I'd add to that that that since it's dioecious. if you want seeds you need to plant groupings of seedlings. The females are not particularly attractive - it's the males that have those fun, twisted flower stalks (explaining the common name "devil's bit"). I have only one female and three males left, which makes me nervous - I'm definitely hoping for seed this year. Last year was too dry, so none was set. Ellen On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 4:04 PM, aaron floden via pbs <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > wrote: > Chamaelirium is easy to grow from fresh seed and matures in about 3 years. > It rarely offsets so rhizomes are hard to divide. I assume, but have never > tried, that cutting the terminal end off will induce growth of secondary > buds along the rhizome. > > > I would hardly say that it is rare. Like with other plants, "uncommon, but > locally abundant" would describe it better. I see it in mesic to dry oak > woods, on shaded roadsides, creek banks, and even relatively acidic dry > woodland so it is habitat nonspecific. That said, it can be picky in the > garden at times and only flowers every other year or so -- none of mine are > flowering this year and all flowered last year. > > Aaron > E Tennessee > > > > On Monday, June 16, 2014 1:55 PM, T O <enoster@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone has had any experience growing Chamaelirium > luteum, from seed or otherwise. It is not included on the wiki, for some > reason, although it grows from a rhizome. > > It is an EAm native, though reportedly rare. Horizon Herbs (Williams, OR) > offers seed of this and I'd like to give it a try. > > Thanks, > -Travis > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Ellen Hornig 212 Grafton St Shrewsbury MA 01545