PowWow Wild Berry Echinacea Seeds - Echinacea Purpurea, 20 seeds

Quantity: 20 Seeds / pack

PowWow Wild Berry (Echinacea purpurea) is a 2010 All-America Selections winner: compact, basal-branching plants 20-24 inches tall carrying masses of vivid deep rose-purple, 3-4 inch blooms that hold their color. It can flower the first year from seed when sown early, and blooms continually without deadheading.

Why choose our seeds?

• AAS-winning vivid rose-purple blooms
• Flowers the first year from early sowing
• Compact, floriferous perennial; no deadheading needed

How to grow PowWow Wild Berry Echinacea seeds

Choose Your Planting Method

• Indoors: Sow indoors no later than late January for first-year flowers; otherwise 8-10 weeks before the last frost.
• Outdoors: Direct sow in earliest spring or late summer.

Prepare Your Materials

• Seed-starting trays or pots (if indoors)
• Well-draining seed-starting mix
• Spray bottle for misting

Sowing the Seeds

• Sow on the surface of moist mix; seed can be exposed to light or covered very lightly (1/8 inch).
• A 3-4 week moist chill at 40°F may improve germination but is not essential.

Provide the Right Conditions

• Light: Surface sowing is fine; give bright light once sprouted.
• Temperature: 65-70°F (18-21°C).

Germination

• Germination takes 10-15 days.
• Grow on at 65-68°F; transplant to larger pots within 3-4 weeks.

Transplanting

• Plant out after all risk of frost, 12-18 inches apart, in well-drained soil.
• Harden off before transplanting.

Care Tips

• Sun: Full sun.
• Water: Water regularly the first season; established plants need water only in hot, dry spells.
• Fertilizer: A 2-inch layer of compost each spring is plenty; too much fertilizer makes leggy plants.
• No deadheading needed; leave ripe seed heads for goldfinches, then cut back in early spring.

Bloom Time:

Summer to fall.