I just transplanted some year-old seedings of the white flowered skunk cabbages (lysichiton kamschatensis sp?) from a seed exchange with a japanese garderner.

Thanks to advice from Ian, I am tending a crop of infant gunnera manicatas from seed saved last October.

This is the genious of the GW. Gardeners helping each other.

I've got a whole flat winter sown gunneras waiting to be germinated. If I can get them going in time, I'll bring them to the Spring Green Elephant Plant Swap in Redmond.

Cheers,

Jim
Woodinville

Thanks
zenzone

Follow up Sept 07.

Gunnera seedlings from 06 did not fare well through the winter. I think I got too eager in March. I had 15 in pots and exposed them too early and all but one died. But spring '07's seedlings, winter sown in fall of '06, mulched and left outside down to 13 degrees F., germinated very well. Here's 50 6-inch pots of seedlings.

I'd really like to try this with Gunnera tinctoria. Anyone got a seed head?

I will give away gunneras to anyone at the Green Elephant.

Also, I divided my Cyperus papyrus 'isocladus' dwarf papyrus and have 15 one-gallon pots to give/share at the Green Elephant. This plant needs to come in for the winter and does well in the house near a window or under lights.

Email or give me a call.

Regards,

Jim Eichner
425-223-7249 cell
GreenElephant