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 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >