Seed Propagation of Native California Plants"This easy-to-use reference is designed for the increasing numbers of serious home gardeners, commercial nurserymen, and members of the professional horticultural and botanical community who want to propagate the native flora of California. Such information is vital if we are to meet the challenges of limited water for our landscapes, revegetation of our open space, and the preservation of endangered species. We hope that you will find this book a useful addition to your gardening library" - |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Seed Dormancy and Treatments | 15 |
Seed Propagation | 23 |
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Alternative treatments amount of charate Brodiaea Buckwheat Bush californica California Calochortus cold stratification Common Name Recommended concentrated H2SO4 Coreopsis maritima Desert Dichelostemma diurnal Easily propagated Emery and Frey Eriogonum Fire treatment Forest Service 1974 Fresh seeds germination temperatures germination USDA Forest give fair germination give good germination give satisfactory germination gives some germination Golden Yarrow Heit Hot water treatment improve germination Keckiella Keeley and Keeley Mahonia Mahonia nervosa Mariposa Mimulus mination mins moist Monardella Monkeyflower Name Common Name Name Recommended Treatment occidentalis Onion No treatment parryi peat moss Penstemon Phacelia potassium nitrate refrigerator room temperature scarification scarification or hot Scientific Name Common seed dormancy seed germination seedbed seedlings seeds no treatment Soak in concentrated sow outdoors species Stipa stratification Emery stratification may give stratification may improve stratification USDA Forest subsp thiourea tion treatment Emery treatment may give Treatment No treatment Triteleia USDA Forest Service warm stratification Western whispering bells