February first marks the halfway point between winter and spring! That means it's time to start thinking about planning your garden.

Select your seeds and discover the best cold stratification methods to kickstart your gardening journey! 🌿

#GardeningTips #SeedStarting #ColdStratification

After two years of growth from seed, Viola pedatifida—commonly known as the Prairie Violet—is flowering in my garden for the first time!

#ViolaPedatifida #PrairieViolet #NativeFlora #PrairiePlants #NativePlantGardening #BotanyInTheGarden #MidwestPrairie #ColdStratification #Minnesota

A sign I made for work so that other lab folks do not open OUR fridge with our sleeping seeds. Had to be more eye catching than a 🚫 sign!
#sciart #seeds #botanicalart #plants #plantart #lab #coldstratification
#conservation

Balsamroot is a resilient and vibrant wildflower. It's one of the species whose seeds need a cold spell. Indoor sowing in late winter is one option for this! 🌼🌼 #NativePlants #GardeningTips #ColdStratification #ArrowleafBalsamroot #WildflowerGardening #DroughtTolerant #GardenPlanning #SpringBloomers

Anyone craving the sunshine and heat of summer yet? Just got some #milkweed seed cold stratification going, but I do love these #nativegrasses throughout the #prairie. Who else on here has #coldstratification going on? I have seeds in the fridge and also outside.

I will test different #Lavender #seeds throughout the #winter and the different ways to grow them, such as #coldstratification, #wintersowing, cuttings, and the heating mat. #gardens #garden #cuttings #gardencommunity #nature

This time of year, we seed species needing 3 months of cold stratification to germinate - like Alpine Rock Jasmine, Paintbrush, Gentian & Valerian. Some go straight outside, while others prefer the more consistent temperature of a fridge. 🌿 #NativePlants #GrowNative #Wildflowers #ColdStratification

Harvesting pallet wood for seed trays #nativeplants #palletwood #coldstratification #wearenature #pocketprairie #reuse #climatechange #nativeseeds

Rookie mistake. I bought a bunch of #nativeseeds and was reading about #coldstratification, etc. Well, I was so successful that my kitchen is filled with random containers with thousands of sprouts and I’ve lost track of what most of them are. Oops I’ll have a wildflower and radish salad please

There's still time to plant Joe Pye! Many natives need cold stratification, but Joe Pye only needs 30 days. We sell seeds now & plants in the spring #joepye #claytonia #claytoniastl #Eutrochiummaculatum #spottedjoepye #coldstratification #nativeplants #natives #nativeflowers