Viewing post #980134 by DavidLMO

Chillybean said:
David, I was very surprised about how late they were, but I figured it was the late summer/early fall rains that gave the Cow Slobber an extra boost. I bought the Queen of the Prairie as dormant roots. I do not often have success with seed germination.

I threw out some Jewelweed earlier today... what a temperamental seed that is, requiring so many days of cold stratification, then so many days of heat, and then another cold period. And this is considered an annual, so roots are not available for this one.

Queen of the Prairie also requires that cold/hot/cold strat nonsense. When I find seeds like that, I just winter sow and say to heck with it. Let nature sort it out.

BTW - the quilt is lovely. When I was a kid nearly 60 years ago, 4 or 5 relatives got together, gathered up lots of rags and remnants, and made wonderful, warm quilts. Many times they were very lovely as well. Obviously, they were always one of a kind. A quilt I got when I was 6 stayed with me and was used til I got in college and unfortunately used it as a ground cloth whilke working on my car.