Favorite Inexpensive Source for Flower Seed

barbamWY · February 6, 2016

Where are you buying your flower seed? I am especially looking for a short zinnia for our plant sale. Our grower says he is not making a profit on the Profusion Zinnias he has grown in previous years. I am not a fan of the compact, domed head type of zinnias. We are looking for other annuals as well. It seems some seeds have really taken a jump in price.
Barb

greyghost · February 6, 2016

Check out www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com and see if they have what you want for a decent price; I like them very much. I also buy a lot from Stokes seeds and Jung, even some flower seed from Harris Seeds. A lot of times, I'm looking for specific colors rather than mixes and have better luck at Stokes and Swallowtail. The seeds seem to germinate well. I also have good luck with flower seeds from Parks-they're usually packed in foil packets and seem to keep well. Almost forgot another favorite, www.selectseeds.com . They also sell very good quality plants. Good luck.

Aerial · February 6, 2016

Crosmanseed.com/zinnia.htm

GeoSeed.com. Email and ask for PDF catalog.

FedcoSeeds.com

RJGlew · February 7, 2016

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Originally Posted by barbamWY

I am especially looking for a short zinnia for our plant sale.

Magellan and Dreamland are excellent zinnias with 4-5" flowers on short, 12-14" plants. Park and Swallowtail have both, and Park has 20% off seeds today. Pinetree also has a good selection at reasonable prices, but not these two.

joseph · February 7, 2016

I grow my own seeds. It's the most affordable way to have exactly what I want in as large a quantity as I care to have.

Starlight · February 8, 2016

Hazzard's seed store. Since you are planning on having a sale, they have a large selection and sell in 100 seed quantities and even larger amounts. I've always had good luck with their seed.

February 6, 2016	#1
barbamWY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: North West Wyoming Posts: 466	Favorite Inexpensive Source for Flower Seed Where are you buying your flower seed? I am especially looking for a short zinnia for our plant sale. Our grower says he is not making a profit on the Profusion Zinnias he has grown in previous years. I am not a fan of the compact, domed head type of zinnias. We are looking for other annuals as well. It seems some seeds have really taken a jump in price. Barb

February 6, 2016	#3
Aerial Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: CA Posts: 410	Crosmanseed.com/zinnia.htm GeoSeed.com. Email and ask for PDF catalog. FedcoSeeds.com Last edited by Aerial; February 6, 2016 at 09:07 PM.

February 6, 2016	#2
greyghost Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: southeastern PA Posts: 760	Check out www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com and see if they have what you want for a decent price; I like them very much. I also buy a lot from Stokes seeds and Jung, even some flower seed from Harris Seeds. A lot of times, I'm looking for specific colors rather than mixes and have better luck at Stokes and Swallowtail. The seeds seem to germinate well. I also have good luck with flower seeds from Parks-they're usually packed in foil packets and seem to keep well. Almost forgot another favorite, www.selectseeds.com . They also sell very good quality plants. Good luck.

February 7, 2016	#5
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	I grow my own seeds. It's the most affordable way to have exactly what I want in as large a quantity as I care to have.

February 8, 2016	#6
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	Hazzard's seed store. Since you are planning on having a sale, they have a large selection and sell in 100 seed quantities and even larger amounts. I've always had good luck with their seed.