If you don't cut the seed heads off of 'Purple Sensation', the parent plants don't seem to mind. BUT the dang things also seed like mad, and the seedlings are a bit smaller-flowered than the parent plants. You won't know this for 3 to 5 years, at which point you will have a purple lollipop farm. The seedlings are VERY low-key and easy to miss, especially in mixed plantings. Right now I'm leaving all seedheads on in the front garden, where I could stand to have some more Alliums. The back garden gets deadheaded ruthlessly. Lisa

I know this is 2 years too late, but October is the time of year that I transplant ramps. If you transplant them in the fall the plants are dormant and do not suffer from transplant shock. I've never had a transplanted dormant bulb not sprout normally in the spring. I look for the seed heads, harvest the seeds to move to a new area or scatter them uphill from where I have ramps growing to expand the patch. They will germinate over the next year or two, depending on the weather. Gently remove the leaf litter to expose the tops of the bulb clusters. You'll see the pointed tips of bulbs with seed stalks and a few points from bulbs that did not make a seed head this year. Use a trowel or small hoe to dig above the cluster and pry the clump out of the ground. Shake the dirt from the roots and separate the bulbs. I replant the smallest of the bulbs where the cluster was dug up and it will grow back in a couple years. Transplant the bulbs to their new growing spot. I like to space mine around 6 inches apart and cover the tips of the bulbs with an inch of dirt plus 3 or 4 inches of leaf litter, shredded leaves or grass clippings. Do not harvest from your newly transplanted patch in the spring. It's best to wait 2 or 3 years so there will be a mixture of large, mature bulbs and smaller offsets and seedlings in the patch. The dormant bulbs are easily twice the size that they are when they are actively growing and are an excellent addition to any dish you'd add ramps to in the spring.

They don't last very long no matter what you do.You can try keeping them dry and around 70 degrees is my guess. They will die evenually from the dry. There are some palm seeds that will take a year or two to germinate but these are not one of them.

Start with getting the soil in the area into nice condition. I tend to top off the area with a nice soil mix to help the area stay moist enough and to get some nice growth. You can scratch the surface with a rake to make some faint rows into the soil. I sprinkle my grass seed on top of the earth and then sprinkle something on top of them to keep them somewhat in place. Usually just a little straw helps. Grass seems to germinate best in the spring and fall when the temperatures are cooler. I see most people watering the grass seed every day, which is good. However, if you plant at the right time of year, you do not have to water so much.