Abgardeneer - Labeling the clematis as "seedling of" is a good idea, thanks! I do realize that they may not come true from seed, but I've yet to see an ugly clematis, lol. In all honesty I'll be shocked if I get any of them to even germinate. Other than Radar Love which is supposed to be an easy one, I've heard they're notoriously slow and difficult to germinate. I'll try anything once...or twice :)

Marcia and Sharon - I'm not nearly organized enough to sow in alphabetical order or use Microsoft Word to sort them, lol. Here's the method to my WSing madness. I prep as many containers as I can, this last time it was 50. Then I pull out my box of perennial seeds and proceed to pick and choose who gets to go first. No rhyme or reason, just whatever I happen to be in the mood for. I'm gonna feel sorry for the last packet in the box, it'll be kinda like getting picked last for the team, lol :) So then I go downstairs and sow the seeds in no particular order, saving all the envelopes as I go. Then it's upstairs to the computer room where I then put them in alphabetical order and post so that it looks like I'm way more organized than I really am. Heh heh... there now my secret is out, lol. By the way Marcia I see that your last list is alphabetized. Peer pressure finally got ya, did it? We'll blame it on Sharon... she started it, lol ;)

Cindy

I actually SOWED these in alphabetical order just to prove how anal i can be! LOL Last year after reading my list on the Winter Sowing Forum, Sharon asked me if i sowed in alpabetical order. And i actually tend to do that for some reason - guess it's the librarian in me! LOL

LOL, Marcia I had asked if you were using the Dewey Demical system?

Adding one more, I guess this grass needs a cold period.

72. Molinia caerulea mix Purple Moor Grass

Now, what would i classify this as? Not 635.9 for flower gardening, necessarily, but maybe 582.13 for seeds.... Hmmmmm....

Marcia,
consulting her Dewey Decimal Classification, 11th abridged edition. :)

Hi all!

As a WS newbie (did a bit last year, but as my life kinda got rather awful at the time, got lots germinated but only half planted) I wanted to know what the simplest stuff would be to WS.

The reason I ask is I work at a Family Resource Centre and want to do a lesson on WS and teach the moms to try it and need to know what I am talking about before I try to teach it! Any experts in the Selkirk MB area wanna be a guest speaker? LOL

I know one of you did something similar last year, I just can't remember who it was? (blush) I am thinking Dryden or Kenora? Hmm anyone know? Would love to get a hold of her notes!!

Anyhow, Thanks :)

Julie

Yep, that was me. I did a workshop with the Hort. Society and we also did winter sowing with the kids' garden group at school (coincidentally, partners with the Family Resource Centre!). I'll see what i can do about finding the notes i used, and possibly email them to you tonight, Julie.

But, Marcia, you didn't tell Julie the dress code for doing a workshop. I was going to but I'll leave that to you. LOL!

I finally got started today in earnest.

I had 2 done a couple of nights ago:

1. Liatris spicata Blazing Star - Thanks, Sharon
2. Rhus typhina Staghorn sumac - Thanks, Sharon

Today's:

3. Actinidia kolomikta Kiwi Vine
4. Delosperma aff. congestum
5. Dendranthem rubrum 'Duchess of Edinburgh' - Thanks, Marcia
6. Draba brunifoloa 'Olympica'
7. Gaillardia grandiflora 'Burgundy'
8. Gentiana andrewsii - Thanks, Marcia
9. Lewisia cotyledon 'Little Plum'
10. Lychnis chalcedonica 'Dusky Salmon'
11. Polygonum orientale Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate
12. Rhus typhina Staghorn sumac - Thanks, Sharon
13. Telekia speciosa Ox-eye daisy
14. Veronica porphyriana Speedwell

More tomorrow. At least, I feel like I've now started something. I got the rest of my seeds today and they are all now catalogued. This year, I really, really want to try to honestly be just a little, tiny, eensy-weensy bit organized and I've got everything done on spreadsheet.

Shauna

"I got the rest of my seeds today and they are all now catalogued" Didja use the Dewey Decimal System?? :>

As for the winter sowing dress code, well, not EVERYONE does their winter sowing wearing their housecoat! LOL

I got the rest of my seeds today and they are all now catalogued" Didja use the Dewey Decimal System?? :>

582 Spermatophyta (Seed-bearing plants)
583 Dicotyledones
584 Monocotyledones
585 Gymnospermae (Pinophyta)
586 Cryptogamia (Seedless plants)
587 Pteridophyta (Vascular cryptograms)
588 Bryophyta
589 Thallobionta & Prokaryotae

OK, anyone got the energy to sort out all of their seeds into the proper classifications?
It looks like a wonderful system - : ) - but I barely can get supper on the table.

Of course, we could always start our own classification under #571
Insane activities of the human race: - sub-classes: Indoor propagationnae, eh? (Cdn. vers.), Transplanting techniqueae, Winter sowing wonderrae, etc.
570 Life sciences
571 Not assigned or no longer used
572 Human races

Shauna

Of course my seeds are in that order. Cough cough. :>

There ya go - we'll use 571. Let's see, 571.028 - Techniques of Seed Starting, 571.07 - Study and Teaching (Julie will have to classify her workshop under this), 571.09 - Seed collecting, 571.093 - Indoor sowing (specific locality), 571.094 - Winter Sowing (another specific locality). If we want to go nuts (-er!), Shauna's winter sowing is classified as 571.094712 (winter sowing in Alberta), while mine is 571.094713 (winter sowing in Ontario).

I'm avoiding work today, and this has to stop! LOL

Thanks for the images of the Polemonium pauciflorum! Whoohoo I am totally excited about growing that one now! Spring can't come soon enough! LOL

I'm thinking it will work well in containers too? That foliage even looks pretty.

Is there a catagory for the Scatter-Brained Winter-Sower ??? Cause that's me! LOL I am all over the map and nothing is in order! LOL

You gals are too funny! LOL

Today, I WS'd...
73. Aquilegia formosa Red Columbine
74. Aquilegia vulgaris Deep Purple Columbine
75. Calamintha grandiflora
76. EPILOBIUM angustifolium
77. Epilobium fleischeri
78. Penstemon glaber
79. Stachys macrantha syn. grandiflora Big Betony

Awesome weather, +5C today!
Sharon

Crazydaisy,
I'm sure you can plant anything you want in containers - annual or perennial - just remember not to throw out the perennials in fall! (Also, it would be safest not to leave them in the containers in fall, but instead to plant them or at least heel them in for next year...or sink the planter into the ground.)
One consideration in using perennials is that, for the most part, they bloom in the second year from seed, so if you are starting from seed, you may not bloom or you may only get a wimpy little bloom. They'll also be rather puny first year plants with a lot less impact than a mature one.
If I was going to do that, I'd buy small pots (4 inch) of perennials to use in containers - they will be mature, blooming size plants. (Yeah, okay, I've been told, much to my amazement, that seedlings are sold in some areas in the guise of mature perennials but I've never seen it where I've lived. I've only seen seedlings sold as seedlings.)
Or you could dig up blooming-size plants from your garden to use.
Lori

Sharon, did you try any epilobium last year? I think mine was the fleischeri. Anyway, i got 0 germination - what a disappointment! I'll have to try it again one of these years.

We're supposed to go to +5° by Thursday, so maybe i should do some more sowing tomorrow night. The Co-op has some seed-starting mix i could buy, and i have a few containers left... :)

Yeah, I wintersowed both E. angustifolium and E. fleischeri last year, for some unknown reason the tags got lost or mixed up.

Only one kind germinated and I believe it was the angustifolium that germinated.
What da' think?

I can't tell right now because it only grew to about 2', so I'm sowing both again this year ;)

I just couldn't believe it when i read that the seed i'd bought was fireweed! LOL It IS a weed around here. But it's pretty, i'll have to admit, and, yeah, i will try it again! :)

It's fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium, now called Chamaenerion angustifolium) - extremely common native plant; circumpolar in range. (You could have dug it out of the ditch, LOL!). VERY beautiful, but pretty invasive. However, it roots shallowly so reasonably easy to pull out the skinny white trailing rhizomes. NIce fall color (red/purple foliage) too. It gets anywhere from 3' to 5' tall.
I've had them start up spontaneously in both this yard and the last - the seeds are on wind-blown silky fibres.

I didn't have much luck with the E. fleischeri either - a couple germinated but gradually pooped out. Possibly could have used cool conditions after germination.
It seems to me a few people bought it last year - did anyone have success?

I have thousands of Fireweed in my ditch, I did try digging and transplanting into my garden many times, with no luck. Now I have it since I started it from seed ;D

Here's my latest:

15. Asclepias Sunset Flower
16. Digitalis parviflora White Foxglove
17. Gentiana burseri Gentian
18. Kochia trichophylla Burning Bush
19. Lavender stoechas Butterfly/French lavender
20. Linanthus androsaceus 'French hybrid'
21. Malope trifida 'Pink Queen'
22. Malope trifida 'Vulcan'
23. Malva 'Mystic Merlin'
24. Malva 'Zebrina' Thanks, Marcia
25. Trandescantia x. andersonia Spiderwort
26. Cheiranthus cheiri 'My Fair Lady' Wallflower

Shauna

Well in short my dear friends, I have never WSed in my life. I have hummed and hawed about it for a couple of winters but it seems kind of a pain in the butt. (ducking and dodging flying milk jugs)

But last year I collected some seeds of wild Gaillardia aristata and I am desperate for them to turn out because I need them for a difficult area (hot & dry and the plant has to be compact). Should I WS them? Or plant them direct? Tom Clothier says "sow under thin cover in light at 20 degrees" What does this mean to me? Should I just plant them indoors?

You all love your WS so much - what is wrong with me? sob

Try it, you'll like it! :)

Wel I finally got around to winter sowing a few containers of seeds..is it still winter sowing if I do it in the greenhouse which hasn't been fired up yet?...lol..most of what I did was seeds I collected from my own garden or left over seeds..this is what I did today
lupin..collected from my bi-coloured one
arctic fire dianthus..from my garden
pansies...from my garden
aquilegia-Nora Barlow..from my garden
aquilegia-long spurred mix
migonette
canterbury bells -from my garden
and some mystery seeds...lost the label..lol..here is a picture maybe someone could help me out..savona
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Gil, about direct sowing, I do it all the time for those easy self-seeder types too. However with WSing you control where you want those plants exactly to be, you dont have to worry about seed getting washed away from heavy rains, blown away from high winds, nor do you have to lose sleep about those pesky wabbits, mice, birds eating your special seeds which is the main reason why I WS. Plus it gives me the joy of getting my hands dirty at this time of year ;)

Gaillardia aristata is a really good candidate for WSing in our zone. With Tom directions it means that Gaillardia does not need a cold period in order for the seed to germinate, so therefore you have 3 choices and its up to you, you can sow indoors if you have the proper growing conditions to provide the seedlings to grow up healthy, or you can direct sow early spring or WS which I would do for that particular seed ;)
Keep in mind that alot of WS perennials will not flourish till the following year, but well worth the wait.
Ditto what Marcia said, try it, youll like it!

Savona, Winter Sowing is any way you want it to be and what works for you, I WS my flats outdoors as usual and now that I have a greenhouse I will wait for them to germinate outdoors then transfer them into my unheated greenhouse for further growing, that way I have better control of watering.

Savona, Im just guessing but they do look like Gaillardia seeds.

No milk-jug throwing at yah NS, I dont like using them, I use flats and domes instead ;)

Sharon

Thanks lots for the clarification Sharon - I have a whole seed head, probably 40+ seeds, so I think I will try mostly WS and a few direct sowed in early spring. One more question - if I use milk jugs, do I cut the top off? How? And do I reattach it after? (duh, use small words with me here LOL)

Ow! A dome just glanced off me!

Poke drainage holes in the bottom of the jug and some vent slits in the top. I cut mine from the handle around to the handle, but not completely off. Fill the bottom half with soil, wet it down and let it drain, sow the seeds, put the top back down and secure with a couple of hunks of duct tape (or similar) and set outside. Don't forget a label IN your container - i use a piece of old mini-blind slat and a sharpie marker for that. Put it somewhere in the jug that it will be visible from the outside, for easy reference.

That's all there is to it! Late March or April, you should see sprouts!

I was just looking over my earlier posts of my w/s lists, so far and I made a couple of errors. No, I did not sow Rhus typhina Staghorn sumac twice, only once and I didn't sow Lewisia cotyledon 'Little Plum' on the 23rd, either. The other two that I did sow on the 23rd were Festuca glauca Blue fescue and Sisyrinchium graminoides Blue-eyed grass. Thanks, Janice

Now that those corrections are made, here's my production from yesterday:

27. Agastache anisata Mexican hyssop
28. Aubretia 'Rainbow'
29. Bellis Perennis 'Tasso Mix'
30. Bellis Perennis 'Carpet Mix' English daisy
31. Buddleia davidii Butterfly bush - just 1/2 of them - Thanks, Sharon
32. Campanula medium 'Cup and Saucer Canterbury Bells - Thanks, Sharon
33. Centaurea 'Frosty Mix'
34. Convolvulus 'Royal Ensign' from my own garden
35. Dianthus barbatus "Shauna's Cerise" This is a rogue seed that grew in my garden last year and I love it. So I "named" it. LOL
36. Dianthus deltoides 'Red Maiden'
37. Dianthus gratianopolitanus Cheddar Pink
38. Dianthus barbatus 'Wee Willie Mix'
39. Digitalis parviflora 'Excelsior Mix
40. Dimorphotheca aurantiaca 'Spring Flash'
41. Helenium wyndley
42. Lewisia cotyledon 'Little Plum
43. Lobelia siphiletica Thanks, Sharon
44. Lupinus polyphyllus 'Russell' cherry pink
45. Monarda didyma
46. Papaver 'Danish Flag' Thanks, Sharon

I realized after that I probably shouldn't have done the Danish Flag poppy yet, but I only did a bit so I will do more later.

I'm getting there for my early starters - just a few more to do and then I'm done until March.

Shauna

Lori,

Thanks for the comments on using perennials in containers! I had figured with the fact that many don't bloom the first year but forgotten that they are a pretty small yet during the first year. Yes, digging stuff up from my garden would sure work much better. I have lots of plants that are spreading well and could afford to be cut back a bit! LOL and that leaves me with more ROOM for my WSing babies! LOL Gotta love that part!

Did some sowing today. It was a good day - I started the day by working in the unofficial (Marcia sanctioned) uniform... I started in my PJ's but got dressed when I had to go outside in the wind to deposit my containers.

I was also excited because much of what I sowed were actually seeds I collected in my own garden (#46 to #55 below). Even better, two of them were from last year's winter sown plants - the Golden Marguerites and the Siberian Motherwort (which I'm pretty sure came from Sharon's winter sown plants the year before last). With that lineage I suspect that they will be sturdy specimens!

Here is what I did:

46. Jacobs Ladder
47. Golden Marguerite (Anthemis tinctoria)
48. Penstemon 'Husker Red'
49. Siberian Wallflower (Cheiranthus allioni)
50. Lychnis - Rose Campion
51. Delphinium - Unknown Mix
52. Bee Balm - Purple
53. Foxglove 'Excelsior Hybrids' (Digitalis purpurea)
54. Globeflower - Trollius
55. Delphinium, Dwarf - Lt Pink
56. Delphinium, Dwarf 'Blue Butterfly' (Delphinium grandiflorum)
57. Chrysanthemum, purple
58. Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)
59. Foxglove 'Camelot Rose'
60. Columbine 'Nora Barlow'
61. Daylily - Siloam Virginia Henson
62. Daylily - American Revolution
63. Daylily - Pink Tangerine x
64. Dianthus plumarius - Carnation 'Thief of Hearts'
65. Dianthus 'Sooty'
66. Dianthus superbus (lilac to rose)
67. Johnny Jump-Ups
68. Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis sylvatica)

Susan

I did some today as well, probably the last bit for awhile. These are the end of the perennials, anyway, so i'll be starting annuals in late March or early April.

29. Gaillardia Fackelschein
30. Gaillardia 'Goblin'
31. Gaillardia 'Summer's Kiss'
32. Gaillardia pulchella 'Sundance Bicolour'
33. Knautia
34. Lamb's ears
35. Lobelia speciosa 'Fan Scarlet'
36. Oenoetherus biennus 'Wild Yellow Primrose'
37. Physostegia virginiana
38. Primula veris 'Sunset Shades'
39. Scabiosa (white)
40. Sedum spurium 'Voodoo'
Thought i was out of containers then, but i found two more and did:
41. Penstemon hirsutus
42. Phlox (pink)

Hey, and i was all dressed when i did the sowing! We'd gone grocery shopping in the morning and they kind of frown upon you appearing in public in your jammies! LOL (Well, except on Pyjama Day at school, but that's a whole nother thing!)

Went all out today ;) - got dressed and sowed a bit more:

69. Poppy, unknown pale orange
70. Poppy, Oriental (orange)
71. Black Moudry Grass (pennisetum alepocuroides)
72. Blue Fescue Grass
73. Iris, unknown Siberian
74. Iris, unknown very tall
75. Rudbeckia triloba (Brown Eyed Susan)

Susan

Playing in the dirt again today. I sowed:

76. Viburnum triloba (Highbush Cranberry)
77. Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
78. Viburnum lantana (Wayfaring Tree)
79. Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi)
80. Japanese Hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
81. Lilac, purple
82. Sycamore Tree
83. Rudbeckia hirta 'Burpeei Double Gold'
84. Verbascum chaixii alba
85. Coreopsis rosea 'American Dream'
86. Bee Balm 'Cambridge Scarlet' (Monarda didyma)
87. Sneezeweed, Red/Gold (Helenium autumnale)
88. Coneflower 'Magnus' (Echinacea purpurea)
89. Shasta Daisy 'Crazy Daisy'
90. Malva systrestris 'Zebrina'
91. Delphinium naudicaule 'Laurin'
92. Clustered Bellfower
93. Liatris, mixed purple & white
94. Clematis occidentalis
95. Clematis campaniflora
96. St John's Wort (Hericum perforatum)
97. Dianthus superbus Red & White
98. Poppy 'Cyclops' (Papaver somniferum)

Susan

80. Echinacea purpurea Purple Cone Flower
81. Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
82. Eupatorium cannabinum
83. Filipendula (unknown species) Queen-Of-The-Prairie
84. Patrinia scabiosifolia
85. SORBARIA sorbifolia Ural False Spirea (Thanks Susan!)

Thank-you too Sharon for the wonderful shrub/tree seeds! I need to fill up some acreage...

I noticed a Eupatorium on your list and it reminded me to ask if anyone could solve a puzzle for me. I bought some McKenzie brand Eupatorium seed at Walmart thinking that I was buying Joe Pye. The picture looked like Joe Pye but when I acutally read the package it was called Eupatorium (Mistflower). I found it odd that the package didn't include the botanical name or any zone information. I did find it on their website (see link below) and they identify it as Eupatorium dahurica. When I Google it, the only reference I find is at McKenzie seed. I have found Mistflower referred to as Eupatorium coelestinum (Hardy Ageratum) but it doesn't look like the picture on the website or packet. So, I'm not sure what I have or if it is hardy here. Any thoughts?

Susan

Susan, if you're interested in tree seeds, would you like some catalpa? Someone sent some in a trade, and i've winter-sowed a batch of them. If you want any, i have lots and can add them to the seeds i already have for you.

Shauna,
I'm not familiar with it, but E. dahurica appears to be a Chinese species of eupatorium; don't know if it's hardy, but it's probably promising. (NB. Both 'Joe Pye' and 'mistflower' are common names that are applied to a small number of different species.)
Lori

Marcia - Thanks! I would love to try Catalpa too.

Lori - Thanks for the reply. I will be winter sowing the Eupatorium and will just have to wait and see what I actually get...

Susan

86. Alcea rugosa Yellow Hollyhock
87. AMORPHA fruticosa FALSE INDIGO
88. Anemone pulsatilla Pasqueflower
89. Arnica cordifolia Heart Leaf Arnica
90. ARNICA montana Mountain Tobacco
91. Baptisia australis (soak seed 24hrs)
92. CASSIA marilandica (soak seed 24hrs)
93. Corydalis sempervirens

They're calling for +9C on Sunday.....Yikes!
Sharon

I know I'm late to this thread, but I'm planning on doing some winter sowing for the first time this year. I have a question in regards to seeds that are moist packed, and require warm-cold-warm cycles. Since the seeds are moist, and have been kept warm since being packed, can I assume that the first warm cycle is taken care of? Thanks for your help!

Yes, that's right - you should be able to go right into the cold cycle.

Did a few more containers today......

94. Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke
95. Jurinea mollis
96. Nicandra physalodes Black Rod
97. Saponaria officinalis 'Plena'
98. Scutellaria alpina 'Arcobaleno'
99. Sidalcea malviflora 'Starks Hybrids'

You couldn't do just ONE more, Sharon? :)

I did some sowing today too. Susan sent me some seeds just because i thought i was finished! LOL And i threw in some rudbeckia seeds too. (Btw, Susan, i noticed you stapled the seeds packets on the card in alphabetical order! LOL So i sowed them that way!)

43. Clematis 'Virgin's Bower'
44. Digitalis purpurea 'Excelsior hybrids'
45. Malva moschata (white)
46. Mondarda (pink/purple mix)
47 and 48. Rudbeckia (both were from trades. One said "Black-Eyed Susan" while the other said "Sunflowers")

Now i'm really done for awhile!

I know Marcia, I did too realize that 1 more would of made 100, I guess 99 makes me think of 99 beers on the wall ;)

I figure I still have about another 75-100 to wintersow yet ;)

Btw, Susan, i noticed you stapled the seeds packets on the card in alphabetical order!
Susan knows YOU to well!!!LOL

Marcia & Sharon - you girls are too funny! You give me too much credit to have purposely been alphabetical. I do agree that it would be just like Marcia to notice and sow them that way... :)

Thanks again to you guys and all the other traders here on GW. I sowed a lot of seeds today from trades and I am as excited this year as I was last year as a first timer to see what interesting plants I can grow. Here is what I sowed:

99. Columbine, Woodside Variegated (Aquilegia vulgaris)
    100. Prairie Clover, White (Petalostemum candidum)
    101. Prairie Clover, Purple (Petalostemum purpureum)
    102. Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
    103. Rudbeckia hirta 'Sputnik'
    104. Columbine - Unknown Blue Tall
    105. Lily, Asiatic 'Angels Touch' x 'Fire Mountain'
    106. Lily, Asiatic 'Connecticut King' x 'Fire Mountain'
    107. Lily, Asiatic 'Fire Mountain' x ?
    108. Scabiosa 'Blue Bonnet'
    109. Phlox paniculata
    110. Northern Catalpa
    111. Coreopsis 'Tequila Sunrise'
    112. Echinacea pallida?
    113. Dendranthemum rubrum
    114. Dragon's Head (Dracocephalum moldavicum)
    115. Mistflower (Eupatorium dahurica)
    116. Shepherds Scabiosa (Jasione Laevis)
    117. Clematis ligustifolia
    118. Gentiana andrewsii
    119. Bird's Eye (Gilia tricolor)
    120. Poppy 'Danish Flag' (Papaver somniferum)
    121. Poppy, Deep Purple (double)
    122. Quaking Grass (Briza maxima)

I am trying to cut back on indoor sowing because I just don't have the space so I am anxious to get sowing more annuals soon.

Susan

I am SOOOO behind all of you! LOL.

I just started doing some WS'ing yesterday.

1. Gaillardia 'Burgundy'
2. Lychnis arkwrightii
3. Polemonium (yellow Jacob's Ladder)
4. Rudbeckia hirta

I have a few more perennials to do and then I'll start my annuals around mid-March.

Better late then never! LOL

I was excited to see our first real accumulation of snow this past week. My winter sowing containers were looking so naked this year. I did a bit more sowing and buried them out in the snow:

123. Aster novi-belgii - pink/purple
124. Heliopsis 'Lorraine Sunshine'
125. Lobelia siphilitica (Wild Blue Lobelia)
126. Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
127. Rudbeckia occidentalis (Coneflower 'Green Wizard')
128. Motherwort (Leonurus sibericus)
129. Agastache aurantica 'Apricot Sprite'
130. Mexican Hat - red & yellow
131. Big Bluestem Grass (Andropogon gerardi)
132. Little Bluestem Grass (Schizachyrium scoparium)
133. Blue Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bermudianum)

Susan

Yeah, Ang is joining in ;)

It's cold tonight so therefore I have these acclimatizing in the fridge for a few days first before I set them outdoors ;)

100. ILLIAMNA remota Wild Hollyhock
101. LATHYRUS vernus Spring Vetchling
102. Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'
103. Meconopsis sheldonii

Sharon

Yippy, I've been wishing for a good snowfall all season long, 10-15cm snowfall warning in effect, perfect for WS'ing!

Today I WS'd...

104. Allium flavum
105. Aquilegia vulgaris Nora Barlow
106. Aquilegia vulgaris 'William Guinness'
107. Belamcanda chinensis Blackberry Lily
108. Erysimum alpinum Golden Gem Rock Wallflower
109. Phacelia sericea

Thanks Marilena!!!!!

Sharon

I am soooooo glad I found this thread. I stumbled across the Winter Sowing forum here last fall and have been collecting containers and seeds ever since. I have noticed, however, that there are very few posters on the WS forum from my zone, or even close to it. I have been fretting over this for some time, and have finally decided to just jump in and start sowing.

I am experimenting with a variety of containers and have about 300 different seed packets. I have no idea where I'm going to put them if they all sprout, but I'll worry about that when the time comes. Last year was my first year gardening. I started some from seed indoors, without any special lights, and I threw out a whole bunch of dead seedlings. I am hoping not to have to do that this time around, but, then again, if I throw out a few here and there, I'll probably not even notice.

Anyways, my point, and I do have one, is, I am so glad to see so many of you who have had success with this method in my zone and colder and I will be checking in for tips on a regular basis. I do have my seeds alphabatized and catalogued in excel, however, I am not patient enough to be listing them here as I sow them, sorry!!

Hi kristal, welcome to the FN forum....glad you found us over here!

Best of luck on your winter sowing exploration! Keep us updated ;)

Another WSer who likes to alphabetize, you and Marcia will get along great ;) LOL

Sharon

I haven't been able to find any clear success for zone 3 on nicotiana. Does anyone w/s this and have success? I can't see why it wouldn't be a good candidate but maybe I'm missing something?

Shauna