RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Propagation Protocol For Culver’s Root <em>Veronicastrum virginicum</em>
JF Native Plants Journal
JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 138
OP 142
DO 10.2979/NPJ.2010.11.2.138
VO 11
IS 2
A1 Sullivan, Jude
A1 Kujawski, Jennifer
YR 2010
UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/11/2/138.abstract
AB Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.), a member of the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae), is a summer-blooming native perennial propagated from seeds by Project Native nursery in Massachusetts. Seeds are collected in early to mid-fall and sown in December to mid-January. Sown seeds are given a natural stratification period outdoors under winter cover. Seed trays brought into a polyhouse in April germinate within a month, and seedlings are transplanted into plugs and 3.8-l (1-gal) containers during the first growing season. Project Native staff prefers to overwinter first-year plants outdoors under protective cover before selling more fully developed plants during the second growing season.