We have collected a whole range of Styrax seed from Caerhays to grow here at Burncoose this year:
Styrax faberi
Styrax Fargesii
Styrax formosanus Var fomosanus
Styrax formosanus Var HayatianusStyrax formosanus var Hayatium
Styrax Hemsleyanus
Styrax Hookeri
Styrax jap Frages Belle
Styrax jap pendula
Styrax jap. Sohuksan
Styrax Obassia
Styrax pink chimes
Styrax wayuani
Styrax wilsonii
Styrax Wuyuhanensis
How to propagate styrax seed:
Styrax seed pods are hard and difficult to break open so we recommend leaving them for a few weeks to dry a little and split open naturally. The seed inside should be a dark brown when opening. They contains (almost) two coatings of shell and you have to nick the outer layer to reveal the seed.
Once you’ve got the seeds out the pods, you need to place them into something like a zip lock bag with some moist growing substrate, making sure that they’re not too wet as this can drown the seed. We then place ours in the fridge for roughly 11 weeks to cold stratify.
Once the seeds have been stratified, we’ll soak them in water for 24 hours sow into an acidic medium. And wait for seedlings to appear, roughly 14-21 days.
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