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#33 – 3 Perennials to Start from Seed with Dave Dowling



{Insert 1 Did you know that many perennials can actually be started from seed? Today, Lisa and Layne are joined by Dave Dowling of Ball Seed to discuss three perennials grown for cut-flower use that can be started from seed. They cover why each plant is worth growing, USDA hardiness zones, favorite varieties, the meaning of “first-year flowering”, growing and spacing tips, the proper harvest stage, vase life, and more. Listen to the podcast and get ready to grow echinacea, echinops, and yarrow from seed!

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25 Comments

  1. It is always a pleasure to hear your seed talk. Thank you so much for your work. I learned so much from your videos and podcasts. Best greetings from Germany
    Andrea

  2. I love your Seed Talk show! Each one is so useful and interesting and jam packed full of information. Thank you!

  3. Another great Seed Talk episode. Thanks so much ladies, I always learn something new, or am reminded of something important.
    The koala’s name should be DAVE, of course. 🙂

  4. You said that all the flowers mentioned today don't require any special treatment before sowing. While that is true for Echinacea Purpurea, many of the newer colours are hybrid plants that do benefit from a period of cold stratification. While it's possible to get germination without it, the success rate is much higher with it. I have grown Purpurea, Cheyenne Spirit, Canary Feathers and PowPow White. Currently struggling with getting Green Twister to germinate D: I've tried without stratification and now with a month of the packet in the fridge. Next will be moist cold strat. Typical that the one I love the most I'm having most trouble with!

  5. I have some echinops growing in the garden bed for over 15+ yrs in N Utah, 7a. It has self seeded, not bad at all, just gives me more plants to move around. My plants do best in part shade because of our hot dry summers.

  6. As a landscape architect, some of the newer coneflower cultivars don’t seem as tough in the commercial landscapes. I know this isn’t the direct subject of your video, but any suggestions as to why this might be? Not as drought tolerant?

  7. I love this topic. Thank you. On a follow up (part 2) video would you talk about sea holly please? I'd love some tips for that flower.

  8. Off topic but I planted generic grass seed 2 years in a row no luck. Turns out perrenial rye grass is not fully hardy in zone 3. Kentucky bluegrass is.
    So even some perrenials are not hardy in all zones including some echinacea. I have luck with echinops

  9. I always love your podcast! Such great questions, Layne! And I find the topics SO useful!
    ❤😊❤

    Layne, one quick perennial question for you… in another episode you spoke of growing Lady’s Mantle this year. I have had trouble germination it from seed ( even with a cold/moist stratification). Got any good tips on getting it to germinate?🤨

  10. On the west coast our native coneflower is a Rudbeckia, (Rudbeckia occidentalis) that is just a cone, it has no ray flowers at all, so I wonder how that would look dried… But I am having a lot of issues growing it, something is eating it so I might not even end up with any. Do squirrels eat Echinacea as much as they do Rudbeckia?

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