Use of the word "Seedling"
Paul Licht (Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:16:04 PDT)
I think the message should already be clear. The term
'seedling' is not a precise one and has been used in many
contexts. I was just thinking of our 30yr old monkey puzzle
tree that produced its first crop of seed; never occurred to
me that it was a seedling up to now. In the Garden, we
generally use it to refer to a newly germinated plant that
has only a few sets of true leaves.
Paul Licht, Director
University of California Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510)-643-8999
http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/
On 4/14/2011 11:53 AM, Dennis Kramb wrote:
For me, my experience with "seedlings" comes from hybridizing irises.
Anything I've grown from seed, is a seedling... even if it is 15 years old
now and a massive clump of rhizomes in my garden. To other hybridizers (&
iris enthusiasts in general) the name "seedling" implies that I haven't
named, registered, or introduced this iris yet.
Dennis in Cincinnati
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