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Cotoneaster Rockspray seeds | Bonsai | Hedging | Birds

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£3.99 GBP
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Please find for sale Cotoneaser Horizontalis seeds in various quantities. Commonly known as Rockspray, Cotoneaster is an incredibly versatile plant. In gardens is great for hedging or allowing to cascade over unsightly walls - and there is added bonus that is provides shelter for small birds and the berries provide a welcome winter banquet for birds. Indoors, its small leaves make is a very popular bonsai subject.

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Germination Guide

As Cotoneaster is native to very cold parts of the world, the seeds have fairly deep dormancy so require cold stratification for maximum germination rates. Stratification is a process of simulating natural conditions that the seeds must experience before germination can occur (if a seed germinates in the middle of winter it will die). In the wild, seed dormancy is usually overcome by the seed spending time in the ground through a winter period and having its hard seed coat softened up by frost and weathering action. This cold, moist period triggers the seed's embryo; its growth and subsequent expansion eventually break through the softened seed coat in its search for sun and nutrients. Luckily it is fairly simple for growers to simulate this:

 

  • Get a handful or two of vermiculite, perlite or sterile compost. Add the seeds.
  • Add a little water to the mix. Should be moist but not wet
  • Place in small clear ziplock bag
  • Place bag at bottom of the fridge 10 weeks
  • Check bag occasionally - remove and pot up any seeds that have germinated
  • After the stratification process
  • Spread bag contents on a tray of moist compost.
  • Cover very lightly with compost or vermiculite
  • Keep in a warm place 15-25c
  • Seedlings should appear after circa 25 days
  • Keep moist - best to place seed tray inside a waterproof container and water from the bottom
  • Pot on as required

 

Alternative, you can do it the natural way - sow the seeds in pots outdoors in autumn, cover with mesh to keep off birds etc then the seedlings should appear in mid spring

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