300+COMMON SMOOTH IRONWEED Seeds Native Wildflower Heat Cold Pollinators Easy

Description: COMBINED SHIPPING and SAME DAY SHIPPING on all orders. 5 pm CDT Cutoff. One Time Shipping Charge for as many packs as you want. USPS First Class Package with Door-to-Door Tracking. About 3 Days. Buy 5 packs and get one free, your choice. Just add your choice to "Note from Buyer". Thank You!!COMMON IRONWEED (Vernonia Fasciculata) - Prairie Ironweed has vivid purple flowers on top of 48 - 72-inch stems. It is easily grown from Ironweed seeds, provides a great bloom for the back of the flower border, and has attractive foliage until frost. Ironweed makes a great cut flower, but the leaves should be discarded before arranging as they do not remain attractive once they have been cut. Ironweed is actually a member of the aster family, with numerous 1/2-inch flower heads in branching clusters. They are a favorite nectar source for Bee's and Butterflies. It is common to find Ironweed plants in old fields and pastures in the mid-west to the east coast. Prairie Ironweed is also known as Smooth Ironweed or Common Ironweed. Ironweed plants prefer full sun and moist fertile soil but will adapt to partial sun and slightly moister or drier conditions. It can withstand periods of flooding as long as they do not last long. Ironweed is not hampered by pests or disease to any large degree. Sow Ironweed seeds directly outdoors in prepared soil. Keep seeds moist until germination. Ironweed plants are liberal self-sowers. The flower seeds easily catch in the wind. Deadhead the spent flowers if you do not want Ironweed flower seed spreading to other areas. 200+ Seeds per order. Thank You! Some American Native Wildflower seeds need to go through a cold winter to germinate. This plant is one of them. They do this so the seed won’t sprout in fall, only to have the seedling not make it through a cold winter. I have stratified these seeds to simulate a cold winter(stratification) This raises the germination rate considerably. Thanks for looking!!Vernonia fasciculata. Perennial. Full Sun. Spring, soil temp 68F+. Sow 3 seeds per plant,1/8"deep,18"apart. Keep moist. Germination 14-21 Days. Thin to single best seedling. Cut out unwanted sprouts with scissors. Medium water. Height 48-72" x 18" Wide. Flowers are Purple. Blooms from early summer through late summer.

Price: 2.75 USD

Location: Wichita, Kansas

End Time: 2024-10-06T15:12:48.000Z

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