Are the fruit on the ground ripe? If so, the seeds should be viable. If the fruit dropped prematurely, it's possible that the seeds are not viable.

trudi d, I think you found it for me! When I googled, I searched for pink coneflower and didn't use the correct name of Echinacea and your link was perfect! I THOUGHT it was a coneflower, and was surprised that the botanical garden didn't have it. But that was before I saw how many varieties there were! I think it is pink double delight, the one labeled razmatazz has too short petals. The only thing that was kind of strange was that this plant I saw had normal looking coneflowers on the lower stalk - at any rate, identifying it as far as actually being a coneflower gives me more of an idea of what to expect growing conditions-wise. I hope it turns out to be winter hardy! As far as taking a picture, I don't have a digital camera - only my cell phone and I have no idea how to transfer the image to a place I can access it! Thanks all! BettyLu

You can plant them anytime. I've started them indoors around December, and by late February or early March they go outside. I also get seedlings popping up all by themselves at any given time of the year. I have to go around and pick them from the flower beds. If you want them to grow fast, i would put them in the ground as soon as possible. They are EXTREMELY fast growers and you can get large plants within a month or two.

Mdgardengurl, you collect seeds from the inside of the passion fruit once they're ripe. Do you know what types of passion vine you have? Many of the hybrids are fully or partly sterile and don't fruit easily, if at all. Most of the others need a non-clonal companion to cross-pollinate, although many different species can cross-pollinate and hybridize. Once the fruit ripens, it will drop to the ground. You can open it and it'll be full of seed. THese can be planted immediately, although be warned that passis have a reputation of seeds that are slow to germinate.