edricdegus writes


Please does anyone know of any garden centre where I can buy
Rosebay/Fireweed seeds from?

I think there's a white flowered one which is certainly available as
plants from garden centres, maybe seed. Epilobium is the latin name. I'd
be quite surprised if you could find the wild one for sale since it is
so invasive. I'd be glad to send you seeds later in the year. Could
probably even send you roots now.


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Kay

"edricdegus" wrote in message
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andrewpreece Wrote:
OK your average gardener regards it as a weed, but I reckon it's
beautiful
and wish to have a stand of the things in my garden. I saved some of
the
seeds from last year, which are of the fluffy airborne variety, but my
standard technique of sticking them 1/4" down in compost in the
greenhouse,
keeping it moist and praying has failed.
No seedlings, and it's been 6 weeks now. Any ideas?

Andy.

Please does anyone know of any garden centre where I can buy
Rosebay/Fireweed seeds from? I live in Manchester and I would love to
grow some in my garden, I have only seen it on railway embankments and
it's far too dangerous to go near there. Any help would be very much
appreciated. Edric


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edricdegus
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You were not to know but Willow Herb is one of very, very few plants
that need light to germinate. If you scatter the soil ,with the seeds, some
might germinate.
Best Wishes Brian.

"K" wrote in message
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edricdegus writes


Please does anyone know of any garden centre where I can buy
Rosebay/Fireweed seeds from?

I think there's a white flowered one which is certainly available as
plants from garden centres, maybe seed. Epilobium is the latin name. I'd
be quite surprised if you could find the wild one for sale since it is so
invasive. I'd be glad to send you seeds later in the year. Could probably
even send you roots now.


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Kay

Yes I have seen and bought the white variety. It does not really resemble
the big pink job. It's a small plant,semi-evergreen and spreads slowly into
a wiry clump. Not invasive but IMO not a good substitute for the big pink
un.
Perhaps there is a big white one somewhere.

Please does anyone know of any garden centre where I can buy
Rosebay/Fireweed seeds from?[/color]

Why not put in a request for a rooted cutting? Someone near you must have some.
Failing that there must be other areas where, as here, there's a piece of land that's zoned for development and all along one side is an enormous stand of RB Willowherb. The diggers are just going to trash it anyway so the roots might as well be with someone who actually wants to grow them. I can't see this being illegal to transplant, it's not like it's a pest like Japanese knotweed or under threat like many wildflowers.
To be honest my neighbours are going to be glad to see the back of it, it's prolific with it's seeds and if you leave them to develop healthy roots they're a real pain to remove. They seem to have a preference for tubs full of soil but otherwise empty, waiting for bedding plants; probably the *light* needed for germination mentioned in another post.

Cheers,
MaC

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:05:30 +0000, edricdegus
wrote:


andrewpreece Wrote:
OK your average gardener regards it as a weed, but I reckon it's
beautiful
and wish to have a stand of the things in my garden. I saved some of
the
seeds from last year, which are of the fluffy airborne variety, but my
standard technique of sticking them 1/4" down in compost in the
greenhouse,
keeping it moist and praying has failed.
No seedlings, and it's been 6 weeks now. Any ideas?

Andy.

Please does anyone know of any garden centre where I can buy
Rosebay/Fireweed seeds from? I live in Manchester and I would love to
grow some in my garden, I have only seen it on railway embankments and
it's far too dangerous to go near there. Any help would be very much
appreciated. Edric

I don't know if you live anywhere in South Manchester but Bramhall
Park has patches of it in the woods. Otherwise try any park that's
not mowed and tidied to death - Boggart Hole Clough? though I've not
been there for 40 years! Or what about The Medlock (Droylsden).

Joan in Ayrshire

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In message , MaC
writes
it's prolific with it's seeds and if you leave them to develop
healthy
roots they're a real pain to remove. They seem to have a
preference for
tubs full of soil but otherwise empty, waiting for
bedding plants;
probably the *light* needed for germination mentioned
in another post.

We had some in the greenhouse one year when we were too busy to do
anything about it: and with them the most wondrous, magical elephant
hawkmoth caterpillars, and then the moths...


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Klara, Gatwick basin