March 31st

39. Nicotiana alata..... *white evening flowering and cloudy weather days* My fave fragrant annual; the local hummingbird moths LOVE it too:) Re-seeds but never enough LOL! Has grown to 5' for me in heavily amended soil, but on average it's been more like 2-3'.
    
40. Sweet Pea 'Miss Willmott'....left over commercial seeds from Value Seeds last winter; had no luck with them; the seed has swelled up pretty good since sowing...so maybe?!
    
41. Datura inoxia....*white*
    
42. Venidium (African Daisy) *mixed white/black eye and orange/black eye* from seed harvested in 2007 and 2008. Didn't sow any last year but had some self-sown plants last year. If you need something drought tolerant; this is it!
    
    April 4th
    
43. Abelmoschus manihot AKA Hibiscus manihot
    
44. Impatiens balsamina *mixed*
    
45. Armeria maritima
    
46. Meconopsis x sheldonii (Blue Himalayan Poppy)*these are hybrids I received in trade so not sure what to expect? Has anyone tried these before?
    
47. Linaria marcoccana 'Northern Lights' *AKA Baby Snapdragon or Toadflax and belong to the Snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae). These are older seed harvested in 2006 from self-sown plants; didn't have any in '07 or '08. Definitely not as aggressive as its noxious weed relative L. dalmatica (Dalmation Toadflax)!
    
48. Statice sinuata *mix*....Again older seed harvested in 2007 from self-sown 'Petite mixed' dwarf plants. They came back true from saved seed. Original seed from Stoke Seed and was one of my final crops at school; I brought a few home before they all sold :)
    
49. Dianthus caryophyllus (Trailing Carnation) *mix red and white*...left over commercial seed from Value Seed last year. Supposedly an annual in this zone, however I was looking at one of the plants I left to die back in an outside planter and low and behold I found signs of new shoot growth lower on the stem just above the soil surface. I wintered a few over indoors but they became spider mite magnets. I tossed them out in late December.
    
50. Shizanthus *not sure if I can sow this early, but got plenty seed. Last year I sowed on May 5th and by May 9th had close to 80% germination.
    
51. Veronica spicata
    
52. Arugula *left over from Value Seed last year. Didn't like it too much my first time trying them, but decided to give it another go

Sowed a few things indoors because I'm tired of disappointment!

Yvonne's Salvia

South African Foxglove

Dahlia 'Bishop's Grandchildren'

Dahlia 'Early Bird Mix'

Vera