First-year Flowering Perennials from Seed
Many gardeners are hesitant to try starting perennials by seed because of the notion that you will not get to enjoy the flowers the first year. This is true for some perennials, but if you sow seeds for the perennials on this list early in the season, they will reward you by flowering within the same year. Some perennials even rival annual flowers, taking just a couple of months to flower from seed.
If you want the advantage of not needing to replant your garden beds every season, but still have gorgeous flowers the first year, this plant list is a good place to start when planning your next garden project. A gardening budget can go much farther by not having to purchase these first year flowering perennials in pots at the nursery. Besides, there is something so immensely gratifying about watching your plants emerge from something as tiny as a seed, and then live on to create enduring beauty for many years to come.
![Agastache spp.](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/agastache.jpg)
![Aster alpinus](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/aster-alpine.jpg)
![Armeria maritima splendens](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/armeria.jpg)
![Pladycladon grandiflorus](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/balloon-flower-astra-series.jpg)
![Belamcanda chinensis](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/blackberry-lily.jpg)
![Festuca glauca](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/fescue.jpg)
![Linum perenne](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/flax-saphyr.jpg)
![Buddleia davidii](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/butterfly-bush.jpg)
![Asclepias spp.](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/butterfly-weed.jpg)
![Dianthus caryophyllus](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/dianthus-grenadin-mix.jpg)
![Chinese Foxglove blooming](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/chinese-foxglove.jpg)
![Kirigami Columbinine flowers](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/columbine-kirigami.jpg)
![Coreopsis spp.](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/coreopsis.jpg)
![Delphinium spp.](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/delphinium.jpg)
![Dianthus deltoides](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/dianthus-arctic-fire.jpg)
![Dianthus deltoides](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/dianthus-brilliant.jpg)
![Echinacea spp.](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/echinacea.jpg)
![Oenothera spp.](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/evening-primrose.jpg)
![Digitalis purpurea](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/foxglove-camelot.jpg)
![Dalmation foxgloves blooms their first season. Digitalis purpurea](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/foxglove-dalmatian.jpg)
![Digitalis purpurea](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/foxglove-foxy-mix.jpg)
![Gaillardia aristata](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/gaillardia.jpg)
![Gaura lindheimeri](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/gaura.jpg)
![Solidago canadensis](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/goldenrod.jpg)
![Hibiscus moscheutos](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/hibiscus.jpg)
![Alcea rosea](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/hollyhock-single.jpg)
![Sagina subulata](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/irish-moss.jpg)
![Polemonium caeruleum](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/polemonium.jpg)
![Centranthus ruber](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/centranthus.jpg)
![Lavandula angustifolia](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/lavander-blue-scent.jpg)
![Ellagance Series Lavandula angustifolia](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/lavender-ellagance-pink.jpg)
![Lavandula Lavance Purple](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/lav_lava_pur_.jpg)
![Lavandula angustifolia](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/lavender-vincenza-blue.jpg)
![Lobelia x speciosa](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/lobelia.jpg)
![Lupinus polyphyllus](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/lupine.jpg)
![Lychnis spp](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/lychnis.jpg)
![Nepeta spp.](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/nepeta.jpg)
![Physostegia virginiana](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/obedient-plant.jpg)
![Penstemon spp](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/penstemon.jpg)
![Papaver alpinum](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/poppy-alpine.jpg)
![Kniphofia spp.](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/kniphofia.jpg)
![Salvia spp](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/salvia.jpg)
![Erigeron karvinskianus](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/santa-barbara-daisy.jpg)
![Eryngium planum](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/sea-holly-blue-glitter.jpg)
![Sedum spurium](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/sedum-voodoo.jpg)
![Leucanthemum x superbum](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/shasta-daisy.jpg)
![Stokesia laevis](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/stokesia.jpg)
![Verbascum spp.](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/verbascum.jpg)
![Verbena bonariensis](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/verbena.jpg)
![Veronica vincenza](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/veronica.jpg)
![Arabis caucasica](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/wall-rockcress.jpg)
![Achillea spp.](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/yarrow.jpg)
![Malva sylvestris](https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/flowers/perennials/zebra-hollyhock.jpg)
Written by Mary.