WILDLY EASY WILDFLOWERS TO GROW
FROM SEED
Wild Onion (Allium cernuum) A,B
Bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana)
Tall Anemone (Anemone virginians)
Long-Fruited Anemone (A. cylindrical) B
Thimbleweed (Anemone muItifida) B
Pasque Flower (Anemone patens) B
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) B,C
Goat's Beard (Aruncus dioicus) B
Butterfly Weed (Ascleyias tuberosa) A,B
Bog Aster (Aster nernoralis) A
New England Aster (A, novae-angliae) A
Showy Aster (Aster spectabilis) A
Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis) B,E
Harebells (Carnpanula rotundifolia) B,D
White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) B
Pink Turtlehead (Chelone lyoni) B
Golden Aster (Chrysopsis mariana) A
Tickseed ( Coreopsis auricuIata) B
Wild Bleeding Heart (Dicentra eximia) A
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon rneadia) A
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) B,C
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata) B
Closed Gentian (Gentiana clausal) A
Narrow Leaf Gentian (G. linearis) A
Water Avens (Geum rivale) B
Bowrnan's Root (Gillenia trifoliata) A |
Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris
cristata) A
Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor) A
Blazing Star ( Liatris pycnostachya) A
Cardinal Flower ( Lobelia cardinalis) A
Great Blue Lobelia (L, siphilitica) A
Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens) B
Scarlet Monkey Flower (M. cardinalis) B
Bishop's Cap (Mitella diphylla) B
Bee-Balm (Monarda didyma) B,C
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) B,C
Dotted Horsemint (Monarda punctata) B,C
Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa) B,D
Arctic Poppy (Papaver nudicaule) B,D
Pink Beard Tongue (Penstemon smallii) B
False Dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana) B
Jacob's Ladder IPolemonium van-bruntiae) B
Prairie Coneflower IRatibida colomnifera) B
Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida, R. hirta,
R.trilobaj) A
Golden Groundsel (Senecio aureus) B
Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) A,F
Fire Pink (Silene virginica) A
Bush Pea (Thermopsis caroliniana) B,E
Foam Flower (Tiarella cordifolia) B
Globeflower (Trollius laxus) A
Yellow violet (Viola pubescens) A,F |
A. Moist Cold Treatment - Seed should be sown in the fall
in a container or a prepared bed, then left outside for at least 3 months of cold to break
seed dormancy.
B. Dry Cold Treatment - Seed can be stored in an air-tight container in the refrigerator
until you are ready to sow them in early spring. Seed can be started indoors to get a head
start, or sown outside in late March or April.
C. Seed needs no special treatment, it will germinate upon sowing in a warm location.
D. Seed is very fine and needs no cover after sowing.
E. Soak seed for 24 hours before sowing.
F. Seed germination rate is best if seed is sown immedlately upon ripening.
Media: Fine screened loam or humus for prepared beds outside. Commercial seed starter mix
such as Jiffy Mix or Pro-Mix for seed sown in flats or pots. Fill the container with media
and wet it thoroughly, allow excess water to drain out. Sprinkle seed over the surface of
the media, then cover seed with fine screened sand and peat for acid loving plants or
milled sphagnum for small seed. Place container in a warm, sunny location, or 6"
under a fluorescent light indoors and wait for germination to occur. Seed sown outside
should be covered with sand, then lightly mulched to prevent wash-outs.
Courtesy of The Norcross Wildlife Foundation, Inc
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