![]() My experience with growing Butterfly Bush from seed is that they typically germinate within about a week if kept at least 70F. Tiny butterfly bush seedlings Butterfly bush seedlings growing Seedling at 14 days old Butterfly Bush seedlings at 6 weeks old Butterfly Bush Germination Be sure and check out our page on the best grow lights for seed starting. Butterfly Bush seeds need light to germinate which can be provided from a grow light or in a windowsill with indirect sunlight. To ensure the seeds don’t dry out you should place the containers under a humidity dome or cover them with plastic. Don’t bury the seeds, you only need to lightly press them onto the top of the soil. By placing just a few seeds you’ll reduce the need to thin out the seedlings later. Just put a few of the butterfly bush seeds on top of the soil of each cell. This should yield excellent germination rates. It’s best to moisten the soil before sowing the seed.Īssuming you harvested the seeds at the proper time they should be mature and viable. I recommend using seed starting trays to germinate the seeds. Ok you’ve done the hard part, now let’s grow butterfly bush from seed. You’d be surprised how many seeds you can get from just one spent bloom. ![]() The dark spot in the middle is the embryo of the seed. Butterfly Bush seeds magnifiedīy using some form of magnification, I used my phone camera, you can see that the seeds of the Butterfly Bush are tapered on both sides. At this point just hold a container or paper plate under the dried flower and give it a tap. The seeds fall out really easily so attempting to remove the blooms once the pods are already open would likely result in losing all the seeds. If the seed pods have already split open you can also attempt to collect seeds without removing the spent bloom.
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