How to Start Coneflower From Seeds - Echinacea purpurea

Echinacea purpurea also known as purple coneflower is an awesome perennial to grow in the home garden. It's a native plant that is great for those all important pollinators but is also a very beautiful and functional plant for garden design. What's great about coneflowers is that they are very easy to grow successfully from seeds. Whether you buy the seed to get started or collected some from plants you were growing you can get these native plants going with just a few steps. In the video I talk about two methods I'm using to grow these coneflowers from seed: my standard method and winter sowing. I talk about cold stratification a little but you can learn more about that in this video:    • How to Save ECHINACEA Seeds to Make T...   00:00 Intro 01:22 Seed tray 01:57 One Major Important Step 02:45 Seed Sowing 06:29 Watering the Flat 07:59 Winter Sowing Coneflower Seeds 08:36 Putting in Drainage Holes 09:10 Creating a Hinge on the Container 10:15 Seeding the Container Here are some links to the products I used in the video: From Greenhouse Megastore 1020 Flats: https://collabs.shop/g7ozay 1020 Humidity Domes (clear plastic tops): https://collabs.shop/i8cknp 1020 Propagation Tray Inserts: https://collabs.shop/uvvqnk These are affiliate links and Growing The Home Garden receives a small portion of the sales at no additional cost to you.