ONTARIO ROCK GARDEN SOCIETY

Germination guide M2

Genus

Species

Germination

Remarks

Melica

altissima 'Atropurpurea'

B

Melica

ciliata

A

Melica

nutans

A N

Mertensia

paniculata

! A

Mertensia

primuloides

A

Mertensia

pterocarpa

A

Mertensia

sibirica

G

Mertensia

simplissima

L

Meum

athamanticum

! F

short viability

Michauxia

tchihatchewii

A 25

Micromeria

thymifolia

D 3 4

Millium

effusum 'Aureum

A

Mimulus

cardinalis

A

Mimulus

cupreus

A

Mimulus

guttatus

A

poor germination

Mimulus

lewisii

A

Mimulus

ringens

A 3

Minuartia

all species

A

Minuartia

laricifolia

A

Minuartia

laricifolia ssp. kitaibelii

A

Minuartia

marcescens

A

Minuartia

stricta v. kitaibelii

Minuartia

verna

B

Mirabilis

jalapa

A

Mirabilis

multiflora

A 2

Mirabilis

sp.

A

Miscanthus

sinensis

B

Mitchella

repens

! G

dry storage is fatal

Mitella

breweri

A

Mitella

diphylla

! B

dry storage is fatal

Mitella

ovalis

Mitella

pentandra

E 3

Moltkia

doerfleri

L

Moltkia

petraea

A 2

Monarda

'Blaustrumpf'

A

Monarda

'Cambridge Scarlet'

A

Monarda

'Lambada'

A

Monarda

'Prarienacht'

A

Monarda

fistulosa

A 3

Monarda

punctata

A 3

Monarda

sp.

A

Monopsis

debilis

K

Monotropa

uniflora

*

very difficult, needs to be sown in leaf litter under beech or cedar as host

Morina

longifolia

A

Morina

sp.

! L

Muscari

comosum

F *

grow seedlings at cool temp

Muscari

armeniacum

L *

Muscari

latifolium

L *

grow seedlings at cool temp

Muscari

pseudomuscari

F 7 *

ditto

Mutisia

spinosa v. pulchella

B

Myosotis

alpestris

A 3

Myosotis

popovii

A

Myosotis

olympica

A

Myrica

gale

A 3

Myrica

pennsylvanica

G *

remove wax from seeds

Myrrhis

odorata

! L N