Shortia

[Lesley Cox]

Lovely plants, all of them.

[WimB]

For the first time, some of my own seedlings of Shortia are flowering! Woooohooow!!! 

Last year they still looked like this:



I planted them out in fall last year!

Two weeks ago Shortia soldanelloides var. soldanelloides (= Shortia soldanelloides or Schizocodon soldanelloides) looked like this:



And last week I had my first flower on Shortia soldanelloides var. magna (= Shortia magnus or Schizocodon magnus)



Today I had my first flower on Shortia soldanelloides var. illicifolia (= Shortia illicifolia or Schizocodon illicifolia)


I'm a very happy camper 

[Maggi Young]

Hey, Wim, well done.... how cute your babies are! :

There's something about a little shortia.... the neatness factor is very high.

[Lesley Cox]

And the COLOUR! That leaf colour is superb, never mind the flowers.

[WimB]

Hey, Wim, well done.... how cute your babies are! :

Thanks Maggi!

There's something about a little shortia.... the neatness factor is very high.

Think so too...

And the COLOUR! That leaf colour is superb, never mind the flowers.

Yes the leaf-colour is stunning indeed!

[angie]

Wim I have been watching the development of your seed. I really like these shortias after seeing them growing in a members garden.

I really wouldn't mind trying to grow them myself. Aren't the flowers so cute and the first time I saw them I thought it looked as if someone had polished their leaves. I will have to chum up my friends for seeds and see if I can get any success.

Well done no wonder you are chuffed 

Angie 

[fleurbleue]

Well done Wim  You are luckier than me, no seedlings in my three years old seed pots   

[WimB]

Wim I have been watching the development of your seed. I really like these shortias after seeing them growing in a members garden.

I really wouldn't mind trying to grow them myself. Aren't the flowers so cute and the first time I saw them I thought it looked as if someone had polished their leaves. I will have to chum up my friends for seeds and see if I can get any success.

Well done no wonder you are chuffed 

Angie 

I find them quite easy from seed, Angie...you'll have to wait a while before you have some flowers...but all gardener's know patience is a virtue 

Well done Wim  You are luckier than me, no seedlings in my three years old seed pots   

Oh Nicole, I'm sorry to hear that....normally they germinate very quickly (after two-three months)!