Yours for postage.

Both hand are raised....I'm waving them above my head. Do you see me??

Hi Grampapa - welcome to Daves.LOL

OK - I'll be saving seeds, but really won't do much with them until winter.

Of course we missed you.

Al - is there anything I can trade for the twilight and sunrise seeds?

Michaela

thanks guys :0) ...pixie, I knew I could count on you! nothing like begging for attention LOL I've been really missing you guys, too, although I've been lurking.

you'll be glad to know I don't fade to purple either

Hi Jan! Yes we certainly did miss you. Dave too - haven't seen him much either. I think Jan was spending time with her imaginary friend!

I am new here and have nothing to add,,,,, but would love to plant something in my new garden this year to see it come up new year if anyone has anything,,,,, the only thing I might have is chestnut spouts,,that are still in the frig.......

marierose

Welcome Marie - everyone has something to add! Good luck with your garden. I'm sure someone has something to offer you. This is a very generous group.

Welcome, Marie, from Long Island's "quiet fork".

Hi Marie - people here are FANTASTIC . . . if you want seeds, d-mail me. I have lots :-)

Hi, Marie. I was born in Utica :-)

Welcome Marie, you'll love it here on the N.E. forum, but be warned......we are a little nutty!

Hello Marie - NUTTY... I take the blue ribbon for the nut case award in the NE Forum.

Marierose, if you are willing to drive to Cicero, I'll be happy to share my potted Stella d'oro dayliles, lily of the valley, Solomon's seal, purple iris, groundcovers, seeds.

Welcome Marie.... we are so nice we even have t-shirts!!!!!!! but we are a talkative bunch!!!!

Michaela, don't you think oct 6th is too late to plant them?? Surprise me!!!!! don't tell me the color... I love surprises!!!!

I don't know Kassia . . . I have tons of baby plants sprouting up all over the garden - I have no idea how many of those self-seeded foxgloves will survive. Is Oct 6 too late to plant the ones I have summer sowed? I have no idea . . . I will plant mine out Sept. 16. (having a big party on the 15th, so I don't want the gardens all torn up then). I will plant LOTS of each plant (foxgloves and delphiniums) and hope some survive. These are much bigger than the plants that have just germinated.

But nothing ventured, nothing gained. If I plant out 30 and 10 survive - well, that's 10 plants I didn't have before. :-)

Yes, plant them outside. You want them to get well rooted in before the ground becomes frozen - probably mid-January. Digitalis are very large leaved plants! I'd guess ours are almost 2' across so allow them room. You'll have a beautiful spring, I'm sure.

Keep that optimistic spirit!

I already have several foxgloves that I purchased from Bluestone (that's where the Apricot Beauty seeds came from) I think these are great groundcovers for shady areas - and the slugs seem to leave them alone, unlike hosta. And they are fabulous flowers that are outstanding in vases.

So I now am the proud parent of probably 300 self-sowed seedlings (most probably won't survive - I hope!) and about 50 summer sowed Apricot Beauty.

I also have about 40 Candy Mountain - with more seeds in the fridge for winter sowing! - What can I say . . . I like growing stuff. :-) So I may have lots of stuff to give away in the spring, as well :-)

I've had years where they self-seeded and I had many hundreds of them and few survived. The larger they are as winter sets in, the better the chances of survival.

Okay - so I cross my fingers that a hard frost is delayed until late December :-)

They should be fine. They'll have more than six weeks to grow before you get any frost. What is your normal first frost date in the fall?

First frost date for any married man is within a few months of the wedding. First killing frost is the first time an important date is forgotten.

Since you're still alive I'll assume you haven't forgotten any important date.

Victor, you have such an amazing wit!!
I love it.

hummmmm . . . not sure why you studied to be an engineer, when clearly you should be a writer for SNL, Victor.

Thanks.

Has anyone wintersown in early October, we are snowbirds and leave NY for a visit with our grandkids in KY then winter in Cocoa Beach. I have been saving my Soymilk bottles, thought I would try planting them with seeds, then bury them to soil level in the garden. Any suggestions? I have a few columbine I'd like to try. If not, I can take seeds to FL and start there.

I have 4 Mme Winfron Gonnere Water Lily Plants for the adopt a plant trade or postage.

Mittsy:
You can soil the columbine seeds directly on top of the soil in the garden now. Or, you can wait until just before you leave for the warmer climes. It should work just fine.

I'd do the Columbine seeds directly where you want them.

Thank you Candyce, thank you Pirl, Tiny columbine plants don't transplant well for me, so I thought if I planted them in containers then when I want to give them away as plants, (not everyone likes seeds) I could just hand them the container. It's so much easier when new friends stop by and you want to share your bounty with them. I'm taking some columbine seeds to KY for my daughter in law and will direct sow them in her perennial garden. I gave her the astilbe last year.

Nice shot, Mittsy. Those colors do well together.