You did order Foxglove! Your Pam's Choice Digitalis is Foxglove. I had good germination with my foxgloves this year. They are still small but seem to be doing well. My problem has always been finding "the right spot" for them to do well.

Many of the others will ws too. Good luck.

Hi Pyrgal,
Yes, I guess I didn't write that very well.
I did get the Foxglove Pam's Choice. The Delphinium
I didn't. I never have luck with either of these seeds.
Yet somehow I just keep on wasting my money.

I always see such wonderful pictures of these two flowers
in magazines yet, neither have ever graced my yard.

Did you buy the same variety? I don't think they bloom
the first year. I will feel lucky if I can even get
germination.

Thanks,
Mary
z 5b KS

Mary, I will have a ton of seeds for SASBE later this fall. Others will have offerings too. Keep your eyes peeled. Your list looks fun.

Bakemom,
I will keep my eyes open for your trades.

Mary

I love Diane's seeds! I ordered 2 orders from her last winter. She has a nice selection and I had good germination with her seeds. IMO you wrote your list of seeds well, using the true botanical names too, which I find easier to identify than common names!

I winter-sowed Digitalis purpurea from a trade, and they sprouted like crazy. They are very small seeds so you sow them on the surface. The seedlings were easy to transplant and have done extremely well in part shade, with rich moist soil. I've got clumps out there that are almost 2 feet across! Can't wait to see them bloom next year.

I also had really good germination with 2 types of Gaillardia. Hope you have LOTS of sprouts next Spring!!

Good luck with your foxgloves! I had never grown them but started some seeds earlier this summer and now have little plants in the ground. I'm so excited about them since I've never had them before.. and I'm not quite sure why.

Terrene,

Thanks for your note. Actually, I recognize common names
easier, but copied the list from my order ;-)

Thanks for the info on the Digitalis, I have tried numerous
times to start them, even keeping the seeds in the freezer
along with my delphinium seeds. Never had any luck.

So, will try this year with winter sowing the old fashioned
natural way and see what happens.

Gaillardia , I have never tried from seed. So am hoping for
good results, as many people here have them in their yards
and I just love the color. Actually I could have dug
them up from pastures, and that was initially my plan, but
I never saw any in any pastures this spring, which was
strange. I think it is due to the odd weather we have
had this year. Very cool & wet, starting early in the
year.

Mary