Never does a plant survive for me, but zillions of seedlings appear the following year...in the beds, between the bricks, in cracks everywhere. The trick is to wait until late spring for these seedlings to appear and not weed them out in a fit of tidiness. They are very easy to remove from areas where you don't want them.

Plants have overwintered for me, in zone 6(B?), several times. We've had some quite mild winters, though. And I certainly agree with gardenbug on the selfseeding :-)
Rob

Last year was my first year with VB. It did not overwinter for me. It was in a pot on an asphalt driveway, so no reseeding for me! I started some from seed this year, and they went into the garden, so I'm hoping that if they don't overwinter again, at least I will get some seedlings.

:)
Dee

Thinking of taking a couple pots of it inside to have bigger plants for an earlier start next spring. I've had it seed into pots and survive the winter indoors so in its own pot it should do fine.

I have had this plant in several of my beds and usually am thrilled to have it survive our Iowa winters. Last year however, we had a mild winter and was delighted to find it in many more spots. If this winter is colder I probably won't be so lucky. I can see where it could be a problem in warmer zones but it is easily pulled back to contain it or hoed out as seedlings sprout. I love that it blooms late when other perennials are less showy. Mary

It has consistently overwintered in my yard without any winter protection. This plant loves my fence line, which is the perfect place for a backdrop plant.

Thanks - I guess I'll just leave them alone and see what happens. I was going to yank them out after I was sure that they had had a chance to do their self sowing, but now I think I'll take a chance that they actually make it through the winter.

Marianne

How cool. It's odd that I never planted this one before this year. Always admired it though. They were still alive last week, but last night temps dropped down to 23 degrees, so I'll have to check out what happened. Looking forward to the babies. It's a great bloomer.