I'm attempting to germinate some Texas Mountain Laurel seeds. I've been collecting them ever since I "discovered" the plant last year. From what I've read, it's not so easy to get these things to sprout! Especially since all I have right now are hard, year old + seeds.

I'm going to try a few different methods: scarification, exposing them to cold, etc but tomorrow I plan to take a few cuttings and grab some fresh seeds because apparently you can get them to grow when they fresh as well, I guess?

If you haven't smelled one of these trees, I highly recommend it! The butterflies and bees agree. #gronostr #grownostr #trees

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Love 'em. What part of Texas you in?

I'm not actually in Texas, I'm in Arizona. You guys make great trees 😁

I guess I was assuming you are in Texas. Are you?

My son was born in South Texas, and I remember coming across one of these trees and I was fascinated. What a beautiful plant

I took a few and scratched them on a brick till they looked a little scraped up, and a few more than others. They were all about the same size and then some of them blew up in size.

😸

still watering them... no sign of life yet. I have had a bag of seeds in the fridge or freezer, I can't remember but I'm going to dig them out and try planting them too since apparently it helps to get them cold before they sprout.