I don't know, but I'm going to try. Even with winter sowing, I'm not going to really get going until February or March. I would check out the winter sowing forum; they have lots of ideas. Especially check out their FAQs.

This will be my first try, too. But everyone there seems to be very fond of the high success rate they have with WS'ing.

I have several things I'm going to try: Stargazer dahlias, cassia, asclepias curassavica, zinnias, agastache 'Golden Jubilee', echinacea 'Sunrise', Hitchhiker EE, lantana, pentas, hibiscus, and anything else I can trade for.

Susan

There are a lot of things you should direct sow now, if you are going to: larkspur, poppies, basically anything that would be a early spring flower.

I wintersow, so generally I start with those seeds first and start in February. Quite a few of the other WSers start on the Solstice, which I believe is in December.

Lisa

I picked some more seeds from those yucca with red flowers today. I think I will sow them now. I also have some fox glove. I wonder if I should try Cocks comb and sweet Williams. I grow peppers In a big pot They come up volunteer every year from left over seeds.

What sort of herbs would anyone try to sow now? So many pop up from natural sown seed in the spring.

I know that parsley will direct sow. It will come up really early and overwinter.

Robin

T_W - on the Oklahoma Butterfly Map, I saw that we have documented Yucca Butterflies here. Have you ever seen them?

Susan

I have columbine I am going to direct sow some of it. I also found some wild flower mix with lots of poppies in it. With all this wind it should be easy to spread out.

I found a couple of packets of dill. I think I will put one of them out. I had dill that came back every year till the grasshoppers got bad.

I am off work today so I will stop by the farmers grain and see what seeds they have.

I also have lavender and some other things that I will wait and winter sow.

Terrance

Terrance, I've heard that Lavendar is very hard to propagate from seed. Have you tried it successfully before? I'd love to, but don't want to waste my time if it's that temperamental.

Gosh, it was VERY windy yesterday and today. I would be afraid to just throw seeds on the ground right now. I think that is one of the reasons behind WS'ing. The seeds are not susceptible to being scattered by the wind, doused by the rains, or eaten by the birds.

Lisa, are you saying we should start now with some of our seeds in containers, or just direct sowing in the ground? I tried sowing Larkspur one year by just planting the seeds in the fall, but nothing came up the next spring. I have no clue why not.

Anything that is cold hardy could be sown now I would expect. Sages, winter savory, thyme, lemon balm, mints, agastaches, rue, fennel, and so on.

I have some astilbe, cimicifuga, hardy cool weather plants like that I could probably sow now as well. What do you guys think?

Susan

Susan, I was speaking of direct sowing. Actually direct sowing is probably best done in the summer, have you ever noticed that your self-sown seeds seem to do better than direct sown?

Personally though, I usually direct sow in the spring, usually the seeds that haven't made it to the sowing stage in my winter sowing containers. Thanks to my seed trading addiction, every year I have a bunch at the end that I haven't gotten around to. I dump them on the flower beds in hopes they will have a better chance than sitting in envelopes in my living room :)

Lisa