Prairie On Winnipeg
Ready to give growing native plants from seed a try? Here are some tips for seeding, put together with help from our friends at Prairie Originals!
Seeding Instructions
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Germination Requirements
- Alumroot - Do not cover seed.
- Awned Wheatgrass - Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Big Bluestem - Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Black Eyed Susan – Do not cover seed – needs light to germinate.
- Blue Grama - Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Blue Vervain – Do not cover seed. Stratify for six weeks.
- Canada Wild Rye – Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Coneflower – Do not cover seed – needs light to germinate.
- Cutleaf Anemone - Stratify for six weeks.
- False Sunflower – Stratify for six weeks. Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Gaillardia – Do not cover seed.
- Giant Hyssop – Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Giant Wild Rye - Stratify for six weeks.
- Golden Alexander - Stratify for three months. Germinates in 12-21 days at 6 - 12 °C.
- Green Needle Grass - Stratify for six weeks.
- Harebell - Do not cover seed.
- Heartleaf Alexander - Stratify for three months. Germinates in 12-18 days at 6 - 12 °C.
- Helenium – Do not cover seed. Stratify for six weeks.
- Joe Pye - Stratify for six weeks.
- Little Bluestem – Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Low Goldenrod - Do not cover seed. Stratify for 6 weeks.
- Many Flowered Aster – Do not cover seed.
- Meadow Blazing Star - Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Narrowleaf Sunflower - Stratify for six weeks.
- New England Aster – Do not cover seed.
- Pearly Everlasting - Do not cover seed. Stratify for six weeks.
- Pink Onion - Germinate at 23 °C, takes about 35 days to germinate.
- Prairie Dropseed - Stratify for six weeks.
- Purple Prairie Clover – Scarify seed. Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Sheep Fescue – Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Showy Goldenrod – Do not cover seed. Stratify for six weeks.
- Side Oats Grama – Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Smooth Aster – Do not cover seed.
- Sorghastrum - Stratify for six weeks.
- Stiff Goldenrod – Do not cover seed.
- Swamp Milkweed – Stratify for six weeks. Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Three Flowered Aven - Stratify for six weeks and germinate outdoors in early spring, or seed in fall. Slow growing.
- Upland White Aster – Do not cover seed.
- Western Silvery Aster - Do not cover seed.
- Whorled Milkweed - Stratify for six weeks.
- Wild Bergamot – Cover seed to a depth of 2-4x the thickness of the seed.
- Wild Columbine - Stratify for six weeks, takes 35-45 days to germinate.
- Wild Flax - Stratify for two weeks.
- Yarrow – Do not cover seed – needs light to germinate.