Alchemilla from seed

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• madpenguin Posts: 2,543

  November 2018 edited November 2018

  Sometimes buying a plant and then letting it seed on its own works better than sowing seeds yourself.I have Alchemilla all over the place!
  I also tried growing seeds of Erigeron karvinskianus known for coming up in all sorts of nooks and crannies.Not a single one came up. I bought a plant and that has set seeds all over the garden!

  “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings

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• Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713

  November 2018

   I have never tried growing it from seed, so I can't comment on that, however once it is established Alchemilla mollis is easy to divide  into pieces to grow on.  Can you find a someone with an established plant who would be willing to divide and share with you?
  

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  November 2018

  Buy one decent sized plant in a pot next spring when they start into growth  ... split it into 4 and pot up. In a few weeks you can split each one into 4 again so you have 16 ... they’ll split again at least once later in the year ... you’ll have plenty then. 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  November 2018

  I find buying one plant and letting it seed naturally is the way to go with many plants. That way the seed is fresh when sown and sown at the right time

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  November 2018

  You can’t beat Nature’s own, they know when to germinate. Maybe scatter the seeds on the earth and stand well back. 

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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