Eranthis 2011

[krisderaeymaeker]

Eranthis 'Schwefelglanz' (1 & 2 )
Eranthis x tubergenii

[mark smyth]

Does anyone know Andreas in Germany? He emailed me and wants to swap Galanthus for Eranthis but now he does not reply. His list is amazing.

If anyone else wants to swap PM me.

[bulborum]

Mark

Where are you looking for

Roland

[Diane Clement]

Eranthis seems to like it here, look at the number of seedlings coming up

[Diane Clement]

And talking of Eranthis seedlings, last year I sowed three pots of Eranthis hyemalis seed, 2 pots of fresh seed from a kind forumist sown in May (thanks, HansJ   ) and one pot of dry stored seed from the AGS seed exchange sown in April.  I had always thought that it had to be sown fresh, but all three pots germinated on the same day last week
The first one is the fresh seed
The second is the dry exchange seed
both are Eranthis hyemalis 'Orange Glow'

[mark smyth]

I will PM you

[Maggi Young]

And talking of Eranthis seedlings, last year I sowed three pots of Eranthis hyemalis seed, 2 pots of fresh seed from a kind forumist sown in May (thanks, HansJ   ) and one pot of dry stored seed from the AGS seed exchange sown in April.  I had always thought that it had to be sown fresh, but all three pots germinated on the same day last week
The first one is the fresh seed
The second is the dry exchange seed
both are Eranthis hyemalis 'Orange Glow'

Good to know the  stored seed was as good. Now to see how many are glowing orange.....

[Janis Ruksans]

And talking of Eranthis seedlings, last year I sowed three pots of Eranthis hyemalis seed, 2 pots of fresh seed from a kind forumist sown in May (thanks, HansJ   ) and one pot of dry stored seed from the AGS seed exchange sown in April.  I had always thought that it had to be sown fresh, but all three pots germinated on the same day last week
The first one is the fresh seed
The second is the dry exchange seed
both are Eranthis hyemalis 'Orange Glow'

I got no germination from Eranthis seeds received by seed exchange or from USA, but almost 100% - from my own sawn during ~ week after collecting.
Janis

[Ulla Hansson]

I got Eranthis seeds from SRGC last year six different. Five of those germinated fine.
 I had them three months warm, 3 months cold, since they germinated in August.
 We'll see if they come to the spring.

[LucS]

And talking of Eranthis seedlings, last year I sowed three pots of Eranthis hyemalis seed, 2 pots of fresh seed from a kind forumist sown in May (thanks, HansJ   ) and one pot of dry stored seed from the AGS seed exchange sown in April.  I had always thought that it had to be sown fresh, but all three pots germinated on the same day last week
The first one is the fresh seed
The second is the dry exchange seed
both are Eranthis hyemalis 'Orange Glow'

Diane I have exactly the same experience with 4 different hyemalis seed from the seedex. I have the seeds sown in Jan/Febr. 2010 and they germinated all this winter.

[mark smyth]

Yesterday I told Roland E. cilicicus had died during the cold weather in December. Today they are appearing fast

The new cultivars of Eranthis are supposed to come true from seed. If I had mixed groups in one bed will they continue to come true?

Orange Glow

[Paul T]

Mark,

My understanding is that they need to be kept away from other varieties to keep them seeding true.  If they're near others they'll hybridise and you lose the purity of the colour line.  That said, when you've got enough of a pure colour line try putting a few different ones together and see what comes up.  Who knows what colour shades you would end up with.  Of course if you have too much seed of any one colour form then feel free to send some this way.

[Brian Ellis]

Mark I was told by a botanist that generally they would not come true, but he did say that E.Schwefelglanß would have a very high proportion.  Meant to say that I have them in seperate beds to try and keep the strains apart.

[mark smyth]

I just thought it would be nice to make a patch work of them

Paul remind me in May and you can get seeds of what I have

[Ulla Hansson]

I have a small patch of Eranthis semiplena, I do not know what kind it is. There are no other Eranthis nearby. All new plants so far is semiplena.
 So I guess you could say that the seed is stable.