To save money on gardening, start plants from seed

Timing is vital and differs by species. Perennial seed divides into two primary varieties, says Rochelle Bartolomei, native plant program supervisor at Pope Farm Nursery in Gaithersburg, Md. Spring flowering perennials ought to have their seed sown by midsummer, in a seed tray open air in a protected website. Examples embrace bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), wild geranium (Geranium maculatum), rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides), and woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata). The seeds will lie dormant by way of the autumn and winter and germinate the next spring. Hold the seed combine moist however not moist, and shield the trays in opposition to marauding animals.