What has germinated so far?

First timer here and so excited about my little green babies!

TYPE NAME SOWN GERMDATE

Shrub Enkianthus campanulatus Redvein 2/1 2/25
P Agastache foeniculum Golden Jubilee 2/1 2/16
P Armeria - Bees 1/13 1/20
P Balloon Flower - Fuji blue 1/14 3/15
P Betony - Saharan pink 1/14 2/5
P Blue-eyed grass 1/13 2/18
P Butterfly weed - Gay Butterflies 1/13 2/18
P Campanula Persicifolia 1/14 2/12
P Cardinal Flower 1/13 3/3
P Centaurea - Blue 1/14 1/25
P Columbine - mix 1/14 2/12
P Columbine Dragonfly Hybrid 1/15 3/3
P Columbine pink and purple 1/15 3/3
P Columbine- pink and white 1/13 3/12
P Coneflower - purple 1/13 2/3
P Coneflower - rose 1/13 1/20
P Eastern Blue Stars - Amsonia 1/14 2/7
P English Daisy Red Pomponette 2/24 3/3
P Eryngium planum Sea Holly 2/1 3/20
P Evening Primrose - white 1/13 1/30
P Evening Primrose - yellow 1/15 2/10
P False Indigo 1/14 3/3
P Feverfew 1/15 1/28
P Fortnight lily 2/1 3/15
P Four O'Clock mix 1/15 3/3
P Foxglove - Camelot 1/13 1/20
P Foxglove - mix 1/15 2/10
P Foxglove - mix 1/15 2/10
P Foxglove - purple 1/13 1/28
P Foxglove - purple 1/13 1/28
P Foxglove - yellow 1/13 3/12
P Foxtail lily - pink 1/14 2/10
P Gaura 2/1 2/22
P Hibiscus - Luna Blush 1/14 3/7
P Hibiscus - purple/red 1/14 3/7
P Hibiscus - red 1/14 3/7
P Hibiscus - yellow (ebay) 1/14 3/12
P Hollyhock - Happy Lights 1/15 1/30
P Hollyhock - Majorette mix 1/15 2/4
P Hollyhock - mixed single 1/13 2/26
P Hollyhock - red and pink 1/13 2/18
P Hyssop 2/1 2/12
P Joe Pye Weed 1/13 2/18
P Joe Pye Weed 1/13 2/18
P Liatris - purple 1/13 2/22
P Liatris - purple 1/13 2/18
P Liatris - white 1/13 2/18
P Maiden Pinks Brilliancy 2/19 2/26
P Mallow 1/14 2/22
P Maltese Cross 2/1 2/16
P Maltese Cross 1/13 1/25
P Malva - alba 2/1 3/22
P Malva - white 1/13 1/25
P Malva - Zebrina 1/13 1/23
P Meadow Rue Thalictrum dipterocarpum 1/14 3/7
P Mexican Hat 1/15 2/4
P Obedient plant - lavender 1/13 2/7
P Obedient plant - pink 1/14 2/27
P Papaver - Brilliant 1/13 1/28
P Penstemon - lilac 1/13
P Penstemon - Rondo 1/13 2/22
P Penstemon - True Blue 1/13 2/7
P Perennial mix 2/24 3/3
P Perennial mix 2/19 2/26
P Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder) blue 2/19 3/7
P Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder) white 1/14 2/25
P Poppy - Dwarf Allegro 1/14 1/28
P Poppy Iceland 2/1 2/16
P Pyrethrum - James Kelway 1/13 1/23
P Red Clover - Trifolium rubens 2/1 2/12
P Rose Campion - Angel's Blush 1/14 2/3
P Rose Campion - Magenta 1/14 2/7
P Rudbeckia 1/14 3/15
P Salvia Farinacea Reference 1/15 2/16
P Shasta Daisy - Alaska 2/1 2/16
P Tickseed 2/1 2/16
P Verbascum - Southern Charms 1/13 1/30
P Veronica Spicata Rosea 2/1 2/22
P Yarrow - Parker's 1/13 1/20
P Yarrow - Summer Pastels 1/13 1/20
HHA Aster - astoria mix 2/24 3/3
HHA Aster - Crego mix 2/19 2/26
HHA Balsam Impatiens Double 2/19 3/3
HHA Celosia Plumosa - Maroon 3/4 3/12
HHA Cleome - spinosa pink 3/4 3/15
HHA Cleome - Spinosa 2/19 3/3
HHA Cleome Rose Queen 2/19 3/7
HHA Cosmidium Phillipine 3/4 3/17
HHA Dahlia - Bishop's Children 2/24 3/3
HHA Dahlia - Delight mix 2/19 2/26
HHA Datura - Double black 2/24 3/15
HHA Datura - Double yellow 2/24 3/22
HHA Datura - white 2/24 3/22
HHA Ipomopsis Hummingbird Flower 2/24 3/7
HHA Ipomopsis Hummingbird Mix 2/19 3/3
HHA Lobelia Crystal Palace 3/4 3/15
HHA Melampodium 3/4 3/12
HHA Melampodium Afr. Butter Daisy GGG 2/24 3/22
HHA Nicotiana Sanderae - purple 2/24 3/7
HHA Nicotiana x hyrida Tinkerbell 3/4 3/15
HHA Snapdragon - Labella mix 2/19 3/3
HHA Snapdragon - tall deluxe 2/19 3/3
HHA Verbena Amarilla Bidens 2/19 2/26
HHA Vinca - Stardust orchid 2/24 3/12
HHA Vinca - Stardust rose 3/4 3/22
HHA Vinca - Tropicana Bright Eye 2/24 3/15
HHA Vinca Rosea 2/24 3/15
HHA Zinnia - California Giant 2/19 2/26
HHA Zinnia - California Giant 2/19 2/26
HHA Zinnia - Cherry profusion 3/4 3/15
HHA Zinnia elegans scabious 3/4 3/7
HA Amaranthus aurora Yellow Fountain 3/4 3/15
HA Amaranthus gangeticus Elephanthead 3/4 3/12
HA Bachelor Buttons - Black Ball 2/1 2/10
HA Bachelor Buttons - Blue Boy 2/1 2/10
HA Bachelor Buttons - Cyanus mix 2/1 2/10
HA Calendula 2/24 3/3
HA Calendula - Radio 2/24 3/3
HA Candytuft Giant Hyacinth 2/24 3/3
HA Catchfly 2/1 2/16
HA Clarkia Pulchella 2/1 2/16
HA Convolvulus Blue Enchantment 2/19 2/26
HA Cornflower - dwarf 2/1 2/10
HA Crimson clover incarnatum 2/1 2/7
HA Flax - blue 2/1 2/16
HA Forget Me Not 2/1 2/16
HA Four O'clock Custard & Cream 2/19 3/3
HA Foxglove - South African 2/19 3/22
HA Godetia Fruit Punch 2/1 2/10
HA JohnnyJumpUp Viola Cornuta 2/1 2/16
HA Larkspur - Dark Blue 2/1 2/22
HA Larkspur - Dwarf 2/1 2/22
HA Larkspur - Electric blue 2/1 2/22
HA Larkspur - Giant Imperial 2/1 2/22
HA Larkspur - Giant Imperial 2/1 2/22
HA Lupinus - Pixie 2/1 2/12
HA Malope - Glacier mix 2/1 2/12
HA Marigold - Colossus 3/4 3/11
HA Marigold - Mr. Majestic 3/4 3/11
HA Marigold - Patula 3/4 3/11
HA Marigold - Solon 2/24 3/3
HA Marigold Scarlet Starlet 2/24 3/3
HA Nasturtium - Strawberries and cream 3/4 3/15
HA Nasturtium Empress of India 2/19 3/3
HA Nasturtium Empress of India 2/19 3/3
HA Nasturtium Peach Melba 3/4 3/15
HA Nasturtium Strawberry Ice 3/4 3/15
HA Nemophila Baby Blue Eyes 3/4 3/22
HA Nemophila Five-Spot 2/1 2/16
HA Nigella damascena -Love in a mist 2/1 2/25
HA Phlox Drummondii Fordhook Finest 2/24 3/7
HA Phlox Drummondii Watercolor Memori 2/19 3/12
HA Poppy - Shirley 2/1 2/12
HA Salvia - Lady in Red 2/24 3/12
HA Sapiglossis Royale mix 3/4 3/12
HA Sweet pea - America 2/1 2/22
HA Sweet pea - Miss Willmot 2/1 2/16
HA Sweet pea - red climbing 2/1 2/16
HA Sweet pea - Royal 2/1 2/12
HA Sweet pea - Royal 2/1 2/12
HA Sweet pea - Unwins Butterfly mix 2/1 2/16

Yes I know it's a lot but I have an almost empty yard to fill (just have small trees and shrubs, and a few perennials). I'm going to have a very busy spring break trying to get a bunch of these planted out.

W O W

I will second that.

The soil in mine has defrosted.

Oh, I've been so hoping to be able to post that SOMETHING has germinated for me, and today, as I peered into a 2-qt clear plastic juice jug, I saw. . . . little green leaves (Dianthus Chinensis, sown 3/01/07)! Oh frabjous day!
I've set out 43 various-sized jugs--didn't start WSing until Feb. 19. I have no idea why dianthus would sprout before my pansies that I planted earlier.
Wow, I guess now I get to join the Club!

I saw my first Morning Glories this morning... OH happy day, happy day.

I'll have to take a pic tomorrow... they were quite large, so they must have come up yesterday -- and i didn't see them.

I still have many containers NOT germinating... I'm thinking they are too wet. Possibly rotting the seeds ?? boy -- i'd be bummed.

We have had A LOT of rain this past week (well, since the snow melted)
I've actually moved most my containers to my covered front porch. They get morning sun -- and i have the lids off (our nights have not been cold... probably 50's... last night around 60)
but i dont want them getting any more water until they start to dry out a bit.

I have one mystery container... and it almost looks mossy on the surface.
Could they possibly be lost?

TIA,

Terese

I finally got around to taking a few pictures, I could only take the lid off of the Dianthus that have sprouted, But I have lots and lots that are sprouting out there, and have updated my data base and high lighted all the ones that are sprouting :o)

Here are my latest finds... http://www.lakehousecreations.com/wintersown_2007.htm

ME ME ME! (Not that it's all about me, but) ME! I'm sure I'm not the only one who's thought that I was going to be the only one this didn't work for, but um I was beginning to think I was the only one this was not going to work for. LOL!

Red Poppy Planted Jan 24 @ 25° / Germinated March 24 @ 67°
Lavender Poppy Planted Jan 31 @ 23° / Germinated March 25 @ 64°
Baby's Breath Planted Feb 09 @ 3° / Germinated March 24 @ 67°
Red Poppy Planted Jan 27 @ 25° / Germinated March 24 @ 67°
Bachelor Buttons Planted Feb 25 @ 40° / Germinated March 24 @ 67°

Not sue why I added the temps. I guess I just thought it was interesting that something you plant at 3° will live to germinate another day. :D

I have more babies! Woo hoo!

Shasta daisy 'Crazy Daisy'--sown 2-3 & 3-4, germ on 3-25
Mystery annual--3-4...3-25
Canterbury bells--?...3-25
Sweet peas 'Miss Wilmott'--3-4...3-25
Gypsophilia repens 'Rosea'--2-8 & 2-19...3-25
Baby blue eyes--3-4...3-25
Lavatera 'Beauty mix'--2-27...3-25
Alyssum 'Carpet of Snow'--3-14...3-25
Dianthus barbatus (collected last summer)--1-18 & 2-17...3-25
Pansy 'Flamenco'--2-17 & 2-28...3-25
Dusty Miller 'Silver Lace'--3-14...3-25
Misc. pansy (collected last year)--1-21...3-25
Blue fescue--2-17...3-25
China Aster 'Crego mix'--2-8...3-25


Tamara

Alyssum, sown 2007-Mar-6, Zone 3:

Joanne

My first sprouts today.
Bachelors Buttons
Lupine

Here are my sprouts to date:

Asclepias currassavica
Carrot "Little Finger"
Dianthus barbatus "Ruby Moon"
Digitalis purpurea "Candy Mountain"
Geranium ssp. Silver Shadow
Helleborus augustifolius
Helleborus foetidus "Gold Bullion"
Helleborus niger
Polemonium pauciflorum "Silver Leaf Form"
Prunella "Freelander"
Viola x wittrockiana "Silver Wings"

Shirley, was your helleborus fresh seed? If not, where did you purchase it from. I would love to grow more.

Anita: I'm not at home to look at my notes, but I do remember that NONE of my Hellebore seeds were fresh. Hopefully what germinated are Hellebores and NOT weeds! I received the Helleborus augustifolius & niger in a seed trade and the Helleborus foetidus "Gold Bullion" I believe was from Pinetree Seeds on sale. I'll double check when I get home this evening.

Note: I'm trying to grow baby carrots in a milk jug with Miracle Gro. I hope this experiment will work because I can't grow them in my clay soil. They come out crooked, so I hope this works.

What about a planter, Shirley. Give you more room.

I just checked my jugs, so to speak. I have some germination, at least one or 2 sprouts, in (I think) 31 of the 49 jugs I have sown. Still haven't started to sow those more tender ones, even though our temp has been around 80 the last few days. Have been busy weeding beds and cleaning them up, moving a few perennials. My husband mowed the lawn last night so I think I have enough grass clippings to finish up my lasagna beds today. I'm working on 2 of them.

Karen

Well - I have about 200 linaria that have germinated. What was I thinking of? Lots of neighbours are going to get HOS from me :-)

My sweet pea seeds are covered in white fuzz. I'm assuming this is not normal? Should I try sowing them again? Tamara

It is SO fun to read what everyone has sprouting! My iris finally sprouted this week too. I had to let everyone begin to go topless as it is quite warm, in the 80's here during the day. Everything that I already transplanted out is doing very well - all surviving and many thriving. I really kept my number of containers low this year and now I wish I had done more!

Not a WS item, but all of my big pots that I put zinnia seeds out in last week have oodles of sprouts :) These days I feel like just running through the yard tossing seeds out onto the dirt to see what pops up (I don't have 'beds' for my flowers). But I'll try to restrain myself :)

~Sunny

First MG to flower this year is attached. I grew these on my south-facing window sill on top of the dresser - they now have a real dirt home.

Tamara: I think the white fuzz is a fungus. If you haven't done so already, take the top off the container completely and put in full sun. Let it dry out a little and the sun might kill it.

Karen

to date:

bachelor buttons 3/21
alpine dianthus 3/21
artemisia 3/25
yarrow 3/25
love-in-a-mist 3/27
Mexican marigold 3/27

I guess I thought once there were a couple warm days they would all take off. but I should know better. it takes how long it takes ;0)

I planted 5 black-eyed susan vine seeds in the house and got 100% germination. I think I should transplant to the pot they're going to grow in. and about 100+ tiny creeping thyme seedlings. I lost my love-lies-bleeding to damp-off, so I'm starting over...should have thinned them out and/or transplanted sooner. I read that they are prone to damping-off.

Gram: love lies bleeding wintersows very well, and no damp off. I did some last year and they were huge!

Karen

I am totally psyched! The Cerinthe major var. purpurascens germinated! http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/216/ That is one of the seeds that I really hope grows. Another one I am very excited about is vigna caracalla (http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1884/index.html )...that wasn't WS--I started it by nicking, then soaking, then baggie method, and now it is in a peat pot under lights and on a seedling mat. I don't care how much babying those take, as long as I can get it to bloom! Today's other babies are Coreopsis tinctoria, Gypsophilia pacifica, pansy 'Antique Shades', canterbury bells, and 1 other one that I forget (and I'm too sleepy to go to downstairs and check). See you in the morning! Tamara

I try to update the Plant Files with a notation that the plant grew by wintersowing. I think it would be helpful to others who want to try the same one.

Good idea Anita! TAmara

Zone 3, germinated March 28th: Bellis, Bachelor's Buttons & Shirley Poppy. Sown late Feb, early March.

Joanne

First snapdragon seedling appeared today. Sown in Feb. Tamara

Sorry...false alarm, I looked at the wrong label. It wasn't a snapdragon, it was larkspur, which is still cool.

This message was edited Mar 30, 2007 9:03 AM

my latest : (edited as of 4/3/07)

bachelor buttons - sown on 3/4
alpine dianthus - sown on 2/17
artemisia - 3/25
yarrow - 3/25
love-in-a-mist - 3/27
Mexican marigold - 3/27
morning glory 'Heavenly Blue' - 3/22
zinnia 'Pumila mix' - 3/4
zinnia 'Dasher mix' - 3/4
Tasso daisy - 2/25
white poppy (purple cross) - 3/11
4 o'clocks (peach) -3/11
lupine (red) - 1/27
lupine (mixed) - 1/27
sweet william - 3/11
eidelweiss -2/25
perennial baby's breath - 2/25
dwarf morning glory - 3/11
foxglove (Candy Mountain) - 2/11
foxglove (apricot) - 2/11
linaria (Northern Lights) - 2/17
dahia 'Diablo mix' -3/12
pink mallow - 3/11
cosmos 'Sensation Picotee' - 2/16
aubretia - 3/24
millett 'Purple Majesty' - 3/25
burgundy gaillardia - 2/11
jupiter's beard - 2/16
strawberry foxglove - 2/11




This message was edited Apr 3, 2007 8:01 PM

Have one more baby this morning...'Early Sunrise' coreopsis, which was sown about 1 wk. ago. Still waiting on the containers done in late Jan./early Feb. TAmara

Here is a few links to some of mine that have sprouted.
dh came in this morning and said we got frost last night, I hope my babies servive.

Some of my WSn sprouts
http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=3334305

These are in the house
http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=3334311
Tomato's
http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=3334324

Connie

Tamara,

I did early sunrise on Feb 19th and they germinate on March 18th
and the ones that were sown on Mar 9th, popped up on the 19th.

so yours should all be coming up soon.


milkweed --> Did anyone sow these or have in the past? None of mine are coming up yet, and i've WS'd the scarlet and Sandvine seeds. Nothing yet on either.

any tips or clues?

Terese

I sowed A. currasavica on 3/7 and it came up today. I've been editing my post above as new sprouts appear.

http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3281512

I'm still waiting on all my milkweeds - 4 different varieties.

I'm updating my list above as other things germinate...the list is getting longer :0)

http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3334989

I went out to check in the rain today I just couldn't wait any more.

Hollyhock Creme de Casses
Hollyhock Double Yellow
Amorpha canescens Lead Plant
Aquilegia flabellata Blue Fan Columbine
Aquilegiaax hybrida McKana's Giant Yellow Columbine
Artemisia ludoviciana Prairie Sage

I was surprised that anything new had started. It has been cold and rainy.

Well, my germination seems to be slowing down quite a bit. There is nothing new today, and only 1 seedling yesterday. I did some research on the seeds that haven't germ to find out what could be going on. Some germinate erractically, and can take months. Others need darkness, and some need much warmer soil temps, and others have only a short time of seed viability, so those might never germinate. Tamara

OH!!!! I was soooo excited to see scarlet milkweed sprouting. YAY.

My seeds have really slowed down too... and i have containers with only 1 sproutling in it, when i know there are a lot of seeds under the soil. *sigh* and some containers say with sunflowers or morning glories with nothing poppin' and other containers with the same seeds that are growing.... sort of upsetting...

today:
godetia
nemophilia penny black
nemophilia
dianthus
cardoon
oomphalodes - forget me nots

about 5 weeks ago i bought my first bird feeder -- using the mix bird food with the black oil (?) sunflower seeds... today when i was out back looking at all the weeds i need to pull.... i noticed about 8 lil baby sunflowers that have germinated.

i have no idea what "type" of sunflower, but i did recognize the lil seedling.
I will probably transplant them to a more suitable location... but neato!!

That happened to me to, now I have millet coming up in my strawberries!

luckily (i guess) directly under my feeder... it's only mud. I have not planted anything there yet... one day -- maybe ground cover.... the weeds usually fill that in.... but i've been cleaning it out.
I forget what a mess feeders make... but it's ok, since it's not in my yard, and it makes the animals happy... saw a pair of mallards out there last week. they are so cute.