Surplus seed going for free

Surplus seed going for free
As the title says really. All self collected, mostly in 2013.

pm me if anything catches your eye.

Acidanthera (Gladiolus murielae)
Asphodeline lutea
Commelina coelestis (Alba) - not a huge amount left
Dicentra (White form)
Digitalis lutea
Digitalis x mertonensis
Eccromocarpus scaber (the orange species which IS fully hardy)
Eucomis autumnalis (they were next to a flowering E.bicolor, so some cross pollination possible)
Fritillaria meleagris
Galtonia candicans (all 2013 gone, just a few 2012 left. Very easy so worth a punt)
Impatiens glandulifera "Red Wine"
Lathyrus sativus azureus
Mackaya bella (limited number. Tender)
Nicotiana glauca (tree Nicotiana)
Nicotiana langsdorfii
Penstemon smallii (choice low grower)
Salvia glutinosa
Salvia patens (Cambridge Blue)
Salvia sclarea
Thermopsis lanceolata (2013, but from an online contact)

Not really after anything in return, but make an offer anyway! If I'm not interested you can still have what you're interested in. Especially interested in Salvia.

 

@longk , just sown the Eccromocarpus scaber you kindly sent me . I was going to sow the Commelina coelestis end of Feb , its difficult to find cultural instructions for this one ?

 

Simple - sow them and they germinate!!!!
Seriously though, just press into the surface of ordinary seed compost and place somewhere warm'ish (15 - 20°c).

 

What seeds have you got left if any ?
Thanks

 

Just edited the post, so it is now up to date.

 

I'd love some I. glandulifera Red wine and some tree nicotiana. (Probably completely unsuitable for my garden but I can't resist anything that begins with "tree". Dahlia, peony, lupin, et al.)

I can offer some smyrnium perfoliatum in return. Spring flowering woodland tuberous perennial.

 

Could I have from the Glandulifera downwards?

 

My bad! N.glauca have all gone and I forgot to edit

The rest are fine - pm me an address please.

 

i don't mind which i have the only ones i really want is the Acidanthera (Gladiolus murielae) and Impatiens balfourii :D

 

Here's an up to date list with basic care instructions (W/C = winter care, ie cool greenhouse);

Acidanthera (Gladiolus murielae) - three years to blooming from seed. W/C
Asphodeline lutea - two to three years to blooms from seed.
Digitalis x mertonensis - biennial
Eccromocarpus scaber (the orange species which IS fully hardy) - blooms in second year. W/C
Eucomis autumnalis (they were next to a flowering E.bicolor, so some cross pollination possible) - again, about three years from seed. Tender, so W/C every year.
Galtonia candicans (all 2013 gone, just a few 2012 left. Very easy so worth a punt) - you guessed it, about three years from seed. Tender, so W/C every year.
Nicotiana langsdorfii - Annual. Should just about do it this year.
Penstemon smallii (choice low grower)
Salvia glutinosa

Let me know what you want by way of PM.

 

@longk Just wondering ... have you seen this thread by Jungle Jane?

Urgent appeal for seeds for a good cause

Just cross referencing really

 

Trouble is that there is little/nowt in my list that you can just "sow and grow".

 

@longk, I raised a number of healthy little N glauca seedlings, lovely they were, and planted them out at the appropriate time only for them to fail to thrive. My brown thumbs again, I just can't explain it. Although the slugs did eat at least three.
So I now have two in a container about 18" high, and four in the ground about 8" high. Honestly, they have barely grown since they were put in.
If I dig these up and pot them what are my chances of overwintering them?

 

@Madahhlia - for once the clue is in the common name!
Give up on the ones in the ground! Separate the two in the container carefully and pot up. As they're deciduous they overwinter perfectly well on the dry side in the shed, cold greenhouse etc.

They'll grow like bejeezus next year! Mine is now 2.5 metres tall and bloomed all summer in a 25cm pot. When the soil warms up put one in the ground and let it take its chances. My big one is in the ground next year.

 

Will do, although I think I'll separate the potted ones in the spring. I'm going to have to take a punt on the ones in the ground, though- after all, they are not actually dead yet!

Do they grow with one main stem or are they more shrubby?