Hello,
accidentally I have found a shop, that is offering Chamaedaphne calyculata seeds. It is the same situation with the Trichophorum alpinum, I never tried to get it, because it was obvious, that I won't find any offering it.
Krzysztof,
I've carried wild collected seed of both species for the past 20 years in my seed list---I did not collect the Trichophorum this season--but probably still have seed in the freezer somewhere. I dropped it at some point because no one wanted to buy it.
I probably have pictures of site locations of the Chamaedaphne somewhere in my "My Bit Of Heaven" thread, if you want to do a search there.
It is a branching, evergreen shrub with evergreen, leathery leaves and racemes of white, nodding urn-shaped flowers in the leaf axils. In the wild it grows in bogs, wet forests and ditches, often forming thickets.
The Trichophorum, which I knew formerly as Scirpus hudsonianus is widely distributed, growing in wet places (usually on lime-rich substrates). Trichophorum: from "trichos" (hair) and "phoros" (bearing.) It has been formerly classified as both a Scripus and a true cotton-grass (Eriphorum). Flowers in early summer. The fruiting heads are covered in long, silky white bristles, which look very attractive, especially with a breeze drifting through them. For any permanently moist to wet location in full sun.
I am happy to trade you seeds....
