Dropmore Yellow'	brown-streaked yellow florets	2Ft+/-	home	Per.
NA		Digitalis	mertonensis	Strawberry Foxglove	Pink, large florets	2Ft+	home	Per
NA		Doronicum	austriacum	tall Leopard's Bane	yellow,daisy-like,longbloom period	3Ft.+	home	Per
		Echinacea	purpurea	Purple Cone Flower	purple	2-3 Ft.	home	Per.
NA		Enkianthus	campanulatus		upright shrub with bell-like flowers, red fall foliage	3Ft+	home	Shrub
NA		Eremurus	robustus	Foxtail Lily	white with pink	8-9Ft.	home	Bulb
		Exochorda	macrantha	Pearl Bush	late spring, white blooms	~4Ft+/-	home	Shrub
		Heliopsis	helianthoides	false sunflower	yellow	~3 Ft.	home	Per.
		Hosta	sieboldiana		large blue-green crinkled leaves, white blooms	2-3 Ft across	home	Per
NA		Hosta	'Samurai'		Large leaved- blue-green, narrow light edge		home
		Hosta	'Frances Williams'		Large crinkled blue green with ivory edging	3Ft	home
NA		Hyacinthoides	nonscripta	English/Spanish Bluebells	blue bloom in mid-late June	12-14"	home	bulb
		Impatiens	walleriana	x 'Tempo'	mix/ mosty dark violet & pink	10-12"	home	annual
NA		Iris	ensata	Japanese Iris	white with purple stripes	2 1/2 Ft.	home	Per.
NA		Iris	siberica	siberian iris	Blue, ex 'Caesar's Brother'	30 inches	home	Per.
NA		Lathryus	latifolius	perennial sweet-pea	pink, semi climber	4+ ft.	home	Per.
		Leucothoe	fontaneisiana	drooping Leucothoe	handsome evergreen shrub, small white flowers in spring, winter color	2Ft, spread ~4Ft.	home	Shrub
		Lilium	martagon	martagon lily	pink	3 Feet+	home	Per / Bulb seed info
NA		Lilium	orientalis ex 'Barbaresco'		dark reddish-pink	~3+Ft.	home	Per / Bulb
NA		Lilium	orientalis, ex 'Simplon'		pure white	~5+Ft.	home	Per / Bulb
NA		Lilium	orientalis, ex 'Muscadet'		white with pink"freckles"	~4Ft.	home
		Lilium	orientalis, ex 'Berlin'			~4Ft.	home
		Lilium	orientalis, ex 'Lombardia'		pink	~4Ft.	home
		Lilium	orientalis		mix of the above and other Oriental varieties	4+Ft.	home
		Lobelia	syphilitica	Great Blue Lobelia	late bloom, blue-violet	2.5Ft.	home
NA		Lychnis	arkwrightii		red, reddish leaves	8 inches	home,orig. Maitland 99	Per.
		Lychnis	chalcedonica, 'Alba'	Maltese Cross	White	2 1/2 Feet	home	Per.
NA		Magnolia	stellata		White	~6-8Ft.	town
NA		Magnolia	kobus v.loebneri	Leonard Messel	pink	20Ft+/-	town	Tree
NA		Nepeta	faessinii	catmint	low growing, blue-violet flowers, aromatic foliage	12-16"	home	Per.
NA		Paeonia	lactiflora	peony	mix, O.P. from many cultivars	24+ inches	home	Per. seed growing info
NA		Paeonia	lactiflora	op 'Dancing Butterflies'	cherry-pink single	24+ inches	home
NA		Papaver	miyabeianum	Alpine Poppy	yellow, may be short-lived	8 inches	orig. St.St.	?Per
		Papaver	orientalis	oriental poppy	salmon / scarlet	24+ in.	home	Per.
NA		Papaver	orientalis	oriental poppy	orange double	20+ in.	home	Per.
NA		Petunia		Wave petunia	blue wave	8-10 " ~4 Ft.wide	home	annual
		Pieris	japonica		white flowers, very early spring Evergreen, attractive new growth	~3Ft+/-	home	Shrub
NA		Polemonium	caeruleum, 'Alba'	Jacob's Ladder	white flowers, typical foliage	~2-3Ft.	home	Per.
NA		Polemonium	pauciflorum	yellow Jacob's Ladder	yellow tinged with red, tubular flowers, fern-like folage	18"	home	Per./often self-seeding annual
NA		Pulsatilla	vulgaris		purple, early	~8"	home	Per.
		Rhododendron	albrechtii		bright pink, deciduous, early	~5Ft.	home
		Rhododendron	canadense	native Rhodora	fuchsia	2+ ft.	home	sm. Shrub
		Rhododendron	carolinianum	species Rhododendron	pink/white	2-3 Ft.	home	Shrub
		Rhododendron	kiusianum	evergreen azalea	pink	<2Ft.	home	Shrub
NA		Rhododendron	kiusianum	evergreen azalea	white	<2Ft.	home	Shrub
		Rhododendron	maximum	late species, very hardy	white to pale pink blooms in July	~4Ft	home	Shrub
		Rhododendron	maximum, rubrum sel.	late species, very hardy	a darker version of the above	~4Ft	home	Shrub
		Rhododendron	mucronulatum	semi-deciduous early	pink	~5Ft. At maturity	home	Shrub
		Rhododendron	schlippenbachii	Japanese Royal azalea	pink/white, deciduous, good fall colour	~4Ft.	home	Shrub
		Rhododendron-ARS92-608		seedling from'92	yellow Sibling#7		home	Shrub
		Rhododendron-ARS92-608		seedling from'92	aka "Ivory Cloud"		home	Shrub
		Rhododendron ARS92-765		seedling from '92	aka "Sproeten"		home	Shrub
		Rhododendron ARS92-765		seedling from '92	aka "Ruby Lemon"		home	Shrub
		Rhododendron ARS92-941		seedling from '92			home	Shrub
		Rhododendron seedling			OP 'Moonshot', interesting frilled calyx		home	Shrub
		Rhododendron 'Calsap' OP			hardy, tall, white with vivid purple blotch	truss	home	Shrub
		Rhododendron 'Haaga' OP			dark rose Finnish hybrid		home	Shrub
		Rhododendron 'Luxor' OP			pink buds opening yellowish white		home	Shrub
		Rhododendron 'Nepal' OP			pink buds open to white, very hardy		home	Shrub
		Rhododendron 'Peter Tigerstedt' OP			white with blotch Finnish hybrid	truss	home	Shrub
		Rhododendron 'Red River' OP			red, late bloomer; R. maximum hybrid	truss	home	Shrub
		Rhododendron 'Sue Gunn' OP			dependable, hardy, deep pink, quite early		home	Shrub
		Rudbeckia	?hirta	Brown-eyed -Susan	mix	2+ Ft.	home	Per.
		Rudbeckia	subtomentosa		late, tall orange/brown centers	3 Ft.	home	Per.
NA		Salvia	lyrata	Lyre cup sage	low, purple streaked foliage, insignificant flowers	10"	home	Ann-Per.
		Salvia	sclarea	Clary sage	lilac-purple bracts, aromatic. Greyish foliage	2+ Ft.	home	biennial
NA		Salvia	transylvanica		late bloom, blue-purple	~2Ft+	home
NA		Scabiosa			blue, dwarf	~10"	home	Per.

Last Updated on April 18, 2007
By Sharon Bryson