Does Echinacea Flower First Year. Coneflowers started from seed may take 2 to 3 years before producing blooms. Once the flowers.
Sow outdoors 12 inch deep when a light frost is still possible. Seeds will germinate in 10-20 days. Certain varieties will germinate the first year from seed including PowWow Wild Berry and Warm Summer Mix.
Coneflowers can be started from seed in spring indoors about a month before the last spring frost date or outdoors when the soil temperature has reached at least 65F18C.
Aug 28 2012 Wikimedia Commons. Purple coneflower or Echinacea purpurea is by far the most popular variety of. Flowers reliably bloom the first year from seed if sown early see Summer Flowers for Color. Sow outdoors 12 inch deep when a light frost is still possible.