> I've always assumed that certain seeds require dormancy before
they'll
> sprout.
Some do, others don't.
> My mother-in-law has a beautiful 30+ year old multi-trunk A.
Palmatum
> "Bloodgood" growing in her front yard.
> Every spring it drops millions of miniature "helicopters" that
cover the
> lawn, flowerbeds and fill the cracks in the sidewalk. Within
two weeks, the
> ground is covered in little trees. It usually takes two months
of constant
> lawn mowing, flowerbed picking and sidewalk pressure washing to
rid her yard
> of them all. I've filled enough 1 gallon pots with seedlings to
go into my
> own "Bloodgood Business" !!
Well, they're probably no longer "Bloodgoods" since the tree
probably doesn't seed true to type. But you can go into the Acer
palmatum business. ;-)
>
> Is this normal ?
For some maples, yes (and other trees, too). The American red
(swamp) maple (Acer rubrum) germinates immediately, too. I could
go into the A, rubrum business. ;-)
Jim Lewis -
jklewis@nettally.com
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