2023 – 2024 Seed List Timetable
30 November 2023 – deadline for donating seed
18 January 2024 – list emailed to all seed donors
01 February 2024 – list emailed to all non-donors
15 February 2024 – final date for orders from E.U. and Australia
15 March 2024 – final date for ordering
All orders dispatched by 31 March 2024
ORDERS NOW CLOSED FOR 2024
Our Seed List is an exchange between members around the world and comes out in January/February each year. It is widely regarded as one of the most valuable sources of lily seed and includes many rarities though quantities are often limited. Members often have wider interests so our Seed List includes other Liliaceae, bulbs and lots of perennials too.
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Contact: George Battle
Please donate seed…
When you donate:
- We’ll send you the next Seed List two weeks earlier than everyone else
- You can order up to 80 packets per household unless an import permit imposes a lower limit
- You’ll get 1 free packet of seeds for every 2 of species lilies you contribute and 1 packet for every 3 contributions of anything else… in all, up to 10 free.
Collecting & sending seed…
- Harvest the ripe seed pod just before it splits – see 1st photo
- Covering pods in nylon netting can protect against birds & avoid seed escaping. Netting shown in 2nd photo is used in insect cages. Any type is fine so long as it doesn’t retain water.
- Allow seed to dry off for a day or two e.g. on a seed tray lined with paper
- Clean the seed of chaff e.g. by gently blowing lighter material aside
- Store in well-sealed paper bags and please label clearly
Contributing photos…
We only use photos of the plants actually in the Seed List, not generic examples. Species can vary in height, vigour, colour & flower form. We want to show your plants. We are also lucky enough to have many members who are keen hybridisers and photos can be especially important to give a clear idea of these.
- For species lilies, at least one photo would be great.
- For your own crosses, we’d like photos of both the pod and pollen parents
- If you have a sizeable clump of a particular lily, please send a photo of that too
- Smaller files are ideal, around 900 pixels per side
A few other important points…
- To receive the Seed List as a donor in one year (e.g. 2025), one must have been a paid-up member in the previous year (2024 in this example).
- Anyone collecting wild seed needs to ensure they have any necessary permission and permits & to retain the latter. Signatory countries to the Nagoya Protocol on protecting wild plant resources can be found at https://www.cbd.int/abs/nagoya-protocol/signatories/
- To join us & receive our Seed List please click here: Join us