How Do You Harvest Seeds From A Wildflower Garden?
If you’re a wildflower lover or an amateur naturalist, gather some wildflower seeds on your next nature walk and save them to create your own wildflower garden the following spring. The best time to gather wildflower seeds is late summer or early autumn, when the blooms are beginning to fade and wilt. Be patient, because some wildflowers are easier to grow than others, and some may take two years to establish. Watch for wildflower blooms to wilt and turn brown. All blooms will develop seed pods after the bloom wilts and dies Leave the seed pod on the plant until it turns papery and brittle. This means the bloom is nearly ready to expel the seeds. Pick the seed pods off and put them in a paper bag, and put the paper bag in a dry place until the seed pods are completely dry. If the seed pods are slightly green, go ahead and harvest them and put them in the bag. Seed pods that are harvested before they’re ready will take longer to dry, but should still be viable. Put each type of wildflow
