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Horseshoe said:"Will they transplant okay or are they fussy? Will they tolerate our May temp swings or just be careful with any frost?"

They transplant extremely well. As for temperature swings they love warmth for best growing and flowering. If you set them out while it is still cool (air temp and ground temp) you're not giving them any kind of head start, they'll just sit there or grow extremely slow. It's best to time your seed starting so they germinate in warmth, get their true leaves then pot up to a bigger pot (or start them in your cups, Julia), then set out when conditions are right (warm air temps, warm ground temps).

Shoe

Thank you Shoe. I had experimented last year and placed just 5 seeds each of Heavenly Blue, Moonflower and what I thought was Scarlett (turned out to be Grandpa Otts) into separate large planters along my pergola and then had them vine up a makeshift plastic fencing. I'd like to do that again so I'd transplant into the large planters versus in the ground.

Julia