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Seed/Spore Grown

I love growing plants from seed or spore. This is so much more exciting for me than clonal propagation (meaning division, stem cuttings, root cuttings, etc.). The former involves playing part in nurturing a brand new life, one that did not previously exist on this planet. Each offspring is genetically unique. Just like people, there is no person that has come before or will come after that is exactly like you with your genetic make-up. Clonal propagation is just making more of the same thing. I will also do clonal propagation if that is the only option (i.e. no viable seed available), but seed and spore hold the future in store.

Seed grown plants will often be more expensive than clonal, because there is so much more involved in growing them, and so much more that can go wrong. It takes time to harvest and clean seed, sow it, grow it out, care for the plant until it reaches a size that can be planted in the garden. Clonal propagation is much faster, and many nurseries utilize this to meet demand and keep the prices lower. The latter, however, does nothing to add more genetic diversity to the ecosystem.

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Eastern Redbud
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Showy, easy-to-grow, spring blooming shrub that hosts 24 diverse species of caterpillars, provides nesting material for leaf-cutter bees, and feeds wildlife with its numerous seed pods.
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage
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Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
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False Aloe
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Flowering Spurge
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Garden Phlox
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These garden phlox are not cultivars, but grown from seed obtained from open pollinated and naturalized plants. Mystery color, and maybe a new winner!
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Georgia Aster
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Great Blue Lobelia
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Indian Pink
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Large-Flowered Meadow Chickweed
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This native chickweed has showy fragrant blooms in spring and is drought tolerant once established.
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Lucy Braun’s Rosinweed
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Lyreleaf Sage
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Lyreleaf sage is the only sage known to be native to southeastern Pennsylvania. This evergreen attracts pollinators and does well in a native lawn.