I will WS my perennials probably in January
So far for wintersowing-
Blackberry Lily
Blue Fescue
Coreopsis
Columbine
Delphinium
Gaillardia
Hibiscus
Hostas
Joe Pye Weed
NE Aster
Rose Campion
Goldenrod
Jacobs Ladder

I've already fall sown -
Larkspur
Bellflower
canterbury bells
columbine
oriental poppy
Foxglove

I cant wait to see my 07 Wintersown babies Bloom this coming year!!

I have almost finished. I have about 8 more to go! Then a long wait until I can go on to annuals!

Ballon Flower, Hakone Double
Balloon Flower, Fuji Blue
Balloon Flower, Platycodon grandiflora blue
Blue Flax
Campanula latifolia, "Alba"
Campanula persicifolia
Campanula pyramidalis
Candytuft
Candytuft Snowflake
Centaurea Montana, Mountain Bluet
Columbine Red Star
Columbine Dragonfly
Columbine, Alpine
Columbine, McKana's Giant
Columbine, Scott Elliot
Crazy Daisy
Dame's Rocket
Dianthus barbatus, Sweet William
Dianthus, Rainbow Loveliness
Dichelostemma congesta
Evening Primrose Pink
Gaura, The Bride
Hibiscus Moscheutos, Red Luna
Hibiscus moschatus "Luna Pink Swirl"
Hibiscus syriacus, Rose of Sharon
Ixiolirion pallasii
Jasoine perennis, Sheep's Bit Scabious
Monarda didyma "Bee Balm", Panorama Mix
Monarda didyma, Blue Stocking
Painted Daisy
Penstemon Navagator Mix
Scabiosa House's Hybrids
Shasta Daisy
Viola, Freckles
Viola, Fuji Dawn
Viola, Koreana Syletta

Okay, wait. I'm confused. Bakemom, that isn't your *entire* sowing list, is it? Where's the rest of it? That can't possibly all you are WSing, is it?

And ohsillyme, I gotta say your list is a tad short too, lol.

Nancy, you are doing a bit better - and by the way, I'm still waiting to hear if that is your real name or if you are just a rabid ND fan, as I am.

I haven't made my list yet, although I did just do an inventory of my flower seeds. I've got about 294, not counting herbs (or veggies) and I haven't placed any orders yet. I don't think about WSing until about January. Still trying to get my fall garden chores done, lol.

:)
Dee

Ooohhh, but digger, that is only what I have taken inventory for so far!! I still have many annuals and also some trades that need to be accounted for!! LOL!
Nice to 'chat' with familiar names, I swear I know who y'all are just by seeing pics of gardens - kinda like, 'name that tune'! ;)

Ok...if all of you will delete your post,I might be able to get a 1/3 of my WSing list in here....LOL

Today I mixing up a dump bed load of seed starting mix in the Gator. For those of you that do not know...a Gator is a 6 wheeled ATV.It has a bed that dumps and I can mix up a BUNCH of potting mix in it. I bought 10 lg bales of peat at end of summer sale w/ other supplies so I'm ready and I'm SERIOUS!

I jumped the gun and already started some things underlight on the heat mat here in the computer room.

I'm busy drooling over a new seed source out of the UK and have started the process of getting paperwork done on a "small lot" premit so I can make darn sure none of my "precious" (shades of The Lord of the Rings)get caught up in customs. I'm a sick seed puppy but "I LIKE IT!"..LOL

bakemom,
Where can I get some of those red "pooopies" seeds*BGG*

Peggy

LOL! Dee you took the words right out of my mouth!

I do have a list, but I don't have time to type out over 100 things. The peppers will be sown indoors, the carrots will be direct sown, but I have over 40 annuals, 17 perennials and a dozen herbs. Then there's the lettuces, peas, and tomatoes...

I have a tiny yard, and my beds are pretty full too, but you never know what will survive the winter, plus there's all of those pots for the porch that have to be filled, and the veggie bed ... a few extras for swaps, etc.

My germination rate the past couple of years has been about 75%, so I tend to sow more than I think I could possible use. By the end of the summer, I had managed to find a spot, either in my garden or someone else's, for every single container I sowed last year!

Bonnie

agastache - Golden Jubilee
agastache - blue
alyssum
amaranth giant red
anise hyssop
bee balm - pink
bee balm - violet queen
bee balm - red shades
bee balm - citriordora
bloody dock
boltonia
butteryfly bush
cardinal flower
catchfly blue angel
cleome
coleus
columbine
coreopsis - native
coreopsis - lancelota
coreopsis - plains
coreopsis early sunrise
coreopsis full moon
crocos
cupid's dart
datura - blend
datura inoxia
daylily
dianthus albus
echinacea - magnus
echinacea - tennesseensis
echinacea - white swan
echinacea paradoxa
echinacea purpurea
foxglove
fringed bleeding hearts
hollyhock
hosta
Japanese Iris
lambs ear
lantana
Larkspur
liatris
lunaria
marigold
morning glory
moss rose
mountain bluet
nicotiana - white, green, purple, red
pennyroyal
petunia
petunia wave
pinks maiden
plumbago
rudbeckia
rudbeckia - autumn colors
rudbeckia - cappuccino
rudbeckia - green wizard
salvia - blue queen
salvia - blue bedder
salvia - pink rosea (?)
salvia - subrotunda
scabiosa
sea holly
shasta diasy
Siberian iris
stella d'oro
sweet william
texas star hibiscus
trailing carnation
vinca major
yarrow
yvonne's salvia

That's what I have so far. I gave away a lot of seeds last month. I'm sure I'll add more.

Dee - you are right. I am also sowing basil. Now that IS my entire list. Can you believe it? My beds are packed with winter sown perennials from years past. There's just no room.

"Nancy, you are doing a bit better - and by the way, I'm still waiting to hear if that is your real name or if you are just a rabid ND fan, as I am."

Yes diggerdee, that is my real name. Actually, it's my maiden name, but I've grown to like it, so I kept it.

I'm glad you think I'm doing ok on my list. I'll probably add more to it, since I've sown almost everything on it already. Who can stop this early in the season? Not me!

Oh, Nancy, that is just too cool! I mean about Nancy Drew being your name! I adore Nancy Drew! Two summers ago I re-read the entire series. I would bring the books to my daughter's hockey practice to read while at the rink. She was mortified for some reason that I would be seen reading Nancy Drew. I asked if she preferred if I covered the book in a brown wrapper and *really* get people curious. Besides, I told her, everyone (at least women) love ND, and sure enough, the books were quite the conversation starter!

I wanted to clarify my post above - I have 294 KINDS of seeds, not just 294 seeds, lol. Plus herbs, veggies, and any new acquisitions. I may have to amend my post on the thread that asked how many containers we thought we'd be sowing. Might have to add a few.

And no, bakemom, I can't believe that's all you're sowing. Don't you need some container plants or something? Some annuals to stick amongst your perennials? A spring swap to go to? Anything...?

:)
Dee

Now, digger - I would be even MORE impressed if you DID sit down and count every little seed - especially if it did total 294...

I am impressed with all of your lists.

I have not been posting as of recent because I am battling a huge bunny problem and am so wondering what will happen this spring as a I plan (or try to plan) a garden. This bunny is a monster and has eaten down already 8 huge clumps of blue fescues (aside from many other plants)x0@!)(!!@@

Oh well - even Rose Campions were eaten down - I have a "Have a Heart" trap ready to go (with carrots) but he passes it right by.

That darned Wabbit!!!

Carrie :0(

This summer I was working at our condo pool as an attendant and I read a really cool book about the authors of the series. Girl Sleuth, Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her. Quite an interesting read. Actually I wanted to find out more about the women who created a lifetime of teasing for me! ;)

You've got you lists done already! Goodness, I just finally got all my seeds inventoried and yesterday got more seeds from a rr swap so have to add them to my inventory.

Now it is time to concentrate on the holidays for me. Will probably make my list during early January and start sowiing after winter vacation so that brings me to February.

Carrie, sorry to read about your bunny problem. Hope you catch it soon.

Am I the only woman who has never read Nancy Drew? Didn't read any Hardy Boys until I had my own son. I think I was into SF about the age others were reading Nancy Drew.

OMG, mnwsgal, you *must* read Nancy Drew! She rules. And does it while wearing pumps to match her handbag, lol! What's SF? Science fiction, you mean?

Nancy, I've heard of that book and it's on my list.

I usually wait to WS until late January. I was actually outside weeding today! It was about 40 degrees, sunny, so I took advantage of the nice day to go clean up some beds. I didn't get too far, partly because I found the dead remains of some really tough, weedy, tall grass that I never completely removed from the beds in the summer. I had to really dig it out. And I found the not-so-dead clover-type weed which I had to dig also. I actually found some satisfaction in the idea of weeding in December, lol.

Still have to finish raking leaves, finish bed clean-up, put down shredded leaves, and put away my pot ghetto. THEN I can think about winter-sowing!

But my list *will* be long, I guarantee!

:)
Dee

Carrie,

Plant some flowers inside the trap. :)

Whooooooooa girls....ever heard of the holidays??? (smile) I am so envious that you are making time to take seed inventories, make your sowing lists, etc. I am up to my ears in greens, forced paperwhite bulbs, ribbon and way,way to many decorations to put out.I've not baked one cookie yet. I've got 6 people coming here for a holiday luncheon tomorrow and 25 for the office party I host here on Friday. Then I do a Xmas Eve open house for both sides of the family and friends on the following Wed. The closest I've come to a "garden" tasks in weeks is buying my brother and his wife a beautiful set of ceramic planters for their deck as a xmas gift (which I secretly wanted to keep - really - I deserve to - they will show up with a very stupid gift for me... (smile)

Besides, I can't really take stock of what I have and start planning my WSing strategy until the two big swaps I participated in on the round robin forum arrive. Pretty soon I think. I am actually hoping they hold off till New years cause when those big fat envelopes arrive, I have a hard time doing what I HAVE to do cause I just want to sit and ponder the seed packets!

Nancy

The closest I've come to a "garden" tasks in weeks is buying my brother and his wife a beautiful set of ceramic planters for their deck as a xmas gift (which I secretly wanted to keep - really - I deserve to - they will show up with a very stupid gift for me... (smile)

You know, one year we played a game where we all open our gifts, then we draw numbers. Highest number chooses first. Host chooses last. If you want to switch your gift for someone elses, you just have to get a lower number than them and hope no one else wants it. See why it's fun to host? :)

Yes, Dee, SF is science fiction. I found the SF section in our small library when I was a 6th or 7th grader and starting reading everything they had. Both my DS and DDIL have published short stories in SF/Fantasy publications.

Carrie, thanks to Remy, I will have a rabbit in my veg garden next year...'White Rabbit' tomato. Guess I HAVE started my list.

lol token - that is actually a very good idea!! Ha Ha I will let you know if it works. (now what to plant...)

Carrie

Diggerdee,
There is a large Drew family in my hometown. One of the sisters was named Nancy. Two of the brothers each married a Nancy. Too much!

If the trap doesn't work, get a python. :)

don't think a python would work :0) ... there was a huge copperhead in the garden last year and he was useless - the only thing he was good for was giving me nightmares!

:0( Carrie...

Seedmama, that is too funny! You don't live in River Heights, do you, lol?

Thanks, mnwsgal. I thought that's what you meant!

:)
Dee

So let me get this right. Perenials can be sown anytime after winter solstice, but annuals (and tomatoes) must be sown much later, like feb. or march?

Not exactly. You are hung up on the word "must." Theoretically anything can be sown after the solstice. Some of us hold back on certain (not all) annuals like zinnias and cosmos until later in the winter to avoid the occasional warm spells that can crop up in December and January. Those certain annuals germinate very easily and at the same time, are frost sensitive, so it's more prudent to wait. I do my perennials and hardy annuals whenever. I don't do tomatoes anymore, but I would do those anytime as well.

I will be doing quiet a lot this year,my second year,so i am still learning,i would like to list a few of what i will be sowing,with a few questions for you all,some i am not sure when i should start them.
Zone 5 midwest,
1.Mimosa*'Pink Sparkles'
2.Primuls x Tommasinii 'You & Me Blue'
3.Antirrhinum*Bronz Dragon
4.Morning Glory Carnevale di Venezia
5.Rudbeckia*Cherry Brandy
6.Cosmos*Double Click Rose Bonbon
7.Cosmos*mix
8.California Poppy*Jelly Beans
9.Butterfly Pea*Clitoria ternatea
10.Agastache*Fregrant mix
Should i start some of these closer to spring,and sow them the same way?
I do have a green house,just put up last year,and i am still learning how to use it also.
Maybe i can start some of these in there?
Please forgive my ignorance,all i have ever grown are hosta,i have about 1,800,but there is no challenge in growing them, they grow any where.I now have a lot of sun to play with,so i am REALLY NEW, to sun gardening.
As always, i thank you all for your help.
Carol

Hi Carol you are zone 5. Anything that is a hardy perrienal fro your zone can be sown now. Any Half hardy perrienal wait till later also wait on annuals. Some of teh stuff you mentioned are annuals or half hardy. The cold will not be good for them yet. Where are you in zone 5 what state? Barb

Hi Barb,
I am in Illinois about an hour south west of Chicago,still,zone 5,:0)
So would you suggest for the half hardy,that i wait til April-May?
How about starting them in a greenhouse?
Thanks Barb,
Carol

Hi Carol,

Well, sun-loving plants ... now THAT'S something I know a little about! Hostas ... not so much, LOL.

On your list, I would say do the Antirrhinum (snapdragon), Poppies, Agastache, and the Rudbeckia anytime. Hold off on the Cosmos. The rest I've never grown.

Bonnie

Cosmos and morning glory are things I wait until late March/early April to sow. Reason - they will germinate very easily when there is a brief warm spell and then get damaged by subsequent cold temps.

The Cherry Brand Rudbeckia is a half hardy annual. I'm waiting to start mine indoors. I'll move them out to the hoophouse in early April. I'm not going to take a chance on those babies.