Having successfully sprouted #NativePlants from seed using the very easy method in this #podcast episode, I can now recommend a listen. Got me thinking about supporting local genetic diversity of each native plant species, not just a diversity of species.

Heather McCargo from The Wild Seed Project on Cultivating Place:

https://www.cultivatingplace.com/post/the-wild-seed-project-heather-mccargo

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THE WILD SEED PROJECT, HEATHER MCCARGO

Fall and early winter are the perfect time in much of the Northern Hemisphere to plant bulbs, woody shrubs and trees, herbaceous perennials and perennial vines in the landscape. It is also a good time to seed spring blooming especially native annual wildflowers. So, I thought it was just the right time of year as well to chat a little with Heather McCargo founder of the Wild Seed Project in Portland, Maine. Focused on the relationship between seed grown native plants and reweaving healthy ecos

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Plus if you start #NativePlants from seed you get to see their tiny baby form ❤️

This is a Nootka Rose / Rosa nutkana that sat outside in its pot all winter and popped up in March.

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Sometimes it is hard to guess whether a sprout is your intended plant or a weed, but this one is recognizable even when still tiny. A little Western Red Columbine / Aquilegia formosa that sat unattended outside all winter and started slowly growing itself in February.

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Yarrow started coming up in December and hasn't stopped. It's one of those plants that really loves life. Hopefully it will stay this happy once i transplant it into my lawn 🌱

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Great Camas / Camassia lechtlinii has been making me emotional by self-seeding all over my garden after its first year of blooming, but it did come up really well in outdoor trays as well. It's like it was meant to grow here or something.

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Last baby photo for today: this is a wildflower from the prairies (not my region) that I am growing because it's so pretty. Prairie Smoke / Geum triflorum. It was described as non-invasive here in the PNW and I would believe it-- suuuuper tiny seedlings sprouted outdoors in February, but sparsely and they have been growing very slowly.

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@beandreams That's great! Mine are also fainting their way, but I won't be sure on which camas species the babies are until they flower
@salunso Ahhh what a beautiful cluster! I'm glad the sprouts bring me so much joy, because it's going to be a long wait before they bloom