'Gigaro' is just the Italian common name for Arum italicum. The variety with marbeled or marked foliage is typically Arum italicum 'Pictum', sometimes referred to as 'Marmoratum'. Here they are commonly referred to as "lords and ladies".

A number of our hybrid cultivars including Australia are unable to produce viable seed. Keep in mind that even if they do produce seed they are not true to name. The typical reason these cultivars are sterile has to do with their breeding. They are a result of a cross that produced an odd number of chromosomes. They are called triploid offspring. A triploid is described as having three times the haploid number of chromosomes. The upside of these crosses is that the offspring typically produces superior size blooms. Cultivars that typically produce viable seed are diploids. Many may be familiar with the result of a cross between a horse and a donkey. This cross will give us a mule. Mules are sterile but made excellent choices in some areas as draft animals. Storage issues will need more information as to what you did after digging. Kent

Me too!, lots of them. I had three Hellebores for several years and although I had read where they reseeded easily, I never ever got seedlings. We had a much longer cold period this year than the whole seven years we have lived here, so perhaps that helped. I planted 6 more plants last year cause I needed them for our early spring garden tour. Now I have found several seedlings today. In fact, I am so inexperienced at identifying them, I had to go the the seed site in the UK to try to find a picture, although once I took photos and studied them on my computer, it was easy to see what they were. They are also tough leathery seedlings like the parent plant. I did post pictures of my seedlings and one of a mama leaf as well as the thumbnail from the seed site for camparison if anyone should need it. Pauline in Wilmington NC Here is a link that might be useful: My Hellebore Seedlings

You need to let your daylily seeds ripen on the plant. Keep an eye out for the pods beginning to split, and then they can be harvested. Pop them in a paper bag or envelope in the fridge for 6 weeks, and then either direct sow them into pots or the garden where they are to grow, or for better germination, put them into a ziplock bag with BARELY damp peat moss in a warm spot, away from direct sun ( on top of the fridge works well). Keep an eye on them, and as they start to germinate, gently remove them and carefully plant them, just barely covering. Then just seal up your bag again with the remaining ungerminated seeds and return them to their warm spot. I put them into tubes - they're not there for long, and I don't know if this step is really necessary, but for the extra step in potting, it reduces the risk of the baby plants rotting.