According to J. L. Hudson, Dodecatheon seed has a 10-year half-life. Jelitto seems to have pretty reliable & timely restocking though (I've emailed them to ask about some of their short-lived/hydrophilic seed) so you're probably good either way! -joe On Tue, Feb 8, 2022, 6:45 PM Uli via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Dear All, > > The pictures of Dodecatheon wet my appetite (Thank you very much, > Robert) and I found out that they would be perfectly happy in my > climate and on my lime free soil. Somehow the shooting stars never > crossed my mind as garden plants. I checked with Jelitto and they offer > some species which are summer dormant. If I would order now and sow in > autumn, is that advisable? Is the seed long lived enough to still > germinate in autumn? Or better take the chance and hope that fresh seed > will be on offer later? I have no experience at all with this genus and > do appreciate your advice and experience. > > Thank you very much > > Uli > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>