A guide to collecting and conserving native wildflower seeds

The native wildflowers are just gorgeous right now. If you haven’t noticed all the beautiful yellow, purple and white flowers along the roadsides, in ditches and in natural areas, you are sure to notice them soon. Among the many native species blooming this fall are false aster (Boltonia asteroids), swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius), goldenrod (Solidago spp.), blue mistflower …