any luck with burnet - Sanguisorba?
Linda G (zone 6a)
2 years ago
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Comments (2)You have fresh seed? I don't even have seed pods yet. Freshly harvested seed can be immediately put into a bubble mailer and sent as is. A week in transit isn't going to alter viability. I usually put my harvested fresh seed into tiny zip (i.e. 1x2", 2x3") locks with a scant tsp or so of moistened sterile vermiculite or moistened sterile sand, seal and date...they don't need to be buried in the medium, just takes enough to provide some dampness. They'll hold for many weeks that way without molding. You can slip the little zip lock packet into a bubble mailer and they are good to go. University of Alaska "Seeds of great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis L. [Rosaceae]), Menzies burnet (S. Menziesii), and Canadian burnet (S. canadensis L.) germinated most rapidly and completely at 24 to 25 0C (75 to 77 0F) constant temperatures following 6 mo dry storage at 4 0C (39 0F). Presence or absence of light (150mM.m-2.s-1, 18-h photoperiod), removal of the calyx hull or dry storage at 4 0C (39 0F) for 1 y did not affect germination percentages of great and Canadian burnet. Canadian burnet and Menzies burnet showed little or no germination at 5oC (410F), and poor germination (...See MoreTrying any new perennials this year?
Comments (56)They like average moisture with good drainage, mine just had way too much with that drain keeping the soil too wet but I'd planted it there because it was a moist spot and I'd read they like that. They also do well in partial sun. I sowed mine --warm temps in cups with plastic bags on top to keep moist-- in winter in a sunny window but you can sow in spring, they come up in about 10 days or so. Now that you brought it up, I decided sow some more to plant in some spots that get sun for only a few hours and see how they do. mxk3, first year with no blooms is fairly typical for perennials. By the end of the first year you should have a nice sized plants with good root systems though. I imagine keeping them a bit on the dry side in winter further north would be good so make sure it has good drainage. We had thick ice one year and I lost one to rot on the north side of the house....See MoreArabella will be a plant in any garden I have
Comments (63)UPDATE (2018): I dug up this Arabella sometime last season (I forget why) and threw it in a yucky plastic nursery pot where it got ignored. It remained in this not very nice exile all winter and still it easily survived (clearly this clemtis is extra hardy). Still not knowing where to put it in the ground in the spring I instead planted in an extra container. It looks straggly in a pot with the blooms more often than not mostly at the end of a stem but least it has a home....See MoreAre ANY herbs perennial?
Comments (28)IMO the more decorative sages are not winter hardy even in zone 6, but the more basic garden sage was asa I left it to overwinter outside in a pot. Apparently it needs very sharp drainage in winter. Thyme might as well be treated as an annual in my zone; it will come back if in a pot but is so bedraggled it is difficult to get much herb from it for quite some time. (Full sun would help, though: I don't have that to offer.) AARP rosemary will sometimes overwinter in a protected spot in zone 6, too. I purchased a small plant of varigated basil this spring which supposedly is a tender perennial, and I'm wondering if that could be because it might not flower. In any case, I will take it in this fall and see. The annual herbs that "bolt" (ie are determined to produce as much seed as possible as quickly as possible) in a similar manner to lettuce, spinach, and broccoli can be held back a bit by pinching off of the flowers, but this becomes an onerous process as the plant desperately tries to produce flowers from almost every node. The important thing, if you are in a climate with a freezing winter, is to bring in your tender perennial herbs before your first frost date, before they have a chace to be harmed by the cold. Some will die anyway finding insufficient light or humidity (or the reverse) inside. It's always fun to see what makes it, though. As a matter of practicality, I try to plant the tender herbs in pots that can just be carried inside, rather than having to transplant them from in-ground. Also for that reason I try to avoid planting perennial tender herbs in pots which are too large to carry into the house. My bay plants always survive for me until I have to leave them for DH to water. :o(...See Moredeanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b
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