Barbara, it would be hard for me to be critical enough to evaluate new seedlings. I'm too likely to find some redeeming quality of all of them.

When you have a bunch of seedlings taking up space, it's easier to cull some of them as you look at them and compare them to what's out there.

True. I know traits like weak stems that fall over consistently would be a deal breaker for me- no matter how pretty the bloom is, they don't look good laying on the ground!

So true! Hard to see that pretty face if it is lie straight down.

My first seedling has emerged from one of the seeds I got from Japan!

Great!

Yay!

You got seeds from Japan? Wow. What kind of Irises are they?

I would say that they will be "Japanese Iris"....no matter what ....beards, or not !...But , if I said that, some of you would think me a smart ***, so, I won't say it

Hmmm -- yes -- well I assumed they were *Japanese* Iris -- but aren't there different kinds? (she said sweetly)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japane...

She is still listing them. I also planted bellflowers and many pansies in the fall, but none came up this spring. I had saved half the seeds and will plant the rest of the ones from the fridge now that I know they can do well in little pots.

Is the person selling on Ebay a ATPs member? I have been wanting to add a white one. I have a couple purple ones.

Thanks for the link, Linnea. Interesting -- so is she saying that you will get seeds of each of those colors?

Oh those are lovely.

I think the colors are random.

Gab,
Tom started this forum on his first seedlings, I'm sure you will find some great information here.