Purple Coneflower Seeds (Echinacea purpurea), Organic

Seeds can be planted outside in the Fall.  1-3 weeks before your last frost date.  Cover them with about 1/8 of an inch of soil, plant in an area that gets plenty of sun.

Seeding Indoors

Echinacea are easy-to-germinate and their seedlings are easy-to-grow. The seeds require no pre-treatment (like cold stratification or scarification). 

Use a seed starting mix and sow the seeds into small containers. A smaller, shallower container is easiest to maintain even moisture. 

Sow the Echinacea seeds onto the surface of the germinating mix, taking care not to overlap them onto each other. Cover lightly with about an eighth of an inch .. Put the bedding packs into an inflated plastic bag on a bright window sill. The seeds will begin to germinate in about 7 to 10 days. You shouldn’t need to water them until after the seeds have germinated and it’s time to remove the plastic bag. Water when the container feels light by setting it into a shallow pan of water and letting the soil-less mix soak it up (bottom watering).

Once the seedlings have filled the cells of the bedding packs and their roots have grown to the sides of the soil, they are ready to transplant.

Excellent for Winter Sowing