First flowering from seed

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It's always exciting when plants finally show their color. You can learn whether they're what the seed packet said they were, or not.

A few first flowers from seed: Gentiana verna ssp. pontica, Primula auricula v. albocincta

Bellevalia dubia -- flowering yesterday, completely eaten off by the rabbit this morning

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Claire Cockcroft

Three fritillaria first

Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:59pm

Three fritillaria first-timers: F. affinis, F. gussichiae, F. messanensis ssp. gracilis

Richard T. Rodich

Those are incredible, Claire!

Wed, 04/25/2018 - 7:00pm

Those are incredible, Claire! At least you got a pic of the Bellevalia at perfect flowering stage. That will last forever!

That F. affinis is the most graceful frit I've ever seen. My frits (not affinis) are just peaking out of their pots. This is first and second flowering of F. crassifolia ssp. kurdica:

Claire Cockcroft

Nice frits, Rick. I have a

Thu, 04/26/2018 - 8:54am

Nice frits, Rick. I have a few more first-timers in bud. Time to see what I've really been growing.

Claire Cockcroft

First flower on a nice form

Fri, 05/11/2018 - 9:27am

First flower on a nice form of Fritillaria camschatcensis. It's the darkest one I've grown.

Richard T. Rodich

First flowers, Fritillaria

Fri, 05/11/2018 - 1:56pm

First flowers, Fritillaria pyrenaica - first flowering and second flowering

This was suppose to be F. carica. Now I don't know what it is, but I hardly care....

Fritillaria pallidiflora just opening

Claire Cockcroft

Yummy! I love this time of

Fri, 05/11/2018 - 5:49pm

Yummy! I love this time of year, when all the "babies" finally show what they can do.

...Claire

Fermi de Sousa

I was surprised to see a tiny

Thu, 08/09/2018 - 8:15am

I was surprised to see a tiny orange shoot emerging from this seed pot a few days ago

It started to open up a couple of days later

and today i brought the pot inside into the warmth to help it fully open

Though tiny it appears to be true to name Crocus gargaricus ssp gargaricus collected by Jim Archibald in Turkey (J&JA J&JA 344.090) seed from Goteborg TG sown in 2016

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa

I got the seed for this

Wed, 08/15/2018 - 3:21am

I got the seed for this Bulbinella latifolia var doleritica from Silverhill Seeds in 1999.

The poor lone seedling survived in a pot till 2016 when I liberated it into the garden. That year it produced its first flower spike which got frosted off as it flowers in winter Similarly last year but it kept getting bigger and this year it produced 4 spikes, two of which "got above the frosts" and this week the first flowers opened!

cheers

fermi

Claire Cockcroft

Good show, Fermi! ...Claire

Wed, 08/15/2018 - 8:01am

Good show, Fermi!

...Claire

Fermi de Sousa

This Iris aphylla was grown

Wed, 10/03/2018 - 6:14pm

This Iris aphylla was grown from AGS Seedex 2009 but the first seedling only germinated in 2016!

A second seedling flowered which looks identical, so hopefully it's correctly labelled!

cheers

fermi

Claire Cockcroft

Gardeners surely must take

Thu, 10/04/2018 - 9:27am

Gardeners surely must take the prize for patience, Fermi!

...Claire

Fermi de Sousa

Iris lutescens grown from

Mon, 10/08/2018 - 8:07am

Iris lutescens grown from SRGC Seedex 2011

cheers

fermi

Claire Cockcroft

Nice one, Fermi!

Mon, 10/08/2018 - 1:22pm

Nice one, Fermi!

Fermi de Sousa

Babiana tubulosa from SRGC

Fri, 10/26/2018 - 3:47am

Babiana tubulosa from SRGC Seedex 2015, sown 21 May 2016; 1st seedling 23 July 2016

cheers

fermi

Claire Cockcroft

Spectacular, Fermi! ...Claire

Fri, 10/26/2018 - 9:48am

Spectacular, Fermi!

...Claire

Fermi de Sousa

Daphne caucasicum grown from

Tue, 10/30/2018 - 7:38am

Daphne caucasicum grown from seed AGS Seedex 2013

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa

Lapeirousia divaricata NARGS

Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:52am

Lapeirousia divaricata NARGS 2016; sn 28-04-17

cheers

fermi

Claire Cockcroft

That's quite delicate, Fermi.

Thu, 11/08/2018 - 9:01am

That's quite delicate, Fermi. Nice!

...Claire

Fermi de Sousa

Triteleia dudleyi grown from

Fri, 11/09/2018 - 6:12am

Triteleia dudleyi grown from SRGC Seedex 2015; sown 21 May 2016

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa

Moraea lurida grown from SRGC

Sat, 11/10/2018 - 5:42am

Moraea lurida grown from SRGC Seedex 2015 sown May 21 2016; first seedling July 23 2016; first flower November 10 2018

cheers

fermi

Claire Cockcroft

Moraea lurida sports an

Sat, 11/10/2018 - 9:29am

Moraea lurida sports an interesting color combination, Fermi. I'm not sure whether I like it or not!

...Claire

Fermi de Sousa

This is the first to flower

Sun, 11/11/2018 - 3:59am

This is the first to flower so I'm not sure if there wll be any variation with the other seedlings. Moraea lurida is quite variable in nature so it's possible some of the others will be different!

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa

Calochortus clavatus ssp

Sun, 12/02/2018 - 6:14am

Calochortus clavatus ssp recurvifolius grown from SRGC Seedex 2010

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa

Scutellaria sevanensis grown

Mon, 12/03/2018 - 4:29am

Scutellaria sevanensis grown from SRGC seedex 2015

cheers

fermi

Claire Cockcroft

I've recently started growing

Mon, 12/03/2018 - 9:33am

I've recently started growing scutellarias from seed. S. sevanensis looks like one I should try. Thanks for the post, Fermi.

...Claire

Michael A. Muggli

Townsendia parryi from seed

Fri, 10/12/2018 - 10:01am

Townsendia parryi from seed sown last winter. Nice to see this in the fall, the size of the flower is much larger than I have seen in the wild, but my experience with it is very limited. Other species can exhibit wide variation in appearance due to many factors so maybe this is not unusual. This plant was subject to two defoliation events late this past summer so this could explain why this developed.

Richard T. Rodich