I will try to save the seeds and start them as annuals in February next year. They probably take 5 months to bloom from seed. I think I started them 2 years ago outside in May and they bloomed the first year in October just before frost. Last year they came back and looked even better, blooming end of July like this survivor, but this year not so much just the one. So worth it though and I kind of like it on the short side. Here it is again now in full bloom