Heuchera from seed

11 years ago

Anyone have any experience starting Heuchera from seed? I gathered a handful of seeds from 'Palace Purple' last fall, on a whim, and back in the beginning of January, I threw them in a milkjug and put them outside (along with a bunch of other winter sowing.) I was shocked to peek in there the other day and find a whole bunch of happy little seedlings. I wonder how easily they'll establish when transplanted, and how quickly they'll grow to mature plants. I honestly didn't really think they'd even germinate....I carried the seeds around in the bottom of my purse for weeks, and they took quite a beating!

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
11 years ago
Heuchs grow pretty easily from seed. Just realize the offspring may look very different from the mother plant.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
you know why it worked ... lol .. because you did the polar opposite of the usual trying to love them to death ... you literally threw them outside.. albeit in a milk jug ... but basically.. you let ma nature do her job.. while protecting them from vermin ...

it sometimes amuses me.. the ends some peeps go to ... when it can be all so simple ...

congrats .. ken
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docmom_gw
11 years ago
I did exactly what you did two years ago. Then I planted out hunks of those happy little seedlings, and haven't seen them since. Mine were planted in a woodland area that gets lots of oak leaves and pine needles falling at all times of the year, so I lost track of them. Who knows? Maybe this year I'll find them again, grown into healthy big plants.

Martha