Bloom's from WS seedlings, part 2

Don't bat 'em too hard, I don't want the cuttings to dry out!
I've cut as much as I dare to off that shrub. Ask me how they're doing in a few months, you can have some with roots growing. I've gotten cuttings in the mail before, but it was winter... I don't know if it's practical to send them in the mail now? I'd worry that they would perish in the back of a truck somewhere.

Tonight's pics
Larkspurs / Consolida regalis (I guess) getting started

Agastache 'Honey Bee Blue' from critterologist
edit: that's a Helenium autumnale (?) next to it... either 'Red and Gold' or 'Autumn Lollipops' - I got the containers mixed up, I had seeds for both, one didn't germinate much at all. I think they're Autumn Lollipops, take a look:

http://www.seedman.com/image/rha049.jpg

They should look pretty crazy with all the Echinaceas in there! There are dozens of those Heleniums. Maybe too over the top, we'll see



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Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun' and Marigolds, from garden6. The Cosmos to the left and the small plants on the right (Baptisia) were WS too

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That last picture didn't really show the Marigolds well, but they're a foot high, blooming well.
Nicotiana from a trade with LeBug

Salvia farinacea 'Strata', another LeBug trade. The unopened buds are very white and the open ones are very blue, very nice. You can see an Amaranth leaf on the left, it has a fuzzy bud starting.

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Centaurea cyanus / Cornflower The seeds were from Sunoco of all places, and laying in the kitchen drawer for at least 5 years

Some more Nicotiana about 3' high

Beautiful flowers, Claypa! Love your "Arizona Sun"

Clasping Coneflower

first snapdragons :-)

larkspur - I was so worried they wouldn't germinate! Then suddenly, I had so many!

Very nice, claypa!

Seandor: Beautiful combination of your Larkspur growing with your Hydrangea! Was it planned or a happy coincidence?

Very pretty Seandor - where did you get your seed from? How tall are the Larkspur? I like the Blue Cloud as it is very airy.

Well supposedly they are supposed to grow about 36" eventually! I think I bought the seeds at Wal-mart. Anyway, when it comes time for the October seed swap I will have larkspur seed to swap - including "genetian blue" which is a short version - just 9-12 inches.

excellent!

Seandor: Don't you just love the gentian blue? Although T&M lists them as a HA, they might come back for you. I WSed some last year, they overwintered for me, and came back with a bang this year. In the 2nd year they got to about 2 feet tall and full and bushy. I suggest you leave them in the ground over the winter and maybe you'll get lucky too.

This photo was taken June 7 of this year, 2nd year for the plants. They got much bigger, but I just cut them back yesterday.

Karen

Wow! Those are gorgeous! I can hardly wait to start winter-sowing!

Michaela,

Couldn't the new addicts among us start wintersowing now? Maybe the size they'd be by winter would be too small to survive a winter? Annuals would surely be dead. Maybe they'd flower first, though.

xxx, Carrie

Hi Carrie

Here is a webpage that lists perennials that can be started in the summer:

http://www.stokeseeds.com/cgi-bin/StokesSeeds.storefront

Thanx!

Finally, a few more pics to post! Here is a strawflower which was from a seed mix of red flowers:

This isn't really a bloom. It is a 'Miniature White' cucumber:

Another veggie--'Tigerella' tomato...you can see the variegation already:

OK, here we go. New computer, bluescreen almost every day, but I do have a bunch of WS flowers that I (yes me) grew from seed!!!!

I'll come back and edit what this is when I see it. Still working out the bugs in my system!!!


Oh, I think this is the calendula which I gave away and our ROUNG-UP!)

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