You can always look at major seed catalogues to get better descriptions or google the names to find our more.

Thanks Trudi--I'll do a google search on the ones I want to grow true next year. I hadn't thought of that!

Thank you too, for coming up with the winter sowing method and sharing all you know on here. I ran across gardenweb this winter and found wintersowing while I was looking around the site. It was a godsend since the ground was covered with 4 inches of snow and I was already bitten by the gardening bug! I am anxious to find out how it works for me.