Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours
Stratification: cold stratify for 90 -120 days
Germination: sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed
Other: can be fall sown without stratification.
Native to: China North-Central, Japan, Kamchatka, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye, Sakhalin
Introduced to: Alaska, Altay, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Illinois, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Italy, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yugoslavia
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours
Stratification: cold stratify for 90 -120 days
Germination: sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed
Other: can be fall sown without stratification.
Native to: China North-Central, Japan, Kamchatka, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye, Sakhalin
Introduced to: Alaska, Altay, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Illinois, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Italy, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yugoslavia
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