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Please find for sale 20+ FRESH Autumn 2020 seeds for Muhlenbergia Capillaris "Pink Cloud" also known as Muhly Grass. This stunning and rare plant was voted plant of the year by the Garden Club of America in 2012.

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Muhlenbergia Capillaris is fully hardy perennial ornamental grass for just about anywhere in the UK. Single plants form a dense clump which can be easily propagated by listing and dividing the root ball.

The stunning display of pink flower heads will last for almost two months from late summer. aside from being beautiful and easy, the plants are valuable to wildlife - the seed heads providing a valuable food source for birds in winter.

Sowing Guide

Sow in autumn, winter or early spring
Sow seeds thinly into trays or large pots containing a good quality seed compost ideally mixed with perlite/vermiculite
Do not cover the seed with compost as light is required for germination, just tightly press the seeds into the earth.
Moisten the seeds, cover the container with a clear plastic dome or put it in a clear plastic bag so the seeds remain moist. Keep at temperatures of around 15 to 20°C
Put the container in indirect light away from the sun, germination should take place in two to four weeks.
After the seedlings appear, remove the cover and place them where they can get plenty of sun and maintain a temperature of around 15°C until the seedlings are established.
Once seedlings are large enough to handle, transplant them to 15" pots containing gritty compost.
They will form a bushy plant and be ready to go into the garden in summer.
Choose a position where either the morning or evening sunlight will illuminate the thread-like sprays, the low slanting light will make them glow as they wave in the breeze. Space at 60 to 90cm between plants.
Olly's General Guide to Seed Sowing!

I love sowing seeds and it runs in the family - dad, granddad and finally my great-granddad for whom the hobby helped him get over his experiences in the Great War. I still get a big kick when I see the first seedling poking through from a new plant that I have never sown before or been successful at. However, even the most experienced gardeners draw "blanks" from time to time. Whilst I sow all the seeds that I sell so I know that they are viable, some are trickier than others and problems can arise so here are some tips to make "blanks" few and far between:

1) Dont Rush! Tempting though it is when that packet arrives in the post to simply bung the seeds in some compost!

2) Google and Youtube are your friends! Take some time so see the methods other people use to germinate the seed.

3) Think Nature! What conditions do seeds face? For example a seed from a tropical plant will fall to the warm, wet and dark jungle floor. A seed from the mountains of Europe will fall to the floor in Autumn, then have to endure months of freezing temperatures before germinating in the spring. So as growers, what we are trying to do is to simulate the conditions that the seeds will naturally experience and there are plenty of tricks that can be done to short cut the processes somewhat.

4) Good compost pays dividends . The best investment you can make is to purchase three bags - one of potting compost, one of vermiculite and one of horticultural sand. With these three bags I can make up whatever soil type a particular seed likes (although for most seeds I find a 50/50 mix of compost and vermiculite works just fine)

5) Rot is your enemy. The single biggest danger to seed germination is rot - either before or after "damping off" the seeds germinate. To reduce the risk, ensure you have good free draining soil mix and that it is moist but not wet. Unless the seed variety absolutely requires it I prefer NOT to cover my seeds trays with plastic bags, Whilst germination is often faster this way, it greatly increases the risk of rot. I prefer to place my seed trans inside a watertight plastic tray and water from the bottom - airflow over the surface reduces the risk.


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