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Hesperaloe parviflora
Red Yucca

A stemless, Yucca-like plant that forms a rosette of narrow, hard, blue-green leaves, from which long spikes with very attractive red flowers rise in summer. It is extremely hardy to frost and a great plant for the sunny garden in temperate and subtropical areas.

 
 

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Seeds from this species ...

...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
I tried putting a couple in paper towels and keeping it wet but after 2 months they have still not sprouted. At about the same time I put 4 seeds I did not bother to soak in 4 starter pots filled with regular potting soil, pushed the seeds in about 1/2" and watered, then covered to keep them moist, set the whole thing on the refrigerator and in about 3 weeks had sprouts in all 4 pots! I plan to grow a grove!
Submitted on 29/12/2004 by Donna Shaffer dlt63@hotmail.com

...very easy to germinate.
Place seeds in a petri dish with paper towels on the inside of the dish. Keep moist in a 4-5 days the seeds will germinate. Then with tweezers carefully plant the seeds. Germination rate is high.
Submitted on 14/10/2003 by one of our visitors

...easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Seeds are easy to germinate with no special soil mix required. Germination rate was 60% after three weeks even though exposed to temperatures up to 95 degrees. I encourage people to grow these striking plants.
Submitted on 21/08/2003 by one of our visitors

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If you wish to read more on palm cultivation, we highly recommend Ornamental Palm Horticulture by Timothy K. Broschat and Alan W. Meerow, available in our bookshop.

Ratings and comments reflect individual experiences and the views of our visitors. They do not necessarily describe the most appropriate methods, nor are they necessarily valid for all seeds or plants of this species. Germination and plant cultivation success depends on many different factors; nevertheless, these experiences will hopefully aid you in your effort to get the best germination results from our seeds and the best growth results from your plants.

 
       
 
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A definitive account of palms that may be grown in the garden and landscape. Because palms are often underutilized as a result of their unfamiliarity -- even to tropical gardeners -- Robert Lee Riffle and Paul Craft have exhaustively documented every genus in the palm family. Approximately 890 species are described in detail, including cold hardiness, water needs, height, and any special requirements. No gardener or landscaper who reads this book should ever again lose a palm solely because of lack of horticultural information.
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