Propagating from Seed Resources

By Jim Sirch

Sources

Wild Seed Project (Maine)

wildseedproject.net (germination codes, propagating info, etc)

wildseedproject.net/how-to-grow-natives-from-seed

wildseedproject.net/maine-native-plants-for-roadside-restoration

 

Seeds: Resources to Help You Locate, Purchase & Collect by Anne Rowlands

Seeds: Resources to Help You Locate, Purchase & Collect | Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group

 

Prairie Moon Nursery

prairiemoon.com (native seeds/plants – not local genotype; germination codes)

 

Ecotype 59 seeds (local CT ecotype seeds):

Northeast Seed Collective: northeastseedcollective.com (previously eco59.com)

The Ecotype Seed Project: A Closer Look – highstead.net/insights/the-ecotype-seed-project-a-closer-look

 

Bill Cullina’s Germination Codes

Propagation, Germination Requirements of Seeds: Germination Requirements of Seeds, by Bill Cullina
New England Wild Flower Society
gnps.org/conservation/propagation-germination-requirements-of-seeds

Cullina germination codes

 

Hamden Public Library – Seed Library

hamdenlibrary.org/plant-for-the-pollinators-this-winter

 

Pollinator Resources

Organizations with Useful Websites and Databases

UConn IPM Pollinator Resources
ipm.cahnr.uconn.edu

Xerces Society, xerces.org
Loads of great publications! Recommended: a pdf called Collecting Your Own Wildflower Seed

Conserving Bumble Bees:
xerces.org/publications/guidelines/conserving-bumble-bees

CT Agricultural Experiment Station’s Pollinator Information:
portal.ct.gov/CAES/Publications/Publications/Pollinator-Information

Pollinator Partnership EcoRegional Planting Guides:
pollinator.org/guides

USDA Forest Service: Bee Basics: An Introduction to Native Bees
usda.gov/about-usda/news/blog/usda-forest-service-booklet-touts-value-native-bees

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s Native Plant Database
wildflower.org/plants/index.php

Native Plant Trust’s (New England) Go Botany Simple Key
gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/simple
They also have a garden plant finder (native): plantfinder.nativeplanttrust.org/Plant-Search

National Wildlife Federation’s Native Plant Finder
nwf.org/nativeplantfinder

National Audubon Society’s Plants for Birds
audubon.org/PLANTSFORBIRDS

 

State Native Plant/Pollinator Groups

Wild Ones – Mountain Laurel Chapter meets at Conn College
mountainlaurel.wildones.org

Native Grow Native Massachusetts: good resource on Massachusetts natural plant communities
grownativemass.org

Long Island Native Plant Initiative
linpi.org

Maine – Wild Seed Project
wildseedproject.net

CT Botanical Society
ct-botanical-society.org/gardening-with-natives

CT Butterfly Association
ctbutterfly.org
Under publications, great resources is Life Histories of Connecticut Butterflies
Also offers free butterfly walks

Pollinator Pathways in CT and NY:
pollinator-pathway.org

 

Citizen Science Projects

Bumble Bee Watch
bumblebeewatch.org

Beecology Project
beecology.wpi.edu

Great Sunflower Project
greatsunflower.org

Nativars Research Project
Budburst

 

Books

Wildflowers: A Guide to Growing and Propagating Native Flowers from North America (out of print) by William Cullina

Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines: A Guide to Growing, Propagating North American Woody Plants by William Cullina

Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide by Heather Holm Pollinators of Native Plants by Heather Holm

Attracting Native Pollinators, Xerces Society

Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants by Doug Tallamy Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy

Garden Revolution by Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher How to Eradicate Invasive Plants by Terri Dunn Chace

Native Plants for New England Gardens by Dan Jaffe and Mark Richardson Weeds of the Northeast by Uva, Neal, and DiTomaso

Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be A Source of Environmental Change by Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher

The Living Landscape by Doug Tallamy and Rick Darke

Planting in a Post Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West Noah’s Garden by Sara Stein (out of print)

Planting Noah’s Garden by Sara Stein (out of print)

Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America by Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman

Butterflies through Binoculars: The East – A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Eastern North America by Jeffrey Glassberg

Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History by David L. Wagner

Seed Germination Theory and Practice by Norman Deno