I ws Blue star Laurentina this past year. I would recommend if you do it to plant the seedlings out soon as they have a few leaves. I waited too long and lost a lot of the seedlings. The two bunches that established in the garden grew well enough, but no flowers this year. They look hardy and happy, though,and I hope it will spread.

Nancy

I WSed these last year, and according to my records, I got just about 50% germination. The funny thing is, I can't remember them!

I don't know if they just didn't grow well, or if I transplanted them into my annual containers, or if they are some of the ones that are still living in their milk jugs.

I'll have to take a look outside tomorrow after work and see if I can find them! I have a vague memory of them not growing as well as I would have liked, but again, germination wasn't horrible...

:)
Dee

I've been growing Laurentia for a couple of years now. I spring sowed some this year along with some that I sowed under lights as well. Germination was good, but the ones sowed outside bloomed almost 1 1/2 months later than the ones started inside. It's an annual for me, so I'll be sowing them under lights next year to get the earlier blooms. It's a really lovely plant in hanging containers.

Deb

Deb - sounds like you should sow some inside and some outside....extend your bloom season that way

Carol B

Laurentia blooms into second year, first year you might get few blooms from early sowing. Either start them very early or overwinter indoor.

I WS Laurentia this year. They germinated well and started blooming mid-August.

I'd like to point out the color in the photo on T & M's website is off. Theirs shows up as a purplish color. Mine are blooming a very pretty blue. This was not what I expected, so I poked around on the web and found most photos of them show up as a medium blue. Very pretty and nice foliage.

Lindalana says "Laurentia blooms into second year" Does that mean that they will bloom over the winter if brought inside? Or that if protected over winter, they will bloom again next year?

Thanks to everyone for your experience with laurentia. Now I'll have to decide whether to start some indoors (which compared to winter sowing seems like a chore now) or to just wait until August for them to bloom. Might not be a bad idea considering that most of my annuals looked pretty pathetic by August.

I also would like to know if anyonr has overwintered them indoors and if they bloom during the winter inside.

Thanks again!