Beginner Gardening: Stir crazy, but there's nothing much in the nurseries yet, 1 by Calif_Sue

Calif_Sue wrote:
It's a start pirl! I have a box of seeds that I am determined to start this year, my funds are too tight to buy much so I am going with some easy things (I hope) to spread around. That's my plan anyways. They had a fast and furious Terra Nova co-op yesterday, (I resisted) for plugs of some new Heuchera and Echinacea. So far, I can't grow Echinacea, I think my soil, or at least the spots I've tried have too much clay but my Mom has looser soil and she also has failed with them. Drives me nuts, there are so many I would love to grow! So I am looking at all the other wonderful stuff from there.
http://www.terranovanurseries.com/wholesale/modules.php?name...

This is one of my favorite plants in my garden right now, and my gradkids love it too! When you rub the leaves, it smells just like 7-up! I have to get an updated image of the whole plant, it's filling in nicely.
Stachys coccinea 'Pow Wow'
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/132444/