narrow leaved echinacea, a native perennial wildflower. started from seed this spring, here they're three months old growing in some large plug trays. not sure if they will flower the first year, I've read it's possible but usually this species will wait for its second year.

narrow leaved echinacea, a native species. growing in the greenhouse, the seeds were cold stratified in a fridge through feb and march then planted into these pots in early april - about two months ago. they're at a good size now to transplant into their own pots. this is a good demonstration of cold stratification and just time to get perennial flowers going from seed, the approach where you just plant in early spring into pots and water for a couple of months is a good way to let the cold spring nights finish off the cold conditioning the seeds need to germinate. worth noting that these are in part shade and watered daily, because a greenhouse on a sunny hot day can be an oven.

narrow leaved echinacea, a native species. I divided these small trays of starts and transplanted into large plug trays, will see how they do. echinacea is a perennial wildflower, so I'm thinking they'll be trimmed and offered as dormant plug in the fall or next spring. just getting into more herbaceous perennials and sorting out the best way to grow them and send out to people.

a few native seeds germinating in the greenhouse, narrow leaved echinacea, upright prairie coneflower, nannyberry... and some seeds from evan's cherry (bali)