Butter Daisy, Melampodium, Gold Medallion Flower, Star Daisy

I tried various methods to grow these seeds; in coconut coir, pushed on top of coarse sand and in coffeee filter paper moistened and in ...Read Morea zip lock plastic bag left in the sun. The best results were the zip lock bag followed by the sand. Seeds sprouted after about 5 days (75% of seeds sprouted).
Once sprouted i carefully removed them with a toothpick and dropped them into individual cells in a grow tray and lightly covered them with coir.

I bought some of this plant and they grew huge. I went back to the same place the next year and bought more. They stayed small and died....Read More I was very glad when they started coming up volunteer from the year before. Luckily I took a chance and didn't extract them as weeds. They are growing just as large and tall as the ones I had last year. I will save seeds this year and have more next year. They are very heat tolerant in my West facing flowerbed. Very colorful and showy.

I have allowed this plant to re-seed in my sun gardens for several years now and I always look forward to seeing it emerge. It is easy to...Read More transplant and it looks wonderful at the front of my borders with Victoria Blue salvia behind it.

Have been growing this for several years. It does not reseed itself in Nebraska; need to start a new plant each year. Will try to save ...Read Moresome seeds & try to start in spring since several of you have luck with it reseeding. Does not get tall, but spreads nicely. It adds a nice color all summer. Love it!