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tamlamb Plymouth, PA(Zone 5b) Sep 03, 2001

Hello I am new to gardening and everything I have read says to plant the following now. However I am wondering if they should be planted now in the garden or if it is better to wait till Late Winter & plant them inside and then move them out after frost has passed?

Here are the flowers:

Jacob's Ladder
Shasta Daisy
Campanula
Hesperis
Centaurea
Echinacea

Thanks for any opinions you can offer,
tamlamb

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Calalily Deep South Coastal, TX(Zone 10a) Sep 03, 2001

Definitely plant the hesperis now so it will bloom next year. If yu sow the echinacea now it will germinate in the spring. Which campanula do you have?
Cala

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tamlamb Plymouth, PA(Zone 5b) Sep 03, 2001

Hi Calalily

Thanks for the suggestions. I have White Campanula Bellflower & Campanula Latifolia?
tamlamb

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Calalily Deep South Coastal, TX(Zone 10a) Sep 04, 2001

Tamlamb
I would plant "medium" now, but I'm not sure about the others.
Cala

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poppysue Westbrook, ME(Zone 5a) Sep 04, 2001

All the plants you list are good re-seed-ers in my zone 5. I'd say it would be Ok to plant any of them now... what doesn't germinate right away will germinate next spring. They can also be started easy enough inside if you want to fuss over your seedlings during the late winter months. Maybe you'd like to try both... a few inside and some outside now.

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donsproduce (Zone 6a) Sep 18, 2001

I start the Shasta Daisy in early spring, & keep transplanting into larger pots until weather is right to plant out.

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