Ooooo! I'm envious!

congrats

Hey what do they look like. I sowed them too. Last year mine did not sprout. But this year I see some small green leaf thingys. they look like mini blades of grass. Just 2 of them. I was hoping it was cho joe pye but did not want to jinx it either.

I sure hope they sprout. I have tried my best to leave them alone so I don't mess them up.

Karen

Mine are tiny, like butterfly bush sprouts.

I have sprouts of CJP too,very excited on this one,I also have verrigated kmogg that im nervous and excited over

Why are you worried about jinxing these seeds guys? This is a plant that reseeds like crazy for a lot of people! Although mine have never self-sown much, I think they flower so late in the season here that they don't have time to mature seed.

This is a gorgeous plant and the pollinators love it!

Chocolate Joe Pye also roots from cuttings very easily so if you get some plants growing, try taking a few tip cuttings to make more baby plants.

I used rooting hormone and stuck them in a good quality potting mix with about a 50% perlite mix and kept lightly damp.

Mary

I've had them germinate before and then die just as soon as I planted them. I've bought plants and had them die before they even got off the back of the truck 2 hours later. They don't like me. But I want it.

Oh no, looks like I got a seed in a trade that was not what they said it was. the seedlings look different than my butterfly bush... drat

Once I get some I will for sure root cuttings. that is a good tip

They don't look the same, but are just as tiny. Mine are still at the first leaf stage. I think the heat is making things slow down in these containers. I'm watering every morning now.

I just looked again and I have sprouts

Terrene,

Took me 4 years before I got germination. Some of us just have a bit of difficyluty with this one. Now I have several 7 foot monsters in September.

Mine does seed since I leave it into December for the finches, but since I mulch that garden I don`t see and seedlings.

(pardon the grammatical errors in my response... Just came in and the hands are a bit dirty from some pleasurable gardening! DH is gonna have a cat when he finds out - if he does. LOL!)