Rewilding My Lot

At a recent seed/plant exchange hosted by Seguin nursery Green Jay Gardens, I acquired a small packet of Mexican Buckeye (Ungnadia speciosa) seeds. This is a lovely small native tree, and although I wasn’t looking for more trees to plant here, this is one for which I’d find space.

My son (Dan Rossiter) has recently propagated this type of seed, and so I followed his technique.

Mexican Buckeye seeds don’t need scarification or cold storage, so I went directly from fresh seeds to germination. They were rolled in a damp paper towel and placed in a plastic bag in indirect light.

By the third day, the seeds had softened, split, and the tips of roots were beginning to emerge.

By day 5, all the seeds had little roots.

So then I put each seed in a 4″ pot with some good potting soil, the same way that I had done for Texas Mountain Laurel seeds.

And although I still don’t plan to get into plant propagation, here I am with 17 Texas Mountain Laurel babies and 5 Mexican Buckeye germinating seeds.