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Webinar: Tips for Starting Native Seeds

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Join us as our seed expert Dan Alexander discusses strategies for successful native plant seed starting. Now is an excellent time to plant native plants (including seeds!) to support local ecosystems. This is a valuable and informative webinar you won’t want to miss!

Favorite wildflowers:

  • California poppy
  • California buttercup
  • Sky lupine
  • Purple chinese houses
  • Farewell to spring
  • Red ribbons
  • Red maids
  • Baby blue eyes
  • Cream cups
  • Five spot

Favorite Shrubs/Trees:

  • Ceanothus
  • Manzanita
  • Pacific Waxmyrtle
  • Oregon Grape
  • Native Salvias
  • Coffee Berry
  • Toyon
  • Madrone
  • Oaks

Why Natives?

Resources:

  • Dara E. Emery, Seed Propagation of Native California Plants, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden 1988 Seeds: Larner’s Seeds www.larnerseeds.com
  • What native sgrow here? www.calscape.org
  • App: North California Wildflowers
  • App: Picture This
  • App: Seek (by iNaturalist National movement: www.homegrownnationalpark.org Sloat Garden Centers: www.sloatgardens.com

Discussion

  • What you’ll need to germinate seeds
  • A brief botany lesson
  • Technique Demonstration: bean sprouts in ziplock bag
  • Sowing indoors for transplanting
  • Native grasses are wildflowers too!
  • Sowing directly in the soil
  • Plant recognition: California poppy
  • Discussion of milkweeds, native vs. tropical and others
  • Cold, moist stratification
  • Buckeye trees
  • What did we learn?

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