There seems to be a lot of interest in starting martagons from seed! I have never even tried, but Mother Nature has done so for me! I have a nice clump of the mauve form of the species, about 20 ft. from the mother plant which has disappeared, and also a clump of sp. alba, self seeded. And just yesterday I discovered a shoot that looks like it could bloom this year! It is in an allium edging... shows the value of not being "a faithful weeder"! Here are some pictures of martagon
seedlings at various stages: The top photo is a 1st year sdlg; the next photo is a 2nd year sdlg. and the 3rd photo (leaves just unfurled) is the same shoot as the
bottom picture in bloom.
This last photo is a 'dahlhansonii' sdlg. which came up right next to 'Rosalinda' (the pink blooming stems just behind the dark red flower). I didn't even know I had
a seedling there until it bloomed in 2012!
