Another one died before blooming!
Calculating (not counting the first year of direct sowing and no seedlings):
two years
288 seeds
10 seedlings
4 surviving to transplant
2 surviving to bloom
I expected some pretty amazing blooms. . . . once again, these disappoint. . . never again!
one of the survivors amid a bed of Zinnia Zahara Starlight Rose (dependable, hardy, picturesque little troopers!)
It's top
A close-up of the big, central bloom
