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Propagate Like a Pro

March 13, 2022 by Lorene Edwards Forkner in GROW

Simple tips for growing more plants from the ones you already have.

Propagating plants doesn’t have to be complicated. A quick look around your garden and you’ll find it’s already happening.

Start with seed

You can learn a lot by observing plants that self-sow in the garden. Annuals, like larkspur, love-in-a-mist, calendula, and various poppies flower and seed generously. Several short-lived but indispensable perennials like golden feverfew, Mexican fleabane, Verbena bonariensis, and a particular wine-colored double columbine are constant in my garden, but they rarely show up in the same place from year to year. 

As the growing season progresses, leave a few blooms to ripen their seed and collect for later sowing. Even easier, simply allow the seeds to disperse naturally and become part of your garden’s unique soil seed bank. Then all that’s left for you to do is to learn to identify seedlings of your favorite plants and conduct their placement in the garden. Early spring is a good time to dig and relocate volunteer seedlings.

Read the entire story in the link below

GROW in The Seattle Times

March 13, 2022 /Lorene Edwards Forkner
Special to the Seattle Times
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