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 PAGODA DOGWOOD SEEDS/BERRIES FOR SALE: seed sales are finished for this year 2012. Call again around May or June of 2013 to pre-order 2013 seeds which are usually ready in July. 100+ seeds/berries for $20 ppd. (I am usually generous in that I include more than I promise.) I have not done a writeup on this species; please do your own research on these northern native dogwoods. Wikipedia article is good; they don't show a full pic of the tree but is accurate on most of what I have experienced with these dogwoods. Mine are wild type, white flowers. The berries from the mature trees are FANTASTIC food for birds in early summer. And of course the architectural shape of the tree is beautiful.

IT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR -- SPRINGTIME!
Rare, hard-to-find
VIRGINIA BLUEBELL SEEDS FOR SALE
Virginia Bluebells - Mertensia virginica
for sale SEEDS - AVAILABLE EACH SPRINGfor sale
200 Va. Bluebell seeds: $20.00 shipping included
500 seeds: $40.00 postpaid

You won't find these seeds in seed catalogs or in your local garden shop--
Seeds of the beautiful, native Va. Bluebell need to be planted immediately after they are shed by the plant in the spring. That's why you won't find them for sale in the supermarket or garden center! They also need to go through a long period of cold treatment (winter) before they will sprout. They do not sprout until almost a year after they were shed by the plant. And then it takes about two to three years after that before they reach blooming age!
I collect my seeds in my woodland garden in SW Wisconsin and ship them to you immediately after they have been shed by the plant in late spring. You will plant them upon receipt, but they will not actually sprout until the following spring after they have gone through their first winter. They will sprout and then grow throughout that first spring but will not flower until their second or third spring. After that they will bloom every year for you, and so each spring from then on they will set more seed for you.

Great for in between hostas or in the shade garden! Virginia Bluebells are "spring ephemerals", which are springtime plants that die back in the summer and seem to disappear... the roots remain, but you won't see the plants again until the next spring. As you can see from reading the paragraphs above, they take a long time to get established but they are definitely worth it!
Detailed planting and propagation instructions will be provided when you buy seeds from me. My Va. Bluebells are descended from the southwestern Wisconsin gene pool.


HOW TO ORDER:  
call Janet Wissmann ~ phone 608-624-5511 - 9am-9pm CST
(I am near Soldiers Grove, Southwestern Wisconsin between Prairie duChien and LaCrosse)




SEEDS To order seeds, please phone me around March-June, and I'll then email you a bill and you can pay with your credit card using PayPal, or you can just send a check (payable to Janet Wissmann). WI sales tax and postage are included. When I mail your seeds, I'll include detailed instructions on how I get the best germination.
______200 seeds / $20.00 ppd
___________500 seeds / $40.00 ppd



ROOTS BUY ROOTS AND YOU WILL HAVE FLOWERS A YEAR SOONER! Normally it takes the perennial Va. Bluebell plants two to three years to reach flowering age when you start them from seeds. But you can get a head start by buying dormant roots from me that are already a year or two old. I raise my roots for at least one full season in pots, watering and fertilizing them so they grow at their optimum. When they go dormant by the end of that first summer, the roots are about 3/4" long, and can be safely shipped to you in that dormant state. I will pack them in moist peat and mail them to you. The plants will possibly bloom the next spring, or for sure they will bloom the following year, provided you have planted them in a place they like. (Remember: gardening with native woodland wildflowers requires patience. Bluebells usually take three years in the wild from seed before they will bloom.) As you can see from the photos here, Virginia Bluebells are definitely worth the wait! In a given year, phone me as early as July or as late as November  for roots -- first come first serve as there will be a limited qty. of roots each year.

10 roots / $40 ppd 
_________ 20 roots / $75 ppd

HOW TO ORDER:  
call Janet Wissmann ~ phone 608-624-5511 - 9am-9pm CST
(I am near Soldiers Grove, Southwestern Wisconsin between Prairie duChien and LaCrosse)

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An excellent book is
Wildflowers: A Guide to Growing and Propagating Native Flowers of North America (The New England Wild Flower Society) by William Cullina.
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