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I got some cone flower seeds a month or so back, from some spent flowers. I was reading up on them and it said to start indoors in early spring. BUT, one site said if you plant them in the fall in a container then bring them in for winter that they would flower that following spring. anyone tried this? It sure would be nice to have cone flowers blooming next spring instead of waiting a whole nother year. ('whole nother'...is that a proper english? )

Try it with half the seeds. I've never seen them growing indoors but maybe I don't know anyone who's tried.

Cricket I've never had to wait a whole nother year for cone flowers,, I planted some seeds in my rock garden in april and they have bloomed in late June.. all the years I've had cone flowers when I plant them early enough they always bloom. in the fall when they start dieing back I take the seeds from them and sprinkle around the same area and those bloom too,, Do you have a particular cone flower that don't bloom the first year??

I thought cone flowers were biennials? am I thinking about something else?

nope, coneflowers are not biennials, they are perennials. I think most will bloom the second year from seed but I'm sure they are some that bloom the first year.

hhmmmm....??? I could have sworn they were biennials! Well, my head does get full sometimes?