After browsing through some perennial flowers last year at a nursery and viewing the prices, I knew I needed to try and see if I could grow them from seed. Now that I have tried to grow them from seed, I understand why they cost so darn much money. It takes a full year, sometimes two years to get a perennial to bloom.
Here are some of my success stories:
I love that they will magically reappear every year. My goal was to make my front garden full of perennials so I will only have to weed and watch the beautiful flowers blossom throughout the summer. Here are two huge hollyhock plants I grew from seed that are now in front of the chicken coup.
I really should know what these plants are, but I don’t– does anyone know the name of these plants?
He Sowed She Sewed 
I think the top sharp leaf is Black-eyed Susan, and bottom is Columbine…
thanks Nikki! I hope they bloom this summer
I think the bottom one is a columbine also. At my home they are just spreading like weeds. If you get two of them then you might get a wide variety of different colors. My mom had a dark lilac and white one and was gifted a pink one.
At the end of the summer we had about 30 seedlings in 10-15 color variations. They are easy to take care of and return for years on end.