And it is snowing today.....yuck...its been sunny with temps in the 60's this past week and today its near freezing with flurries! *sigh* spring is close though! I have crocus to prove it!

I started a new thread with sprout and freezer bag pictures! Check it out! http://cubits.org/Germination/...

Finally pics of my jugs, LOL! This is Tidy Tips, Layia platyglossa, just sprouted today.

This is Basket of Gold, perennial Allysum.

Canterbury Bells

very nice!!!

Oops, got a little heavy handed sowing these Dianthus!

English Wallflowers

Digitalis

Those are kickin', Neal! Hey, I have some Tidy Tips seeds...maybe I'll spring sow them (!) this weekend. I'ts going to be 72 and sunny today...Yay!!!
What kind of dianthus are those?

Bev, after sowing those Tidy Tips, I read they're frost sensitive, so it surprised me that they germinated so early. I'll keep a close eye on them.

You really did get a wonderful turnout Neal. So far, some of my jugs have just a couple of sprouts showing.

Thanks,Teri. I have several like that too, with just a seedling or two. Some things germinate erratically over an extended period. I hope that is the case with these Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies'

I hear ya on the frost sensitive thing, Neal...Our last frost date is supposedly April 15...tax day...So close I can almost taste it, lol!! I think I'll put the Tidy Tips out this weekend and hover until they germinate;) I've already planted some hardier things out into the gardens..poppies, bat. buttons, and calendula are out. Alyssum and dianthus will be next. I know that I'll never get it all out if I don't start now...Whew!

Oh, wow, I can't even get my garden beds ready. They're still covered with volunteer larkspur. I started to put down cardboard to smother them, ran out of cardboard. It was a beautiful day here but of course I was at work. I'm only home on rainy days. Tomorrow I'm off but we're supposed to get an inch of rain tomorrow.

Karen

Oh, volunteer larkspur. That sounds wonderful. I haven't had very good luck with them here. Maybe this year?
Neal those are exciting pictures, all those babies waiting to becoming blooming plants.

Lol! Karen...I meant to be home early today to work outside a bit, but got a call and ended up spending most of the rest of sunlight driving across town and back...Ohhh! And you know every traffic light was RED! Hope no one around was lip reading. It was in the low 70's and lightly breezy. Perfect gardening weather...Still steaming over it.

Neal have you grown the tidy tips before?... I wasn't too impressed with them last year

I've never grown Tidy Tips, just liked the pictures. Do tell, how did it perform for you, and what was unimpressive about it?

I'm really curious about the Dimorphotheca, African Daisies I've sown, another I hadn't even heard of. They look a lot like Osteospermum, which I've also seen called African Daisy, but they appear to only occur in shades of orange and yellow (that I've seen). I've got some wintersown, and saved some seed back in case that doesn't work.

not sure if the lack of sun and cold wet summer was the cause... but they are soooo tiny.. and they were kind of wimpy... they ended up being slugified I think.. but they did not last long.. I will see if I can find a photo.. I know the seed catalogs show these photos and the blooms look huge and are really tiny... but those were like a 1/2 inch.. tiny tiny things