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About the plant What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
Habit perennial Plants of the World Online
Flower Pale green Wikipedia Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.
Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors.
Worth knowing Faroese lady's-mantle grows only in the Faroe Islands and eastern Iceland, and has been called one of the outstanding endemics of northwestern Europe. Wikipedia: Alchemilla faeroensis Sow around October 2027 — a date the source gives, not one counted back from a May 3 last frost.
This one takes two seasons. Start in October 2027 to plant out in May 2028.
Too late for spring 2027 — that plan needed starting on October 2026. Here is the plan for 2028.
Using a national average last frost of May 3, which is wrong for most places. Put in your zip code for your own dates. Plant words explained .
Protocol N. C. Deno, 1996 Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.
1 Sow outdoors and leave it
Sown outdoors in October; up in March.
No stated waiting before sowing. Then 150 days to germinate.
85% germination in 150 days.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Alchemilla p. 17Public domain Show the original text Alchemilla (Rosaceae). In retrospect it is likely that OS may be the best treatment for the five species studied atthough, unfortunately, OS was not trled initiallly on any of the five. In the 2nd Ed. A. faeronensis germ. 85% in March in OT from seeds placed outdoors the previous October. None germ. in 70D-40, 70L-40, 70 GA-3, or 40-70D. When seeds from 70L-40-70L and 70D-40 were shifted to OS, respective germinations were 85% in the 3rd w and 20% on 8th d. Curiously shifting seeds to OS after 70D-40-70D treatment did not give any germination. Seeds DS 1 y were dead. . Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Alchemilla p. 17. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list. How each step is done , in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
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