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CONE FLOWER AND BLACK EYED SUSAN SEEDS
September 7, 2010
6:24 pm
Joell
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happy-flower     I want to take the seeds from my cone flower, black eyed susan and bee balm to start new plants–do I scatter them this fall or save them until next spring?

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September 7, 2010
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Well, if they're mature and large enough I'd probably divide the bee balm and the cone flower.  If they're rather small still the bee balm, could probably be rooted and planted from cuttings. 

If started from seeds, I'd probably start them all in the house from seed in the early spring to be planted in the garden after the first frost, done that way they'll probably even bloom the first year.  Have they been there for a while?  The cone flower and the black eye'd susan both usually self seed very well.

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September 7, 2010
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Sandra in SC
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My purple coneflowers have spread quite a bit on their own…..I guess from seeds….it looks like the gold finches and other little birds are eating up all the seeds, but they still multiply!  If you want to plant some in another location, it may be easier to let them multiply on their own and then dig up some of the small plants in the spring to plant elsewhere.  I've shared mine with friends that way.

September 8, 2010
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bonita
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The cornflowers and black eye'd susans self-seeded very well in our garden (zone 5-6). When we want them in another location, we divide and replant. I  would stay away from planting bee balm (monarda). It can be invasive, if you don't keep after it. You'll find yourself dividing the bee balm in either spring or fall (or just plain pulling it as if it were a weed) just to keep it from taking over your garden!

September 8, 2010
5:28 pm
DarleneS
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Purple coneflowers are a perennial plant and will come back every year.  They get really big after awhile so I just pull up what I don't want next year and sometimes replant. The only perennial I have which grows automatically from seeds are 4 o'clock the black seeds fall on the ground and reseed. They get really huge too.

Hope this helps.cloverclover

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