They are simply waiting. Whether it’s an apple tree, a lilac bush, or a tiny seed buried in the soil, plants enter dormancy as a survival strategy against the cold. Dormancy is not just ...

2. Seed coats have a surprisingly important rôle to play in both primary and secondary dormancy. Often they are of such colloidal nature as to be modified by even very low concentrations of a variety ...

You’d never guess by looking at a seed that it’s alive; that suspended in a state of dormancy, it waits for a certain set of environmental conditions to spur it into growth. Those triggers ...

Rhubarb grown from seed will take a year longer to produce ... to be chilled for two weeks in order to break their period of dormancy. Pot each crown up with compost and bring into a cool greenhouse.

My method of seed sowing involves simply sprinkling seeds on the ground where they will grow and eventually flower. Much ...