Northeast Gardening: Favorite low-maintenance plants, 1 by WNYwillieB

WNYwillieB wrote:
CrockNY: Another I like is Coreopsis. Nice height and bright colors.

I wanted more Filipendula hexapetala (vulgaris), so I recently purchased seeds "online" from Pase Seeds, only to discover they are about 10 minutes down the road from here!! Although, this is the first time I purchased from them, I would recommend them and am going to place another order.

If you are the seed starting sort, here is what I experienced:

http://www.paseseeds.com/servlet/StoreFront

These are VERY tiny seeds and they took a while to germinate (maybe I didn't do it just right, plus, I let them sit a year before I planted them).

Once germinated, they are tiny and fragile sprouts, luckily I planted them in containers inside the greenhouse. I would also use a very fine medium to germinate them next time, as I lost a few of the seedlings when watering moved around the not so fine growing medium. This is probably why they do not spread very quickly.

Next time I will start them in sand with very finely screened peat and only mist them, I bet they will love it!

Here is one of the containers I started this spring. I have them over-wintering in the greenhouse to get some size behind them before I put them in the ground outside. I think there are 5 in this container.