I read Lisa Mason Ziegler's book, "Cool Flowers" this spring which teaches about a method of planting hardy annual seedlings in the fall so they can develop good root systems over the winter. The results are supposedly stronger, more vigorous, hardy annuals that flower earlier than those planted in the spring. Lisianthus is one of the hardy annuals she has used this method with and she is in zone 7, just like me:)

Has anyone ever overwintered lisianthus? Or any hardy annual for that matter?

I'm planning on starting the seeds by the end of the month to plant out in the fall since they take so damned long.

Also...I believe this is the correct definition of overwinter, YES?