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Can anyone tell me how long I need to chill these if I don't want to wait until fall to plant them? Thankyou in advance for the information.

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I can understand why you had trouble finding the info.I HAD trouble too.That page seemed missing in my Stokes catalog.The web site was unaviable to me.so I logged off.Melda says cover seeds lightly germinates at 65-70 degrees do a sandwhich baggie or food container should germinate in 15-20 days. Moist meduim. I've grown this before,I hated admiting to Melda I killed her plant.It has a insignificent pinkish flower....which I removed.I've used the leaves as a bandaide before,because when she gave me the plant she said durring the civil war they used as bandages& to stop blood flow.I like the color of the leaves,guess I'd never get to grow more cause didn't care for the flower.I grew it in my shade bed.

Thanks njoynit,

I think I'll try some here near the air conditioner after I stratify the seeds for about a month. Then I'll see what happens. The rest of the house is to warm and I can't afford to turn the a/c up anymore than it already is.

I might be able to send you some small divisions if I remember tomorrow morning. I'm too lazy to dig right now...the ones my neighbours have are blooming right now

yes, the leaves are antiseptic

Hey Kennyso, Thankyou for the offer but that isn't necessary. I have soooooo many seeds to choose from that if this doesn't work I can try something else. I'm basically trying to use up my seeds so they don't go bad. That is if they haven't already. It seems like many of the seeds I saved were the kinds that need to be sown fresh.