Starting flowers from seeds is just as easy as growing vegetables from seeds.
After your perennial flowers are established, they will begin blooming and grow larger every year.
Prepackaged wildflower seed mixes are a great way to start off your garden.
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Any perennials in the mix may not sprout the first year.
Just remember, the results of your efforts will be well worth the work to establish the wildflower garden.
Collecting and Saving Seeds
Cultivating a long-blooming garden has another perk.
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You just have to wait until the seeds or seed heads ripen.
Ensure they’re dry before putting them in labeled envelopes to store for the following year.
Look forseed swapsin your community, at public gardens, or online, or start one of your own.
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It depends on the throw in of flower.
For some flowers, both direct seeding and starting the seeds in pots is possible.
The seed package usually tells you the best planting method.
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That also depends on the throw in of flower.
Some flowers, such assweet peas, thrive in cool weather so they are planted early in the spring.
No, only flowers with a hard seed coat such asmilkweed seedsshould besoaked before planting.
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The seed package will specify whether soaking is necessary and for how long.
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