Streptopus

Linda Foulis lmf@beautifulblooms.ab.ca
Sun, 01 Apr 2018 10:28:42 PDT
Hello,
Can anyone provide tips on getting Streptopus amplexifolius to germinate?
It grows wild here and I've found areas with fairly large populations.  I can collect seed, and lots of it, but I've yet to be able to germinate it.
Methods I've tried are - pot in a cold frame, direct in a marked protected spot in the garden (several spots), in the fridge and then in my plant room.  Also have tried with whole berries, and with cleaned seed.  This is over a 3 year period.
The berries do persist into fall so I've not been able to determine if they are eaten by anything and spread that way?  Do they require digestion acids to germinate?

Linda M Foulis

Leslieville, Alberta, Canada
Zone 2-3

Trying to find the bright side of all this snow is becoming difficult.  Last year this time I was photographing beaked hazelnut flowers.  Crocus are under 2' of snow right now.
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