Cold Stratification of Verbena, Lavender, and Coneflower Seeds 🌱

Applying a cold stratification, or cold treatment, to your seeds sounds a bit intimidating, but it really is not.🌱 In this video, we'll show you how to do a cold treatment on Verbena bonariensis, English lavender, and 'White Swan' echinacea flower seeds and try to eliminate any fear you may have. Let's do this! (All seeds and supplies are listed below)

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Featured Chapters:
Intro 00:00
What is Cold Stratification 00:17
Seeds We're Sowing 00:42
3 Methods for Cold Stratification 01:34
Supplies Needed and Getting Started 03:07
How to Sow Verbena 04:33
Sowing White Swan Coneflower 07:09
Sowing English Lavender 07:43
Timing of Cold Stratification 08:52
Placing Seeds in the Fridge 09:32
Wrap-up 10:03

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[joejoanne]

Thank you for this. It actually answers a question I've had for years, and that's why certain of my wildflowers never grow. I usually buy a mixed bag and sew it around our yard in spring, but I have a feeling now that certain of those seeds I never see grow need this cold stratification. I may try this with my wildflower mix this year and see how it goes!

[mapndo]

Marc in El Paso....welcome back guys! really missed you guys and the Saturday morning gig.😢

[farikhayasin]

Great information! Good video as always.

[Jerrboyy]

To save space I usually use damp wash cloth in a ziploc bag and stratify them in the fridge too! Havent tried sowing directly into soil before… although I achieved 100% germination success with ziploc method of Asclepias tuberosa

[Simsplayer]

Ihr verdient mehr Abonnenten, Grüße aus Hamburg

[rsaranya]

Hi is there a follow-up video for this?? I would love to see what happened after this.

[nbeizaie]

I like your videos specially because there are not that many channels from PNW. I was just watching your aster video and you mentioned you will grow goldenrod. Did you do a video on it? How to plant, etc.?

[febakoshy]

I see this is in March . I got a lavender grow kit . But I didn’t realize about the cold stratification. I already sprinkled the seeds in the pot . Now it’s December here can I just place it in the garage or do I need to place in fridge. Also, I wanted to start it in the house . Did I mess it up? Also I’m in zone 7b and it winter . My spring is in April

[ddgardner]

I planted Vanity verbena from seed, and I treated it like I do most warm season annual seeds. I lined the bottom of a clamshell container with two layers of moist paper towel, "sowed" the seed on it, and put it in the cabinet above my freezer, where it stays warm. Most of the seeds sprouted in 5 to 8 days. I planted the sprouted seeds in cell packs and grew them on until they were large enough to plant in the ground. They were very easy to grow, but they grew a lot taller than the Vanity variety's advertised height of about 30 inches. The flowers were prolific and beautiful, but the plants grew to about 4 feet tall, which was disappointing. Maybe the seed I bought was mislabeled, I don't know.

[gloriajbarry]

How did you aquire AAS seeds are you part of the seed trials ?

[thegonzalezs]

Can I saw the verbena seeds, straight to the ground or do I need to start them in pots . I don’t know what would be best, first time trying to grow them . Following from Ohio zone 6b