What are some nice perennials from seed?

Rudbeckia are great perennials that flower their first year.

The rud's in this pic will - except Goldquelle their first year.

That is, some nice, bigcityal. I have ordered seeds for all of those. The Rudbeckia I have already received from an order I put in a couple weeks ago.

I'd like to plant them just like you have them too. That is really nice.

Darrell

Thanks Darrell. I tried to spread the colors around.
I do agree that the echinacea will not flower from seed their first year.

Very nice collection Al!

Joanne

This Gaillardia bloomed it's first year, and I'm not certain, but I think the moonbeam coreopsis, does too. It's pictured there with the gaillardia. I have seeds of the coreopsis here if you would like some.

Just curious I have heard that moonbeam coreopsis isn't a long lived perennial??? That is sad - I have a few and I would hate to see them go after a few years - however if I can plant them from seed that would be great - especially if they bloom in the first year!!

In the right spot this one lasts as long as four or five years for me. Possibly longer, but before that I didn't have it in the right spot. The trick for me is to not crowd it and lose it over summer when it is still small. Hard to see such fine foliage at first. Moonbeam is not available from seed because it is sterile. If you can't find seeds for sale from a reputable seed company, there is usually a good reason. That's always a clue that plant is sterile or hybrid and won't come true from seed.

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I've had Moonbeam for about 3-4 years, and to my knowledge, it doesn't set seed.

Ohhhhhhhhh I really like the look of the Angel roses.....could anyone spare some seeds??? I would love to give them a try.

Echoes and 2zeus, you 2 might be right for the seeds thing. I thought about it , and remembered I got it as a plant. Sorry if I confused anyone.

I find Coreopsis a bit confusing anyway, to be truthful, because there are some that can be grown from seed, and I have trouble recalling which ones are which.

Edited to add: Last year I had a plant spring up in the midst of one of my daylily beds, and grow to about 4' and begin producing the most brilliant clear yellow blooms which seemed awfully familiar, I kept meaning to take a picture and ask on here, but then a visiting friend commented on my nice tall Coreopsis! As soon as she said it, I thought ...Oh, of course, that's what that is.



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No need to apologise. We are all still learning. Not too long ago I hoped to start some from seed too.

I saved some seeds last fall, and I will experiment with it to see, what it does. Hope I don't get to much seedling, cause I'm running out of room. (If they decide to come up) ;)

If you're running out of room, it's Murphy's Law that you are bound to get 100% germination on everything you plant...

DawnLL - I'm afraid I threw out the rest of my Angel rose seeds after planting what I needed for this year. There are still some hips on the roses outdoors but I don't know what state the seeds would be in those ones by now. You can buy the seeds from Vessey's though.

I think the roses are only hardy to zone 5 or so (what is your zone up there...?) but, if you started the seeds early enough under lights, they could probably be grown as annuals and still put on a good show for the summer because they grow fast and flower immediately and continue all summer. It might even be worth seeing if they'd survive the winter in pots in a garage. They seem pretty tough so it might be interesting to see just how well they'd survive a cold zone with some winter protection from evergreen branches or something like that.

Most of them are unscented but some of them have a really nice scent so they could make a nice addition to containers.

I bought 250 Angel Rose seeds from Vessey's. 12 out of 250 have come up in the last 3 weeks.

I had to order from Veseys too, to try some of those Angel Roses. They look lovely. Also ordered some veggies that we don't have, mainly roots.

Started seeds last week , using heating pad from a waterbed. I love free-cycle.

For Christmas I got an electric slow cooker ( a pressure cooker actually). NO MORE BURNT POTS. So now I make veggie stews all the time so need more root veggies. Used my first ever rutabaga the other day. Pretty good. I've never cooked one before. Just cut up all your veggies , add some water(stock) or whatever and in 45 mins or so you have a great stew. NO BURNT POTS - did I mention that? If you want to use meat, then brown your meat first with flour or whatever, pile all the veggies on top, add liquid and bobs your uncle.
It switches to 'warm' when finished so did I mention NO MORE BURNT POTS. Plus you have meals done for the next few days. Diff. curries are good too. Found an indian spice shop. Bliss bliss. When living in TO there was a spice shop that had a great curry recipe. Will have to go visit again if I ever go back to Toronto.

inanda aka Ginny

You can also do a quick cook for dried (soaked overnight) chickpeas. Bliss.

Back to seeds and gardening.

Thanks woodyoak - I am zone 4 so they probably wouldn't do so well here....I forgot about the zone thing LOL

Darrell - have your Angel roses started germinating yet? I've got three seedlings up now. My seeds were planted January 17th.

HI agastache aurea golden yello green foliage 24 inches by 24 inches perennial z 4 --there are some offered as seed in seed exchange at the bottom click on page 2 there is agastache offer 200 seeds for two or three stamps--stevo---very outstanding bright plant i love