the critters always spread my tomato seeds all over.. I have volunteers pop up everywhere

i just put in a big order at swallowtail. anybody ever ordered from them before?

I have ordered from Swallowtail. Don't recall any problems, and trust me, I remember problems!

I've used them many times. Good company, good seeds.

Karen

yes very good company

i ordered the agastache especially. i am thinking i could winter sow them in texas. what do yall think?

Absolutely. I have wintersowed agastache here in Ohio and they did great. True, they didn't bloom until late summer but turned into big healthy plants that lasted several years.

This is 2007, late summer of the year I sowed these Purple Pygmy. You can tell what a dry year we had by my neighbor's lawn in the background.



Karen

so glad to know that. thank you. i already sowed some just to see but now i can sow the rest of them.

the flowers are beautiful. is that monarda and gaillardia?

No, those tall things are verbena bonariensis, the bane of my garden existence. I've been trying to get rid of them ever since.

Karen

i like the plant myself. i bet they might reseed a little too well in a place that gets rainfall though. are they annual where you are?

They're supposed to be annual here, but they survive winter with no problem.

Karen

i see. they do reseed some here but not bad. nothing like poppies. poppies and arugula are prob. my best reseeders.

I wish I could get poppies to grow like that!!

steph i am fairly certain we could get them to grow in your yard. i find with poppies it's all about the timing. need to sow those seeds early enough.........late dec./early jan. but you also need to watch for when the rain starts.

With a ATP member's help, I was able to harvest some of the snapdragon seeds but talk about fine dust! Not sure it is worth the effort but I had to tackle it and I'm glad I did. Thanks to all.

Did you know that you can also propagate snapdragons from cuttings? I just found that out recently; haven't tried it yet because my plants aren't very big yet, but that is the best way to make sure they look like the original!

I had no idea .. Pretty cool

I've lost several old clumps of snapdragons this year. They fried in the 100° heat.

Karen

Woofie, I didn't know snapdragons could be propagated by cuttings. I'm going to give that a try.

Love my perennial snaps.. Can't beat em