Has anyone had Dicliptera suberecta reseed or have you tried starting it from seed. I am in the precess now of seeing how much seed my plants have yeilded

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Penny I don't bother collecting seed for myself anymore as they root so crazily easily from cuttings in water. Didn't see the hummmers use mine this year though they have in the past.
Cheri
(aka hummymummy, vancouver, b.c. canada z8)

Thanks Cheri,
Yes they do root easily and that it what I did last year and ended up with 20 new plants besides the two original one LOL! I just thoght I would give it a shot from seed just for fun (Like I don't have enough seeds already. I only collected 12 seeds so I may sow just a few of those to see what happens.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

My Kings Crown did not bloom this year and the plants left out last winter didn't make it. I guess I will dig my single plant up and bring it in, but I am not sure whether it is a good plant choice here in New Jersey.

Penny,

Let us know if the seeds work or not.

We have had this plant forever and I finally had to divide it this season. One plant in a pot easily became about five plants and even a little piece of it stuck into the soil took and grew so easily.

We did see some hummer usage of this plant this season, but unfortunately it's not long blooming like the salvias. For us, because of such a cool summer, it was late blooming this year, which encouraged more hummers to use it (in prior seasons, it's been earlier blooming.)



Kathi and Michael Rock
Madison, Wisconsin
Zone 4/5

Kathi and Ward I have a few pieces that I broke off my potted plants and stuck in the ground. They all rooted right away. And Ward I have taken cuttings and put them in a glass of water and they rooted in just 3 or 4 days. The cuttings really are the way to go. Mine didn't bloom quite as early as last year but the one that really took off was one of my cuttings from last year that was in a pot without a saucer. I put it on the east side of the house on a gravel bed and the roots went down into the soil benieath the gravel and it bloomed like crazy. The one planted in ground on the west side stayed cooler and grew taller and wider but didn't bloom. All my other rotted cuttings from last year were given away so I am not sure how those did. It is definitely worth doing a few cuttings to overwinter as each year the weather up north is a little different. Next year could be very warm for us.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Penny, I have to agree with you. This plant roots most easily, even in water. I bought one plant from Bustani this year and it just took off and has bloomed non-stop. It is still loaded with blooms, but the wind last evening made many stalks break off.

Ward, you should try it in a large pot. It does amazingly well and gets plenty of hummer attention.

Suchie

Penny,
The dicliptera suberecta you gave me is finally about to bloom. Some of the stuff around it may have shaded it and of course the gray, rainy summer probably didn't help. It looks beautiful anyway and is almost 4 feet tall. I broke off one branch by mistake and it rooted nicely. I will try to save it for next year for sure. As you said, maybe next year's weather will be better!

Carol, If we get a decent summer next year it should do very well for you. They do like sun and they zare very easy to overwinter.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Penny, I started some from seed. Only 1 of them bloomed, but the others got crowded out. I will have to say this is easy one, because I'm not that good at starting any thing muce from seed. The hard part is collecting the seed

birdlegs
zone 5
S.E. Lower MI.

Thanks Sandy, Yes collecting the seed before they disperse is not as easy as salvias for sure. When I decided to check the one plant yesterday, it looked like quite a bit of the seed had already been dropped but I did manage a few seeds. I thought I would give it a try from seed just because I do have a few seeds and it might also help others who want to try growing it from seed.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39