In Tulsa, do them now. I lived in OKC for nine years.

I've still got butterfly bush I'm trying to get rid of. Send me an email.

The seeds came from a purple and a white profusion, but I can't guarantee what you'll get.

My original offer still stands. Send me an email and I'll send you my address.

I sent emails to you all. Danke!

So -all- of those flowers I can start now??

Yep. My buddleia have already started to germinate.

In your zone, you'll find that they die back in winter, but should regrow the following spring. I chop mine back in the late winter anyway.

Hi there from another newbie! Looks like you have some similar seeds to me. I have sown some of what you have on your list and the rest I will sow as I hunt down more containers!

I just sowed some buddleia I got from a WSer yesterday. I am excited to have a buddleia again. I hope the seeds make it. I sowed them in a muffin container :) I love buddleia!!!

Have fun sowing!!!

Karen

Buddleia, need to look that up, I've read about it like 3 times this morning in different places.

Dumb question, as I seem to be getting in on this late, is there any advantage in -when- to start this process? That is, yes, hopefully I'll have lots of plants as I'm planting them all at the same time, but how do you time them, especially if you started them all in winter?
Please tell me these plants will get big enough to enjoy this year! Yes?

I excitedly told my neighbor about this and he thinks I'm absolutely kooky.

I'm so glad you decided to play! But when you have to sell the car to buy more seeds, my name doesn't get mentioned, right?

If you want to know the truth... I -was- a Lowe's bargain rack girl. I had an untimely, very unfortunate incident with another car (accident) and have been out of the loop for a few years with a back problem. I'm waaay too young for that kind of yuckiness. This is my proposed method of pain management for the season. I think I'm well enough to do more than the last few years (which was nearly nil) and my husband put a poor man's irrigation system on my flower beds. I was outside yesterday doing all of this and I haven't felt better in months.

I'm heading out this morning to do the other seeds I was unsure of (until I run out of containers, that is).

Much thanks for all your kindness-

Sopamanda,
It is a known medical fact that Winter Sowing is tops for pain management. Actually the doctors don't want anyone to know cuz it'll put them out of business, but we just snuck that piece of info out!

I hope you continue to feel great!

Re your question about watering and sun- once the sprouts emerge you want to open up the top so they don't get fried, and dappled sun is good or early morning sun.
Just be aware it gets real hot inside.

And water when they look dry. You'll get the hang of it. The dirt gets a different look when dry.

ellen

Thanks to all who offered, you all are so kind.

I'm good and seeded. :) Just wanted to make sure I've thanked everyone.

Let me know what color blooms you get. My volunteer bloomed really late last summer. It sprouted in June, I think. I hope to see more blooms on the butterfly seedlings this year. I have several hundred that have germinated in several containers.

This was collected from Black Knight in VA. I think a petunia seed may have escaped into that container. See those little specks of green? I told you those seeds were tiny. Those already have their second set of leaves, but are way too small to plant out. Trudi recommends letting them get about an inch tall.

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I'm getting a little concerned about my Buddleia. I have sprouts in almost every hardy container except for Buddleia and Hosta. I think I could see one little Hosta today, but I planted a lot.

I just started annuals this week and the allysum has already sprouted. Next Friday night is probably going to force me to take a lot of things inside for one night, but we shouldn't have too many more nights like that. If you aren't willing to tote pots in for a few night in April, you would almost miss a month of growing time in my climate. Each year I plant something out too early, so I am trying to avoid having to cover the "already planted" tender things and just keep them in containers that I can move inside.

Hosta can lay around a long time then surprise you. I've heard of ppl waiting a month then noticing sprouts.

Nice pic of Buddleia Token! I am so jealous. I have a couple containers of them from my SASBE seeds and nothing yet. I am hopeful they will bloom. I don't even care what color they are. the pack said purple but I know sometimes they cross with others.

So fun growing them though, I hope they are easy!

Karen

sooner, my hosta have just begun to germinate. They must be slow. They were sown on Dec 21. I have one recognizable sprout out of 200+ seeds in a lasagna pan. Give them time.

Karen, give the buddleia time too. And they can cross with themselves as well. I only had one that could have created a volunteer last year. The self sown plant was a very pale purple with gray leaves. The original plant is medium purple. I hope they come out all kinds of colors. I sowed white seeds this year too.