Schizanthus Butterfly Bush or Poor Mans Orchid seeds, Sedum seed, Sempervivium houseleek, Shamrock, Succulents, Sidalcea seeds





How to germinate 

Schizanthus
(Butterfly Bush or Poor Man's Orchid)

 

Type
Sowing Temp
Cover Seed
Advice

Tender Annual
15°C
Cover thin layer vermiculite
Grow cool, protect from frost.
Pot plant or bedding.

 

Schizanthus The Clown 60-75cm
Schizanthus grahamii
Half Hardy annual. Vivid magenta-pink flowers have one erect petal with a bright yellow orange blotch in the centre. Hard to describe and a wild thing to see.

pkt approx 50 seeds


 

 

Schizanthus The Clown

Schizanthus Star Parade 20-25cm
Superbly marked orchid-like flowers. The same qualities as Hit Parade but smaller.
Dwarf compact and free flowering, a self branching habit that gives it a self supporting stability. Good colour range.

pkt approx 28 seeds

pkt approx 70 seeds

tpkt approx 210 seeds

 

 

Star Parade

 

 

Sedum seeds

Type
Sowing Temp
Cover Seed
Advice
Hardy rockery perennial
15-20°C (coccineum 20°C)
Do not cover
Germination 2-3 weeks

 

Sedum Yellow Stars   15-20cm
Sedum Selskianum 
Upright plants with waxy green leaves covered with small yellow star shaped flowers. Ideal for rock gardens or border edging. Flowers from June to September.

 

pkt approx 1,000 seeds

tpkt approx 3,000 seeds

 

 

 

Sedum Yellow Stars

Sedum Voodo  10cm   NEW
Deep intense red leaf colour contrasts, after a period of cold, with the bright colour of its own flowers. Grown in pots produces a fine round habit, in the border a dense carpet of dark leaves. Use in containers, rockeries and borders.
Sow late winter to May

pkt approx 150 seeds

tpkt approx 450 seeds

 

 

 

Sedum Voodoo seeds

Sedum Species Mixed
Many mixed species for the rock garden
Sow Late Winter to Summer

 

pkt approx 2,000 seeds

approx 0.5g = 6 - 8,000 seeds

 

 

 

 

Sedum Acre  (Yellow stonecrop)
Spreading mat-like foliage covered with golden starry blooms.

pkt approx 800 seeds

pkt approx 2,000 seeds

approx 0.25g - 6,000+ seeds


 

 

Sedum Acre Seeds yellow stonecrop

Sedum Coccineum (purple stonecrop)
Bright rose flowers over green to bronze foliage.

pkt approx 400 seeds

pkt approx 1,000 seeds

tpkt approx 3,000 seeds

 

 

Sedum Coccineum purple stonecrop seeds

 

Sempervivium
(House Leek)

Type
Sowing Temp
Cover Seed
Advice
Hardy Rockery Perennial
20°C
Sow on the compost surface
Sow spring onwards indoors or in cold frame. Grow in sharply drained soil with added grit in full sun
Sempervivium Species Mixed 5cm
House Leek
Easy-to-grow succulent rock plants in an interesting range. Thick, succulent rossettes of foliage can be used in carpet bedding schemes.Grow in rock gardens, wall crevices, in troughs, containers in scree beds or Alpine houses.

pkt approx 240 seeds

pkt approx 600 seeds

tpkt approx 1,800 seeds

 


 

 

Shamrock Seeds

There are a number of plants grown as Shamrock and the following 2 varieties are what I have researched to be the most popular.

Lesser trefoil (Trifolim dubium) British Native Wildflower .
Believed to be the closest flower to the Shamrock legend and widely grown for Shamrock.
See wildflower seeds

Oxalis Lucky Gold grown as a Shamrock substitute.
See Flower seed Oxalis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sidalcea seeds
(Prairie Mallow)

Type
Sowing Temp
Cover Seed
Advice
Hardy Perennial
4°C cover average layer vermiculite or compost for 4 weeks then move to 15°C
Sow spring and summer. Some germination will occur without the pre chilling period, but this will be slow and erratic.
Sidalcea Party Girl 90cm-1m
Slender spikes of bright pink flowers for cutting or border use. Long stems develop from the base of the plant.

pkt approx 80 seeds

pkt approx 200 seeds

tpkt approx 600 seeds

 

 

Sidalcea

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The cultural information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.

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