Saturday, September 24, 2011

Time to sow cool-weather flowers...

I'm always a bit later than I want to be with sowing seeds. It's been a busy time, and this weekend is the first opportunity to get my winter/spring flowers into their nursery pots. Here's what I'm planting today: Alyssum, calendula, geraniums, nasturtiums, poppies (maybe), sunflowers (worth a shot-small-flowered ones, only), pansies (star of my winter garden, so easy from seed), and maybe snapdragons. I've grown snaps for so many years now that I get hundreds of volunteers popping up all winter. But if I start some short-cycle ones now, I might actually get blooms by December or so. 

I could plant petunias, too, but I hate them. So I won't. 

If I can find some stock (Matthiola) at Lowes, I'll plant those, too. I forgot to order them. They're easy to grow, and I've had some success with them in the past.

I don't bother with seeds for foxgloves and larkspur. I just by bedding plants when they finally appear at the nursery.

Oh, and my latest Burpee flower order:

32052AMARIGOLD BOY YELLOW2.00
36012ACOSMOS PIED PIPER RED1.00
36392ACOSMOS SEASHELLS MIX 1.00
31518AALYSSUM ROSIE O'DAY1.00
40085A GERANIUM FLOREVER RED1.00
49405ACALENDULA PACIFIC BEAUTY MIX ORGANIC1.00
33015APANSY ATLAS MIX 1.00
36115AHELENIUM DAKOTA GOLD1.00
48095A ZINNIA RASPBERRY LEMONADE MIX1.00
32672AZINNIA PINWHEEL MIX1.00
33928ASUNFLOWER SORAYA 1.00


adding... super sugar snap peas, too. 

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