Collecting and Sowing Echinacea Seeds

Hello all

I hope you are well.

I have a couple of Echinacea 'Delicious Candy' Plants in my Garden that I would like to spread to fill some gaps.

I understand that Echinacea Seeds are supposed to be easy to Collect and Sow, however, this is not something I have ever done.

Does anyone have any tips on how to go about it?

Thanks in advance

Kevin

 

I doubt there will be any there at this time of the year.
Only other thing is that the seedlings are unlikely to exactly the same as the parent plant.

Division of the clump seems to be the best way of propagating it.

 

Hello @pete

Thanks for the Reply.

You are correct, there are no Seed Heads at the moment it was more a question of How To for later in the Year.

I Read somewhere that Echinacea do not like to be disturbed which is why I did not consider the Dividing method.

To be safe, I may just purchase a few Echinacea 'Delicious Candy' Plants to fill the gaps, for now.

Thanks

Kevin

 

Well, you would need to wait until the flowers are almost dead, then I would cut them and put them in a paper bag, (not plastic), and leave in a dry airy place, in the house would probably be ok, but a ventilated shed would be ok.

You should find after a couple of weeks that the flower heads are shedding the seed, there will be lots of dead bits mixed in with the seed which you will need to separate.

This seems a pretty good explanation better than my ramblings
How to Propagate Purple Coneflowers

 

Hello @pete

Thanks, I will give the Website you Linked to a Read.

Kevin

 

Hi Kevin, where do you get your Echinacea plants from ?

I have had sòme very good ones from Farmer Gracy this year ,good quality bare roots . I put them in a pot with compost mixed with a little fine grit. They were showing growth in no time, I'm hoping they will survive the wet weather.

 

Hello @Purple Streaks

The Echinacea 'Delicious Candy' Plants that I have are from Crocus:

Echinacea 'Delicious Candy ('Noortdeli') (PBR)' - coneflower

I hope this Helps.

Kevin

 

Thanks Kevin