Anyone have Beach Plum seeds? PLMK I would LOVE to try to Ws them to see if I can grow in Pa.
They make great jam!

I'm not sure many people have them to trade, but you could check the main exchange as well as native and shrub forums. If you have an availabe source you can also collect the ripe fruit and obtain the seeds yourself.

The link below has a great deal of info about the plant, seed collection and germination--it does fine for WS.

T

Here is a link that might be useful: Wildflower.Org ~ Beach Plum

Not trying to dissuade you from growing these from seed, but another option would be to purchased seedlings in bulk. The New Hampshire state nursery sells 1-2 year old seedlings of many trees and shrubs. They are inexpensive - $1 apiece - and very healthy. I have ordered seedlings twice, and they are all doing very well.

They only accept paper orders so you must print and mail in their seedling order. They only ship in the Spring, so watch the website for when they start selling 2010 seedlings.

They sell a Beach plum under "Native" seedlings.

Here is a link that might be useful: Seedlings from the NH state nursery

Great link, I hope you'll share it with the forum again at the end of Winter ;-)

T

terrene is right. I bought beach plum seedlings and 5 species of dogwood from the NH Nursery two years ago. The seedlings were robust (18"-24") and have thrived.

Most state nurseries offer seedlings, but some only sell to state residents.

I have ordered hundreds of seedlings from NH, VA, NC and TX - in my experience, their seedlings were superior to those purchased from most private nurseries.

Hi all,,and of course our diva Trudi,,hehe,,Oh I am still seeding,,every thing,,had a wet summer and alot did not go to seed,,urr,,but can not wait to start winter sowing,,,I am saving the ones i really want,, and have even made some orders,,have to have seeds,,,truley addicted..
Trudi,,you are simlpy amazing,,you go girl,,,showed them all it is possible,,I have been trying to explain to my neighbor all about it she says her garden club (that they will not invite me in)) not enough money in this town I think that is reason,, they never heard of it..I think i am going to teach a class on it,,sound ok to you? Lisa
Happy planting

That sounds great Lisa! It's always nice to teach a class, and WS is so easy that people figure it out right away. You're welcome to print out whatever you want from WinterSown.Org.

I suggest you tell the class to bring empty clean milkjugs, salad containers, soil, and you bring seeds, tape, knife scissors and printouts. Bring some bags and coarboard boxes so everyone can take their containers home easily. Do NOT do watering of the containers at the site, but instead tell people for this occasion to bottom soak the containers at home. At the class talk about WSing principles, seed saving, sowing seeds, soltice sowing, and natural germination, etc--it's your class so make it your own and do it as you feel is important. For seed sowing help them make their containers, rub in their seeds and seal the containers. Don't forget to vent.

It sounds harder than it is, the bulk of the work is in the preparation, but otherwise it's a fun class to teach and goes quickly.

T

Now I re-read this and see that I "barged" into Trudi's thread talking about seedlings. Sorry about that - somewhat ironic since I am really getting into winter-sowing seeds from trees and shrubs this year! But then, I already bought 130 seedlings from the NH nursery in 07 and 08, so now I can play around with germinating a few myself. :)

That list is great Trudi, love your lists of all the names and descriptions of plants that can be winter-sown.

Enthusiasm is never a sin ;-)

There are some new Winter Sowers who might enjoy reading this set of lists.

T

Thanks Trudi!

This is a lady who keeps on giving.
:)