[gardeners] Decaisnea fargesii
Tom Clothier (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:23:50 -0600
From: Cheryl & Erich Schaefer <schaefer@epix.net>
> One of the seeds I'm ordering is for a plant I've been unable to find
>anywhere - descaisnea fargesii. It's a shrub, 6-10 ft x 4 ft with large
>blue seedpods and bizarre flower clusters. I haven't even been able to find
>it in books, just the original one from which I got the name, description
>and no source. I just hope I'm lucky enough to get the seed. Anyone have
>this one? Any experience germinating the seed?
Treat this seed a bit like Cimicifuga, i.e., 12wks@68ºF, 12wks@39ºF,
12wks@oscillate betw 39º and 53ºF. Prick out any seedlings that
appear during that time. Then plunge the pot to the surface in moist sand
out of doors or in a cold frame, and the remaining seeds should show
some activity the following spring.
good luck,
tom
p.s. perhaps you have not been able to find it because of the spelling