FALL PLANTING FOR CLIMATE ZONES 3-7 - Or seeds can be cold stratified in your refrigerator for 60 days (can also be done in cold climates if planting in spring if planting at a warmer time of year.)
 
I do not recommend trying to grow this plant in any zone warmer than 7. These need snowfall and freeze and thaw cycles to germinate and do not like hot weather. You are welcome to try, but unfortunately I cannot guarantee that the seeds will sprout. I will however, provide you with detailed information on how to cold stratify these in your refrigerator in zones warmer than 7 if you just have to have them and want to try. 
 
Unfortunately, this plant is endangered due to development and the growing scarcity of natural undisturbed prairies. Planting them in home gardens is highly encouraged. 
 
This beautiful plant has attractive nodding reddish maroon, to pinkish purple flowers but the real star of the show are the seed pods that look like a wispy spun rose.
 
Prairie smoke actually is a member of the rose family. It’s named after the illusion of smoke with its wispy blooms covered in morning dew. 
 
Fertilized flowers are later followed by distinctive silvery-pink fluffy fruits (called achenes) that are equally as decorative as the flowers, if not more so. The styles (parts of the female reproductive organs) greatly elongate in the fruit to form plumes nearly three inches long.
 
This is a cool weather plant and requires either 60 days of cold moist stratification or simply plant them in fall and they will wow you in spring. The foliage turns red, purple and then orange from fall to winter! It goes dormant and returns again every spring. 
 
Grows 6-18 inches tall 

*Growing zones 3-7 only!
 
20 Seeds
 
I combine shipping on all seed orders, you pay one flat fee for as many seeds as you would like for no additional shipping. Orders over $35 for any combination of items in my shop ship for free! 
 
All of my seeds are tested and guaranteed. Most of my seeds are fresh off of my own plants.