My Official List of Flowers to Winter Sow
Flowers to winter sow once the cold is here!
Alright friends, the winter solstice is tomorrow — so if winter sowing isn’t already on your mind, it’s time to get serious!
So many of you have asked for my seed lists, so here they are!
My tried-and-true flowers to winter sow:
Hardy Annuals
Atriplex
Baby’s Breath
Bachelor Buttons
Balsam
Bells of Ireland
Bupleurum
Campanula
Carnations
Chinese Forget-Me-Not
Clarkia
Corn Cockle
Cupid’s Dart
Dara
Delphinium
Didiscus
Dill
Dropmore
Feverfew
Foxglove
Godetia
Green Mist
Honeywort
Iceland Poppies
Lambada
Larkspur
Lavatera
Linaria
Nigella
Orlaya
Ornamental Kale
Pansy
Phlox
Poppies
Pot Marigold
Queen Anne’s Lace
Salvia
Scabiosa
Snapdragons
Statice
Stock
Strawflower
Sweet Annie
Sweet Peas
Sweet William
Throatwort
Viola
Natives (North American)
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
Bee Balm (Monarda spp.)
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia spp.)
Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum)
Coreopsis (Coreopsis spp.)
Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Echinacea (Purple Coneflower)
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon cobaea)
Goldenrod (Solidago spp.)
Helianthus (Helianthus spp.)
Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)
Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
Liatris (Liatris spp.)
Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
Milkweed (Asclepias spp.)
Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum spp.)
Aster (Symphyotrichum spp.)
New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Phlox (Phlox spp.)
Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Smooth Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis)
Spiderwort (Tradescantia spp.)
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Wild Blue Indigo (Baptisia australis)
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Perennials & Biennials
Bee balm (Monarda didyma)
Bellflower (Campanula spp.)
Blanket flower (Gaillardia × grandiflora)
Blue cap sea holly (Eryngium planum ‘Blue Cap’)
Campanula (Campanula spp.)
Campion (Silene spp.)
Catmint (Nepeta × faassenii)
Catananche (Catananche caerulea)
Columbine (Aquilegia spp.)
Coral Bells (Heuchera spp.)
Delphinium (Delphinium spp.)
Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)
Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata)
Globe thistle (Echinops ritro)
Helenium (Helenium autumnale)
Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
Iceland Poppy (Papaver nudicaule)
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Lupine (Lupinus spp.)
Maltese cross (Lychnis chalcedonica)
Painted daisy (Tanacetum coccineum)
Penstemon (Penstemon spp.)
Perennial Flax (Linum perenne)
Rudbeckia (Rudbeckia hirta)
Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
Salvia (Salvia nemorosa or Salvia spp.)
Sea holly (Eryngium spp.)
Sedum (Sedum spectabile or Hylotelephium spp.)
Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum × superbum)
Silene (Silene spp.)
Tickseed (Coreopsis spp.)
Verbascum (Verbascum spp.)
Veronica (Veronica spicata)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Happy Winter Sowing!
-Emily




