à¹Your list looks good. :-)
Make sure you prepare your flower beds WAY ahead of time, because if you plan to do that in spring, it will be too late, lol , because you won't have time to do it. The seelings will come up so fast you won't know what to do with them.

Good luck and have fun.
:-)

Suzy, coming from someone whose climate nearly mirrors your own, I think your list looks good too. Be patient with the paeonia and keep the pots intact 12-14 months - it can take that long for them to germinate. Putting some grit as topping on your sowing medium can help to discourage moss/algae for those seeds that will be with you a while :)

While it self sows wildly, astrantia can be a little stubborn from saved or purchased seed...These days I let the self sown seedlings bloom, keep those young plants with coloring that appeals to me (they often produce a bloom or two first year). Or I Fall sow them so the seeds get a period of warm moist before days become cooler, rather than hang on to them to winter sow.

I haven't tried to sow or even collect seed from salvia patens, I just know while the plants expand, bloom reliably every year, my own do not self sow ever in my garden.

Another recruit! What fun! Welcome!

I haven't tried a lot of seeds on your list, but I have done echinacea, salvia patens (if I remember correctly), baptisia australis, astrantia, platycodon, gaillardia, and I think digitalis lutea, and possibly ambigua.

I can't speak to your climate, but I had good results with all except astrantia. I've been trying that one for a few years with no luck. I'll be trying again this year, and then if I have no germination I'll probably give in and buy the plant!

My platycodon:
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Dee

Gorgeous!

That is sooo pretty.
I have that on my list.
If mine turn out half as nice I'll have it made.
Welcome, Have fun.
Bonnie

Wow! Your list looks great! Have patience with the Baptisia australis, that one could be a slow sprouter. I did one a few years ago, lovely until the lawn maintenance crew killed it! :( I love the seed pods in the fall!

I have several platycodon varieties on my list for this year! I can't wait for those!

thank you all so much for being so encouraging - feel like i have hit the jackpot with such helpful and positive responses - THRILLED!
cheers, Suzy

Congrats on your 1st containers.