Another trip to the sandy soils of the geologic formation known as the South Texas Sandsheet, this time to collect Prunus texana seed.
We also scope a number of other cool plants like Berberis trifoliolata (Berberidaceae), Sisyrnchium (Iridaceae), Colubrina texensis (Rhamnaceae), Yucca constricta (Agavaceae), Aristolochia erecta, Thelesperma filifolium (Asteraceae), Physalis hederifolia (Solanaceae).
I might still have Prunus texana seed when this video airs. I would love for people to grow it, since the habitat could be destroyed in the coming years like all South Texas Habitat likely will be.
Regarding Prunus texana germination:
Remove the fruit and plant the seeds in a pot protected from rodents or birds and then just forget about them. Seeds will not germinate until weather cools down in fall or spring. There might be a way to speed up germination with warm moist stratification for a few weeks followed by cool stratification. Nobody knows cause nobody grows it. I sowed mine last April and they germinated in Fall, but I don't get freezing winters down here. Seedlings need absolute full sun when they germinate and won't live long in a pot, so get them in the ground asap.
Just remember they don't germinate during the summer. That would be evolutionarily disadvantageous. Sow them now and forget about them. They germinate in the fall when temps cool off.
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3 окт 2024
