Wow, those are really pretty! Love the hollyhock/yarrow combination.

That yarrow can really be a garden thug; I grew them in containers and they just took over.

I started WSing in the winter of 2001, and garden strictly in containers on an 11th floor terrace. I've grown all kinds of things over the years, but have not been able to maintain my garden for the last few years. All that's out there now are a pot of Laura Bush petunias which have been reseeding for the past 8 years(!), and some tiger lilies grown from bulbils back in 2004. It took four years before I saw a bloom. Now there are tiger lilies coming up in several other pots out there. That mama plant has been spitting out babies all over the place!

While I have nothing current to show, I still enjoy seeing other folks gardens. Thanks for sharing yours!

PV

PV, I do a fair amount of container gardening, but can't imagine all of the challenges that must be involved when you're 11 floors up! I love tiger lilies...interesting to know that they are rampant reseeders.

Here's a pic of my pot of reseeded Laura Bush petunias, with a malva thrown in for good measure, from a couple years ago:

Pot of Volunteers

And tiger lily:

Tiger Lily

This is probably my favorite picture from my garden - sedum (pink), gaillardia( red), and clematis "sweet autumn" (white). Kind of an accidental combo ...

Thank you, Olga, I collected the seeds from a few different petunias I liked last year: a magenta one, a lavender one, a dark purply blue one called Aladdin Blue I believe, and just sprinkled them all together in a WS container. The larger purple ones in the pic might be from a packet I bought last fall called Sky Blue, which I think I sprinkled in there as well for good measure.

PV, Gorgeous combination photo! How do you keep your SA clematis from overtaking everything on the terrace though?

I love foxglove, but I have the hardest time getting them to grow. Two winters ago, I wintersowed them and got great germination. So, I planted them out in a mixed sun/shade spot and watered them regularly for a while, and then lost track. This spring...nothing. I was all excited to have a bunch of beautiful spires of white, speckled tubes....but not a one. Lots of people say they reseed for them every year! I've been wintersowing for way over ten years, and I've never had more than one spire at a time. Fortunately, I still have seed left. I'll make sure I get fresh, though, in trade or purchased.

Do they need sun or shade? The one plant I had that did the best was in almost complete shade in a medium moist area under pines and mixed with trillium, Solomon's Seal, and digitalis. I allowed seed to fall, and also collected some, which is what germinated two winters ago. But, no volunteers, and none of the transplants survived. Help!

Martha

My foxgloves are in mostly sun and 1/2 and 1/2 sun/shade. This was my first year for WS blooms, and the ones in the sun reached over 6 feet. I am not at my home computer so cant currently provide a photo.

Arlene, your WS flower photos are STUPENDOUS!

PV - What a gorgeous combination@

Martha, I had foxglove in a few different spots. The group in the photo had about 2 or 3 hours of morning sun and then shade for the rest of the day. But I also had a few plants on the other side of the yard that got more afternoon sun (although my entire garden is on the shady side overall). All performed well for me this year. We did have an unusually warm winter and all of my digitalis basically remained green until spring, so perhaps that helped them along. I'm not sure why you may be having an issue with them. have you tried the Foxy Foxglove cultivar? From what I've read about it, and based on my experience this year, they seem particularly robust. I even had a bloom stalk last fall.

Here are some of my foxglove blooms this year (WS'd 2015); I did have a couple blooms fall 2015; and like Arlene, my foxgloves stayed green over the winter (I was surprised; this was my first winter I had plants)

a few more flowers from my garden (Wintersown 2015)

Monarch Mix Gaillardia

Gloriosa Daisies (WS'd this year)

Val, your WS efforts are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing. What is the Dianthus in the last photo? I will be trying Campanula this year...so it's encouraging to see how beautiful yours are.

Thanks Arlene, I think they look skimpy next to your gorgeous photos, but my gloriosa daisies are rampant :) Your abundant patches of WS flowers look like they fill in so well and are gorgeous "patches". My soil needs amending many places in my backyard...a "new" project the past 3 yrs so it's a work in progress, and some dont do as well as they could in the garden that borders the back, even tho I amend as I go along; hubby and I spread 6 cu yds of composted mulch this spring/summer.

I hit "submit" before I could add the dianthus are "superbus" (I got my seed from sampleseeds.com) If you need seeds for cantebury bells, let me know. My pods are drying as we speak (in the garden) and I assume I'm going to have PLENTY! I am refiling alot of my seed that I either WS'd last year or didnt get to WS or sow in general this season. Am already making my list of what I want to sow.

What's on YOUR WS list!?

I am a beginner at WS

My favorites are my Giant Zinnias, Butterfly Weed, Obedient Plant

and Velocity Blue Salvias.

(Butterfly weed is done for this season) so I have no pictures to share.

We we are in the process of building a greenhouse and expect to have it completed before the snow falls.

The Sweet Williams are my favorites so far this year. This was WS in Dec of 2015 in a milk jug that I never thinned. I picked up the packet of seeds from the dollar store. They have formed a charming stand and are just now peaking. The variation among them is so pretty and interesting (click photo to enlarge and see more detail; sorry the light pink ones look washed out). And the fragrance! They do well as cut flowers too.

Those Sweet William are outstanding!!! What a beautiful color combination.

Hmmmmm going to have to try the Sweet Williams too, now that I see how beautiful yours are. Thanks for sharing.

Kathleen, they do get brown and ugly after they bloom and I have since yanked them out. Same story with the foxglove and most biennials I've tried. They are so easy and reliable to WS, however, that I am going to make sure to do a container or two every year so I always have them.