Seedling Stewartia

[LindaPat]

I guess these are slow growing? Maybe I can make a clump? It was fun to see them come up, anyway.

 

[penumbra]

They look really good for first season seedlings. There are no set rules or expectations for all tree seedlings. Many don't really take off for a year or two and others go nuts the first year. Even in a single batch of seeds from one plant this can happen.
What kind of germination percentage did you get? Did you warm stratify and then cold stratify?

 

[LindaPat]

Just put them outside in January. I think the percentage was less than a third, as I recall. Might have been better if I had planted them deeper. I think directedly into coarse soil (my first trial doing this) might have to be deeper to prevent disturbance and drying out.