Hardy annuals, perennials and biennials can be sown anytime after the Winter Solstice; you can, if you desire, hold off on the tender annuals until the end of Winter.

Thanks Trudi. And the reason you would hold off until end of winter is so that there would be no frost once the seeds sprout.

That leads me to another question. I have been told that with W/S you have no damp off. So if you hold off to plant annuals till just before end of frost, will you again have to worry about damp off?
Tammy

Painted Daisy could be either an annual or a perennial, depending on what its botanical name is.

Here are Painted Daisies at Michigan Bulb and they are perennials. I have had them and they come in different shades of pink and a bright red color. I 'think the botanical name might be Tanacetum coccineum and they have very ferny like foliage.

Painted DaisyChrysanthemum carinatum are annuals though.

Sue

I started my petunia's in winter and they did fine. They start out really tiny too. I agree on the painted daisy comment and yes biennials are like two year perennials. First year growth second year beauty. They generally reseed well.
There were a few annuals that didn't mind the cold for me and I started in winter/snow. Dianthus, poppies, alyssum, viola's or pansies and petunias. In my z.5 I had to wait till frost was past for cosmos, marigolds, morning glories and four o clocks.

Sue, have you ordered from Stock Seed? How was germination?

They have a few things all in one place that I could use and would like to try this year.

Thanks.

Leslie

Tammy- no.

Sue, have you ordered from Stock Seed? How was germination?
No, I can't remember when I have ever ordered any seed on line, because of all the great trading to be had here as well as folks just sharing.

Regarding the painted daisies, while researching what annuals might be hardy annuals, I noticed that there were sites that listed painted daisies as perennials but they were the pinks and reds. Mine are the white with yellow and burgundy and other colors. Cheapseeds lists them as annuals as well.