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Soldanella hungarica

Hungarian Snowbell

Family PrimulaceaeGenus Soldanella

Nodding violet bells with deeply fringed rims, hanging in a cluster from a stout brown stalk against a blue sky.
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About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
VioletRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Romania, UkraineGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

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; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 22, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 14 days to germinate.

100% germination in 14 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Soldanella p. 216Public domain
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Soldanella (Primulaceae). - S. hungarica germ. 70(100% in 2nd w) and 40(4%)-70(68% in 3rd w). Light had no effect.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Soldanella p. 216. 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.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around December 15, 2026 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C Light: either

    4 germinated in this phase.

  2. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

about 3 months from start to step 2. Germination happens during step 2, in 21 days.

68% germination in 21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Soldanella p. 216Public domain
Show the original text
Soldanella (Primulaceae). - S. hungarica germ. 70(100% in 2nd w) and 40(4%)-70(68% in 3rd w). Light had no effect.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Soldanella p. 216. 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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